Professor Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, discusses her clients’ successful federal suit to compel the EPA to update an oil spill contingency plan they said was woefully out of date
Research and data from the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment was used in a Washington Post analysis of the Biden administration’s efforts to transform the nation’s energy and environmental landscape
Ken Alex, director of Project Climate at the Center for Law, Energy and Environment, discusses carbon-capture technology and says we have to sequester carbon at a high rate
Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, says the execution of California’s high speed rail project was done backwards and now we’re seeing the political price of that decision
Michael Kiparsky, director of the Wheeler Water Institute, writes modernizing water rights information is a critical step toward enabling California to manage resources and plan for a drought-ridden future.
Michael Kiparsky, director of the Wheeler Water Institute, discusses House Bill 4099, which would allocate $750 million dollars for federal grants to fund recycled water projects, such as turning wastewater into high-quality drinking water
Professor Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, discusses the EPA’s updated monitoring requirements for dispersants used in response to oil spills
Professor Dan Farber discusses the unprecedented wave of lawsuits, filed by cities and states across the US, aiming to hold the oil and gas industry to account for the environmental devastation caused by fossil fuels – and covering up what they knew along the way
Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, explains the hurdles and learning curves cities face when they’re introducing rail projects
Professor Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, appears in a segment about PACE funding to discuss the ELC report, The Dark Side of the Sun: How PACE Financing Has Under-Delivered Green Benefits and Harmed Low-Income Homeowners