Costs of carbon emissions are being underestimated, but current estimates are still valuable for setting mitigation policy.
The Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law filed this amicus brief on behalf of San Bernardino...
State public utility commissions are at the forefront of the clean-energy transition. These state agencies, which have jurisdiction over energy...
This report identifies transportation-efficient, healthy, high-opportunity areas for housing development. Adding both market-rate and below-market...
On November 5, an anti-environmentalist faction led by and supporting Donald Trump prevailed in the national elections. The policy assaults by Trump &...
Brief filed Oct. 25, 2024 in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, __ S. Ct ___ (2024).
California faces a dire housing crisis. California’s land-use regulatory system remains a key driver of this crisis. State law grants local...
It is commonly assumed that local land use regulations—and especially single-family and other restrictive zoning classifications—limit housing supply...
This casebook emphasizes environmental policy, as well as the structure and details of the federal environmental statutes. It focuses students’...
On Aug. 14, a Montana district court released a groundbreaking decision for climate change activists. In Held v. Montana, the court announced that...
This article discusses the links between climate and debt sustainability by focusing on how climate mitigation and adaptation are paid for, and who...
Environmentalists are frustrated that President Joe Biden agreed to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, or MVP, as part of the...
Brief Filed June 17 2022 in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, 598 U.S. 651 (2023).
San Francisco’s planning practice and process problems spring from local law that applies discretionary review to any permit and offers repeated...
On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court dropped an absolute bombshell with its ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. Early assessments...
The Supreme Court’s new term begins on the first Monday of October. But before delving into the most important environmental case yet to be heard, it...
Environmental justice is rooted in an understanding that people of color and low-income communities are more likely than the population at large to...