Join us on November 3 at UCLA School of Law for a special evening with Yurok attorney and Native American civil rights activist Amy Bowers Cordalis. Just days after the release of her new book The Water Remembers, Amy will share her story of fighting for the Klamath River and affirming Yurok sovereignty.
🗓 November 3 | UCLA School of Law
📍 RSVP NOW: bit.ly/UCLAwaterremembers
⚠️ Please note: This event will not be livestreamed. Lunch will be provided for RSVP'd guests only
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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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J.D Environmental Law
Up in the Air: Climate Policy Without the Endangerment Finding
Date: Monday, September 29, 2025
Time: 12:15 - 1:15 PM PST
Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AkzVVRX3R-2bXGkAmQRN6Q
UCLA students only: Viewing in room 2483, there will be food availiable on a first-come, first serve basis.
In late July, the Trump administration proposed to revoke the “endangerment finding” — a determination by the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse endanger public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act. Removing such a foundational piece of U.S. climate policy is aggressive, based on a drastic revision of the underlying science supporting the original finding of endangerment.
In this discussion, leading experts will cover the administration's possible motivations and legal justifications, as well as the pushback from the scientific community, and what lies ahead in the process. We'll also look at the options for states looking to regulate climate pollution.
Could the fight over the endangerment finding end up at the Supreme Court? What will it mean for the EPA's work in the short- and long-term? And what are some of the surprising unintended consequences for state policy? Submit your questions for our panel below.
Panelists:
Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and founding Faculty Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law; former Acting Administrator of NHTSA
Joseph Goffman, Former Asst. Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation at US EPA
Karen McKinnon, Associate Professor, UCLA, Statistics & Data Science, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability
Moderated by:
Cara Horowitz, Executive Director, the UCLA Emmett Institute
The hall was standing room only when Maeve Anderson ’26 and Ana Mackay Peltzer ’26 stepp
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J.D Environmental Law
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LL.M. Program
It’s well known that reducing methane emissions is an effective near-term climate change mitigation tool. And the quickly evolving use of satellite technology is transforming our ability to manage and control those emissions. However, many policymakers don’t yet have a good understanding of how satellites work, what data comes from them, or what the opportunities and limits of those data are.
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J.D Environmental Law