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Election 2026: The Final Sprint [PLUS Breaking News]
In the last month, Trump has been on the campaign trail, and Republicans have spent hundreds of millions on ads. Elon Musk alone has set a record for campaign spending. Nevertheless, unless the experts are haywire, Democrats will control the House, and their odds in the Senate…
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What BAAJA Would Do to Clean Water Act Section 401, and Why it Matters
The main argument in favor of accepting this bill’s drastic changes to environmental laws is that the climate benefits of other parts of the bill make the changes worthwhile. But water management is a crucially important part of climate adaptation. Especially in a changing…
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L.A. Says “Oil Drilling Has No Place Where We’re Living”
After more than a decade of activism by Angelenos and a years-long legal battle followed by new state legislation, the Los Angeles City Council has approved a plan to end oil drilling within city limits once and for all — making LA the largest city in the nation to do so. The…
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What’s Left of NEPA?
In effect, NEPA has been poisoned, bludgeoned, and stabbed in succession by the three branches of government. You would think that NEPA reform might seem less urgent after all that. Yet permit reformer still seem to think it’s as dangerous as ever, like a vampire that can only…
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Sharing Our Advice with California’s Next Governor
Over the past year, CLEE partnered with dozens of organizations and individuals to develop and share information on key energy, environmental, and climate change topics in California’s gubernatorial election. This work included co-hosting a forum with candidates in January…
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A Trick, Not a Treat, on Methane
Just in time for Halloween, EPA has served up a trick for the public and a treat for polluters. Methane is an invisible gas that haunts the air we breathe, and EPA’s latest attempt to dismantle crucial pollution protections would make the biggest leaks even harder to see. Worse,…
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Golf. Trump. Lies. And NEPA.
In a Monday ruling, Judge Reyes told the government to stop work on Trump’s plan to demolish a D.C. public golf course and replace it with one for pro tournaments. There are intriguing legal issues: whether a President’s social media posts can establish the basis for judicial…
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Addressing fire in the National Forests
I wrote earlier about an article I co-authored with Dave Owen on reforming wildfire law. In particular, we identified changes to federal land management, federal air quality law, land-use law, and insurance law to address the interlocking legal and policy challenges wildfire…
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The Evolution of Climate Policy in Russia
A prevalent perspective from the early 2000s among some Russian officials held that climate change could actually benefit the country by opening up Arctic shipping routes, expanding agricultural zones, and reducing winter heating costs. Russian President Vladimir Putin once…
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Climate Science Under Attack, in the Name of Global Equity
In the name of global equity, a coalition of carbon producers and high emitters is trying to delay the next report of the IPCC, the UN body in charge of synthesizing the world’s climate research. The report on the physical science of climate change is due in 2028, but China,…
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Why the Midterms Matter for Energy & Environment
Trump still can take many administrative actions regardless of who controls Congress. But the election still matters for the future of the U.S. energy system and the planet. A President who has the support of a united Congress can do a lot more than a President who must contend…