This Week on Legal Planet

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Jan 22 Singin’ the California Delta Blues (Muddy Waters Ahead?)
But there really is a California Delta, and it’s vitally important to the state’s water supply. It also raises major environmental issues. The struggle… [read more]

Jan 21 Of the Corporations, By the Corporations, and For the Corporations?
Today’s decision in Citizens United was something of a foregone conclusion.  Still, it was a bit breathtaking.  The Court was obviously poised to… [read more]

Jan 21 A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall – and Then Get Wasted
A friend from New York, recently transplanted to Los Angeles, has watched aghast as, again and again, weather reporters have greeted any local rainfall… [read more]

Jan 19 Moving Forward With Cap-and-Trade in California
In 2006, the California Legislature enacted the Landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), which authorized – but did not compel – the California… [read more]

Jan 18 Never Underestimate California’s Idiocy
Ann thinks the neanderthals attempting to repeal AB 32 won’t get the signatures to put the thing on the ballot.  I hope she’s right, but… [read more]

Jan 18 The Supreme Court Backs Off on Consumer Protection and (Maybe) the Environment
In a decision issued last week, the U.S. Supreme Court continued to chip away at consumer protections embedded in the Federal Power Act, and it is the… [read more]

Jan 17 ELQ Volume 36, Number 4 available
Judson Jaffe, Matthew Ranson, Robert N. Stavins, Linking Tradable Permit Systems: A Key Element of Emerging International Climate Policy Architecture… [read more]

Jan 17 Carbon Tweets
Do you twitter?  If so, you might be interested in this feature at the Washington Post, which aggregates tweets relating to climate issues. [read more]

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