Evan George January 22, 2026 One Year of Energy Emergencies The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
Dan Farber January 22, 2026 What Critics of the Unitary Executive Missed This conservative theory has damaged democracy in unexpected ways.
Evan George January 22, 2026 Alejandro Camacho Joins UCLA Law Faculty Camacho will be a core faculty member of the UCLA Emmett Institute and a contributor to Legal Planet.
Guest Contributor January 21, 2026 UCLA Report Offers Framework for Resolving Coastal Conflicts Guest contributors Maeve Anderson and Mackay Peltzer write that regulatory updates are needed to ensure California’s coastal planning remains consistent with the intent of the Coastal Act.
William Boyd January 20, 2026 Another White House Power Grab: PJM Why emergency power auctions for the AI overlords will do little to reduce electricity prices.
Ann Carlson January 20, 2026 “Smog and Sunshine” Has a Release Date And this “Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air” is now available for preorder.
Dan Farber January 19, 2026 Nightmare on Penn Ave (Part 2) After a year of Trump 2.0, here’s how things stand.
Eric Biber January 18, 2026 SEQRA Reform No, not CEQA, SEQRA. New York appears to be following California’s lead in overhauling state-level environmental review.
Eric Biber January 17, 2026 Creating Lease Certainty There are some steps Congress could take to increase certainty for energy leases on federal lands, but there will be tradeoffs.
Eric Biber January 17, 2026 Canceling Onshore Leases The executive may have broad authority to cancel onshore leases, perhaps even without compensation. Congress might want to fix that.
Jonathan Zasloff January 4, 2026 Is Venezuela a “War For Oil”? It’s an overused cliche, but there is one way in which oil might figure in the recent illegal war: go to Africa to see it
Dan Farber January 8, 2026 The U.S. Has Now Become a Rogue Nation By pulling out of the UNFCCC and dozens of international organizations, Trump has isolated the United States and ceded influence to China and the EU.
Jonathan Zasloff January 9, 2026 Takings Between the Sheetz …in which I actually praise Brett Kavanaugh
Cara Horowitz January 9, 2026 Voices from a Climate Law Classroom A snapshot of what tomorrow’s environmental law leaders are thinking
Evan George January 22, 2026 One Year of Energy Emergencies The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
Dan Farber January 22, 2026 What Critics of the Unitary Executive Missed This conservative theory has damaged democracy in unexpected ways.
Evan George January 22, 2026 Alejandro Camacho Joins UCLA Law Faculty Camacho will be a core faculty member of the UCLA Emmett Institute and a contributor to Legal Planet.
William Boyd January 20, 2026 Another White House Power Grab: PJM Why emergency power auctions for the AI overlords will do little to reduce electricity prices.
Ann Carlson January 20, 2026 “Smog and Sunshine” Has a Release Date And this “Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air” is now available for preorder.
Eric Biber January 16, 2026 Can They Do That? The feds probably do ultimately have the authority to shut down offshore wind farms – if they ever get their act together.