Cass R. Sunstein, a leading
public intellectual and advisor to President Obama, will present his
approach to regulatory
policymaking and share his experience in the White House.
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The conference brings together a diverse group of leading scholars and experienced practitioners to discuss cutting-edge issues raised by recent decisions and pending court cases.
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Professor Andrew Weaver, from the University of Victoria, will discuss the Alberta oil sands and Canadian climate policy.
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Public transit in California and the nation—including the shuttles, buses, and passenger rail that serve our communities—has been battered by recession and dwindling public sector budgets. At the same time, ridership in many areas has spiked. This conference will highlight the challenges facing transit and explore solutions to overcome them and develop a world-class transit system.
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If you are in the Washington, DC area, you are
invited to join the environmental law centers at Berkeley and UCLA Schools of
Law as we present a Capitol Hill discussion on policies necessary for
long-term, mass adoption of electric vehicle technologies.
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California’s landmark cap-and-trade program for controlling greenhouse gases gets underway this year, with the state’s first public auction slated for November 2012. The state still faces crucial questions, however, about how to spend revenues derived from its cap-and-trade auctions. Our symposium will look at a set of key questions surrounding revenue allocation decisions.
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David Pettit is a senior attorney at
the Natural Resources Defense Council and a Bruin. At NRDC, Mr. Pettit
leads the Southern California Air Quality Project.
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NRDC Southern California Program Director Joel Reynolds will discuss environmental advocacy in the 21st Century.
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Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science at UC San Diego, will discuss her book, Merchants of Doubt.
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Lunch lecture by Richard Lazarus, Executive Director of the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission
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Jody Freeman, who until recently served as Counselor for Energy and Climate Change in the White House, will discuss the Obama administration's energy and climate agenda.
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On Oct. 21, 2010 at Korn Convocation Hall the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, KPCC Southern California Radio and the LA Times presented a public debate on Prop. 23, which would suspend AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act that requires reduced greenhouse gas emissions, until California's unemployment rate drops to 5.5% or below for four consecutive quarters.
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Thomas R. Mounteer, partner at Paul Hastings, will discuss political compromise, science and the likelihood of comprehensive climate change legislation in the U.S. Senate.
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UCLA welcomed Rep. Henry Waxman (CA-30) and Sen. Fran Pavley (SD-23) for a public forum on landmark state and federal climate legislation.
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On April 17, 2009, the Initiative on Sustainable Technology, a newly established joint project of the School of Law and the School of Public Health, co-sponsored a conference to address the explosive growth in the development and commercialization of nanomaterials-engineered particles having a size of 100 nanometers or less.
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This public symposium brought together policymakers, legal scholars and environmental experts to address the impact of climate change on law and policy. Articles from the symposium are published in Volume 56 of the UCLA Law Review.
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