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Businesses that process construction debris like concrete and asphalt, grinding them into fine sand and gravel for reuse as construction materials, create pollution hazards for LA neighborhoods. A new state bill could help. legal-planet.org/2025/02/24/n...

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It’s a complicated issue but the answer is clear: the Congressional Review Act does not apply to reviewing California’s car waiver. @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/02/24/c...

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Local climate action becomes even more important under this new federal regime, writes Katherine Hoff. Here are new tools for communities seeking to leverage energy infrastructure projects for community priorities. legal-planet.org/2025/02/21/n...

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A good concise list of Trump 2.0's seven most anti-environmental moves in just Month 1... legal-planet.org/2025/02/20/t...

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On Feb. 18, 2015, gases at the Torrance refinery triggered an explosion so big it registered as a 1.7 earthquake and sent ash over areas of LA. It’s the "near-miss disaster most people have never heard of." But it's raising calls to ban a toxic chemical that is still used in Torrance to this day.

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It's been 10 years since "the near-miss disaster that most people have never heard of." The Torrance Refinery Action Alliance and Rep. Maxine Waters have renewed calls to ban hydrofluoric acid at SoCal refineries. Here’s why and how that could work. legal-planet.org/2025/02/19/w...

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EPA revoking the Endangerment Finding today would mean full-blown warfare against all things climate. Ironically, it might also allow states to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and trucks. More from Ann Carlson: legal-planet.org/2025/02/14/w...

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What can we learn from EU’s battery regulation? A new @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social CLEE report with model policies to ensure a responsible EV battery supply chain. legal-planet.org/2025/02/18/w...

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Trump has found a possible way to end run California’s legal arguments for the waiver. But there’s no reason to give up, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/02/17/t...

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The Trump administration is trying an end run around revoking California’s car and truck rules. The problem, Mary Nichols and Ann Carlson write, is the Congressional Review Act absolutely doesn’t apply to California waivers. legal-planet.org/2025/02/17/t...

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We are likely to learn next week if the Trump administration will eviscerate the most important climate regulations the Biden administration issued over the last four years. Ann Carlson on the endangerment finding. legal-planet.org/2025/02/14/w...

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📌SAVE THE DATE for “Charging Ahead,” our Wed. April 9th symposium on cutting vehicle pollution during the second Trump administration. Cleaner, smaller cars. Transformed fleets. Ditching cars. @luskininnovation.bsky.social @uclaioes.bsky.social @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu

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Would elimination of civil service protection increase government efficiency? Probably not. @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/02/10/t...

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We have weathered past threats to energy security through democratic processes, not by executive fiat. A timely history from guest contributors Joseph Tomain and Bryan Dunning. legal-planet.org/2025/02/07/a...

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It should be much easier to put in a heat pump water heater. Here's a first-person explainer for Luddites and lawyers (and those who are both) from @greenlawchina.bsky.social. legal-planet.org/2025/02/07/t...

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Trump’s flurry of initial acts has helped solidify a certain image. But short-term success doesn’t always translate into long-term gains, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/02/06/p...

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Gutting DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division will have huge consequences for the second Trump administration, future administrations, the private sector, the legal profession, and the American people. Here's how: legal-planet.org/2025/02/04/c...

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Trump and House Republicans are trying to ‘flood the zone’ when it comes to wrongly blaming California water policies and environmental regulations for the LA fires. @evanlgeorge.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/02/04/f...

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What are the consequences of dismantling the Justice Department's environment & natural resources division? Excellent rundown by @justinpidot.bsky.social, @andrewmergen.bsky.social & @sengels.bsky.social on @legal-planet.org: legal-planet.org/2025/02/04/c...

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Dismantling DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division "will be disastrous for future administrations, the American people, and even for the Trump Administration." Guest contributors: @justinpidot.bsky.social @andrewmergen.bsky.social @sengels.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/02/04/c...

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Why is Trump so opposed to offshore wind – a promising source of new economic growth and a way to compete with China? @greenlawchina.bsky.social dismantles 10 of the common talking points. legal-planet.org/2025/02/03/t...

