In the Summer 2013 volume of Hasting
West Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Emmett/Frankel
Fellow Megan Herzog and Environmental Law Center Executive Director
Sean Hecht discuss how Southern California local governments can seize
sea-level rise adaptation opportunities while minimizing legal risk.
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In the Harvard Law Review Forum, Professor Ann Carlson explains how a focus on California can help President Obama to fulfill his pledge to combat climate change through executive action.
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In this two-page recap of our report from August 2011, we review the California cap-and-trade program as adopted and find our conclusions still apply: the California Air Resources Board has designed a cap-and-trade program that should avoid gaming and market manipulation problems sometimes seen in other programs.
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California faces crucial questions about how to spend proceeds from its cap-and-trade auctions. This paper assesses legal constraints on AB 32 auction revenue allocation that derive from the statute itself or from California’s constitutional restrictions on the use of regulatory fees. We make recommendations about the relative risks of approaches to allocating AB 32 state auction proceeds
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In our second Pritzker Brief, Cara Horowitz explains how installing cool roofs in Los Angeles could improve public health, combat climate change, reduce energy demand, and save money.
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Our ninth paper of this series discusses how California can steer large-scale renewable development without depleting the state's prime agricultural and biological resources.
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With Bowman Cutter, an economist at Pomona College, we take a detailed look at California's proposed greenhouse gas trading regulations to assess the risks of market manipulation and rules violations. We ask whether the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has put in place the right measures to limit market gaming, and we address CARB’s ability to detect foul play, take necessary enforcement actions, and impose adequate penalties. Our report concludes that CARB has crafted well-regulated market that limits these risks. We provide recommendations aimed at strengthening an already well-designed program.
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California's long-term prosperity is vulnerable to climate change, energy insecurity, environmental threats to public health, and a growing scarcity of key resources. Governor Brown has a tremendous opportunity to build on the state's past environmental successes, bringing enormous benefits to our economy and public health.
Our Blueprint describes three key areas that Governor Brown must focus on to ensure a healthy environmental future for all Californians. He must strengthen California's foundation for environmental protection. He must promote specific initiatives to address climate and energy instability. And he must advance cost-effective initiatives in traditional areas of environmental concern, such as water quality, water supply, coastal resources, chemical risks, air quality and biodiversity.
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This brochure presents background information on Propositoin 23 and California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32).
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