Climate change is making life in cities hotter and more dangerous, but cities—Los Angeles included—have not yet adequately responded.

The risk and incidence of heat-related illnesses, such as heat rash, heat cramps, fainting, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke, will increase apace if measures are not taken to reduce their severity and likelihood. These risks fall disproportionately on low-income communities of color.

Staff and faculty of the UCLA Emmett Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit defending the right of air pollution regulators to set important standards under the Clean Air Act to protect public health. The case is Rinnai America Corp.et al. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District, and it involves a challenge to South Coast AQMD's recent efforts to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution by accelerating the transition to zero-NOx-emissions models for certain water heaters and boilers.

Which is better: municipally owned electric utilities or investor-owned utilities? It’s a complicated question worth asking, but there’s not one easy answer. It's the topic of our new report, "The Cost & Carbon of Competing Utility Models: Electric Utility Governance and Decarbonization in Los Angeles County."

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