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The Trump administration is kneecapping the U.S. offshore wind industry while China becomes a global giant. Essential reading from @greenlawchina.bsky.social taking stock of the arguments and choices ahead. legal-planet.org/2025/02/03/t...

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I have a new post over at the Legal Planet Blog on offshore wind in the US and China. legal-planet.org/2025/02/03/t...

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The effect of tariffs on energy markets is complex, and a lot depends on the details. They could hold back clean technology in the U.S, as well as harming other industries, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/02/01/t...

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Trump is making an all-out effort to promote fossil fuels regardless of the environmental costs and squash clean energy regardless of the benefits. But state government's are not powerless. Here's their playbook for fighting back. legal-planet.org/2025/01/30/t...

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Don't believe the hype about states pausing their climate action. Here are five ways states can save climate policy despite Trump. @dfarber1950.bsky.social has a new paper on it. legal-planet.org/2025/01/30/t...

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It's completely ridiculous that much of law prof subject-matter discourse happens on listservs. Not saying it should be here or indeed on any social media app, but (for example) web forums became a better platform than listservs like 4 innovation cycles ago in the 1990s.

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Trump’s efforts to deconstruct disaster relief are likely unconstitutional, beyond his legal authority, and terrible ideas. legal-planet.org/2025/01/27/d...

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Try to imagine Joe Biden threatening to withhold federal aid from Florida after Hurricane Helene because Ron DeSantis is a climate denier. Impossible, right? No way around it: The Republican Party is betraying a devastated Los Angeles. My @latimes.com column: www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Based on a specious and undefended legal claim, Trump has wiped out an environmental justice requirement going back to the Clinton Administration. It's a requirement Trump never questioned in his first term. legal-planet.org/2025/01/23/t...

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A sleeper provision in one of Trump’s executive orders attempts to revolutionize the way NEPA operates and cut environmental review to a minimum. @dfarber1950.bsky.social has read it, so you don't have to. legal-planet.org/2025/01/22/t...

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Few executive orders have any immediate impact, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social. "They’re basically nudges to various agencies to carry out his agenda." legal-planet.org/2025/01/20/s...

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Trump’s agencies had a terrible litigation record the first time around. It will probably get better – but not that much better, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/01/20/t...

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Are climate pledges on life support in 2025? A Q&A with Catherine McKenna, who led the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities. legal-planet.org/2025/01/20/a...

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California’s environmental and climate regulations did not make the climate-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires more destructive or harder to fight. Here’s why. legal-planet.org/2025/01/17/d...

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Did California’s environmental and climate regulations make the climate-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires more destructive or harder to fight? Experts from @uclalawemmett.bsky.social weigh in on half-truths and dubious claims. legal-planet.org/2025/01/16/d...

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Not one but three major climate funding laws will stand as Biden’s signature achievements. These other environmental actions will also be remembered, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/01/16/j...

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Last year, international negotiations continued to disappoint on global climate policy, forests, and finance. This year, Jason Gray writes, subnational governments must continue to lead. legal-planet.org/2025/01/16/w...

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A leading expert in energy economics shares her views of the Inflation Reduction, its impact, and its prospects for survival. legal-planet.org/2025/01/15/t...

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For more than a month, California has worked at “Trump-proofing” the State budget. Now you could say the Governor is looking to fire-proof it too. Newsom's proposed 2025-26 budget would tap the recent voter-approved climate bond and seek new emergency funds. legal-planet.org/2025/01/15/c...

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Oil companies failed to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court justices to shield them from the growing number of state lawsuits seeking damages for the harms caused by climate change. legal-planet.org/2025/01/13/h...

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Musk and Ramaswamy have said that their DOGE project will cut the federal budget by eliminating unnecessary regulations and cutting regulatory agencies. But the savings are trivial on the scale of the federal budget, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/01/13/c...

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New UCLA research helps connect the dots between the climate crisis and LA's supercharged wildfires. “Hydroclimate whiplash” means worse floods, droughts, and fires, writes @evanlgeorge.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/01/09/l...

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