This Week on Legal Planet

Obama's SOTU speech addresses climate change

Jan 29 Time to make NOAA official
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has existed since 1970, but it has never had the direct imprimatur of Congress. According to Congressional… [read more]

Jan 29 The California Supreme Court examines technology-based air quality emissions standards
The California Supreme Court granted review last week in a potentially important environmental case, National Paint and Coatings Association v. South… [read more]

Jan 29 Riding the Energy Efficiency Wave
At the Beyond Copenhagen Conference at Berkeley yesterday, one of the clear messages was that energy efficiency is one of the most feasible… [read more]

Jan 28 US reportedly submits Copenhagen Accord pledge today
Reuters is reporting that the US has officially notified the UN today of its intention to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord negotiated at last… [read more]

Jan 28 Obama’s SOTU speech on climate change
Last night, President Obama devoted a chunk of his state of the union speech to climate change and energy issues. He focused on the economic benefits… [read more]

Jan 27 Plastic, plastic everywhere . . . .
Several months ago, I noted a controversy about the chemical bisphenol-A and its former ubiquity in water bottles. Up until very recently, despite reports… [read more]

Jan 27 The Corporate Side of Climate Change
I was surprised a few years ago when one of the speakers at a conference on climate change turned out to be a lead partner at a Wall Street law firm who… [read more]

Jan 26 200,000 Hits on Legal Planet
When we started, we were hoping for 50,000 hits in our first year of operation, and we weren’t at all confident that we could come close to that… [read more]

Jan 26 Priming the Political Pump for Climate Legislation
Dan, Rick, and Jonathan have all discussed the implications of the political events of the last week for climate change policy.  Certainly, it seems… [read more]

Jan 25 Murkowski May Have Another Tactic to Defeat Climate Change Legislation
As Holly previously described, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has introduced a resolution to express disapproval over the EPA’s greenhouse… [read more]

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