This Week on Legal Planet

Feb 25 Conference Webcast – The Environment and the Constitution
On February 26, 2010.  9:00 a.m. -  5:30 p.m. (EST), you can attend the webcast of Environmental Protection in the Balance: Citizens, Courts, and the… [read more]

Feb 25 GM Kills the Hummer
Yippee!! The environmental benefits of this move are clear, but it will also make the roads safer. Next up, SUVs?  We can hope. [read more]

Feb 24 Property Rules, Liability Rules, Patents, and Climate Change
I suggested a few weeks ago that India and the United States might try foster climate cooperation by having India agree to use climate-friendly technology… [read more]

Feb 24 Jody Freeman Leaving White House Post
Harvard Law School’s website has this announcement that Jody Freeman will return to the law school next month after serving just over a year as… [read more]

Feb 24 (Vermont) Yankee Go Home!
You may recall the Supreme Court’s decision in the Vermont Yankee case.  It was a major administrartive law decision.  Prior to Vermont Yankee… [read more]

Feb 24 UCLA Clinic persuades federal Administrative Law Judge to vacate approval of new coal mining permit on Indian land in Arizona
I have some exciting news I can’t resist sharing: UCLA’s Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic won a major administrative case last month… [read more]

Feb 23 Is EPA backtracking on Clean Air Act greenhouse gas regulation?
Last fall, our Environmental Protection Agency appeared to be on the verge of moving very quickly to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act… [read more]

Feb 23 IPhone App to Counter Climate Skeptics
Jonathan and I have had a somewhat spirited debate about what to do about Climategate (see here and here).  I just found one perhaps small but very smart… [read more]

Feb 23 DOE Bets on Central Station Solar ? Is It the Right Horse?
Congratulations to Oakland’s BrightSource Energy Inc. for winning the largest federal loan guarantee for a renewable energy project thus far… [read more]

Feb 22 AB 32 Opposition and Truth in Advertising
While some politicians have called publicly for the suspension of AB 32 until the economy recovers (see here and here for details), a more behind-the-… [read more]

Feb 22 New Approaches to Analyzing Uncertainty
New analytic methods are emerging for dealing with tough problems that are not amenable to conventional risk analysis. These techniques also shed light… [read more]

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