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Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
In choosing the top environmental laws, I wanted to focus on those with the largest impacts on the environment, not just those that are most important to environmental lawyers or best known. I included all laws passed in the U.S., not just federal regulatory laws, and some of my selections may not be what you expected.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
How would environmental law look different and how might we be thinking about it differently? We would also have understood the link between energy law and environmental law much earlier. Other parts of environmental law might also have looked different. I magine if history had been a little different.
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Legal Planet
DECEMBER 11, 2023
These laws are an important step in the right direction. But 2023 found the new law subject to a referendum to overturn its terms, which will come before voters in November 2024. Newsom vetoed an end-of-session gut-and-amend by Sen.
Legal Planet
MAY 1, 2024
One new set of tools that legal experts are proposing we consider are those available under international criminal law. I was part of the UCLA Law student group, along with Hannah Reynolds (J.D. ‘26) 26) and Selina Novak (Doctoral Program in Law Exchange Student Researcher).
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The California Legislature has enacted and Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law SB 389 , an important water law reform measure authored by State Senator Ben Allen. SB 389 is part of a broader initiative by the Legislature–and public interest groups–to reform and update California’s water laws.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
Our study offers a lens on how four key nations are using the law to navigate net zero, highlighting their varied approaches and the potential for legal strategies to accelerate progress. Below is an overview of the legal mechanisms they are using to reach net zero. Brazil: Brazil’s approach to net zero is in a state of evolution.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2023
When diplomacy needs backup, countries turn to resolve their disputes at the ICJ, the United Nations’ principal judicial organ, to set the tone for international law. As an advisory body, the court provides legal opinions on international law questions. What is an advisory opinion?
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