This Week on Legal Planet

Nov 06 A New Beginning for the California Delta?
Early this past Wednesday morning, following an all-night session that would have made any college freshman proud, the California Legislature enacted… [read more]

Nov 05 California water deal struck (just in time for UCLA event)
After months (years) of negotations, the California legislature has passed what many are calling the most comprehensive California water legislation in… [read more]

Nov 04 The Cost of Climate Change
According to Climate Wire, the Obama Administration is trying to come up with a reliable economic estimate of the cost of unchecked climate change.  … [read more]

Nov 04 Don’t diss local climate action
I can’t let this one pass unremarked. Seth Jaffe, writing in the Boston law firm Foley Hoag’s “Law and the Environment” blog,… [read more]

Nov 03 Journal watch
Thomas Dietz, Gerald T. Gardner, Jonathan Gilligan, Paul C. Stern, and Michael P. Vandenbergh, Household Actions Can Provide a Behavioral Wedge to Rapidly… [read more]

Nov 03 India’s Prime Minister Slaps Down Attempts at New Climate Negotiating Policy
Faced with resistance from within and outside to his advocacy for a dramatic change of stand on climate change negotiations, environment minister Jairam… [read more]

Nov 02 Hot off the press at Ecology Law Quarterly
Ecology Law Quarterly has a new issue available online, featuring articles about global environmental law; standing; and NRDC v. Winter; as well as a… [read more]

Nov 01 Bad News on the Climate Bill
The climate-change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate will face a stark political reality when it emerges for committee debate on Tuesday… [read more]

Nov 01 A red-letter day for washing machines
Under the Bush administration, which was implacably hostile to state environmental regulations exceeding federal minimum requirements, the Department… [read more]

Nov 01 Thoughts About the Future of Nuclear Power
Apparently, substantially safer designs for nuclear reactors are now available.  But the safe storage and disposal of nuclear waste is a significant… [read more]