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Important new work that will help shape LA's approach to bringing more shade to neighborhoods as a legacy of the mega-event era.
Hot off the presses 🔥 We have a new report on how the City and County of L.A. can strengthen their responses to extreme heat. We look at ways to reimagine and remake the outdoor urban environment to reduce risks to vulnerable communities.
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Reducing Outdoor Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Los Angeles
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 ras...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Important new work that will help shape LA's approach to bringing more shade to neighborhoods as a legacy of the mega-event era.
Read our suggestions for how to kickstart the important transformation of our urban environment to help shield residents from the worst effects of rising temperatures @uclaioes.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Read our suggestions for how to kickstart the important transformation of our urban environment to help shield residents from the worst effects of rising temperatures @uclaioes.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social
law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...
law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...
Hot off the presses 🔥 We have a new report on how the City and County of L.A. can strengthen their responses to extreme heat. We look at ways to reimagine and remake the outdoor urban environment to reduce risks to vulnerable communities.
law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...
law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...
Reducing Outdoor Vulnerability to Extreme Heat in Los Angeles
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 ras...
law.ucla.edu
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hot off the presses 🔥 We have a new report on how the City and County of L.A. can strengthen their responses to extreme heat. We look at ways to reimagine and remake the outdoor urban environment to reduce risks to vulnerable communities.
law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...
law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...
Important work and helpful data from @law.ucla.edu's @kclausing.bsky.social on understanding who bears the burden of climate inaction? Not in the future but right now.
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Climate Inaction is an Affordability Problem - Legal Planet
This post is authored by UCLA Law’s Kimberly A. Clausing along with guest contributors Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. Many of us have seen large increases in our homeowner’s insurance p...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Important work and helpful data from @law.ucla.edu's @kclausing.bsky.social on understanding who bears the burden of climate inaction? Not in the future but right now.
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Climate inaction is ALREADY a big expense affecting US households' costs. One of the biggest? The impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs. New post and research by @kclausing.bsky.social @knittelmit.bsky.social @cwolfram.bsky.social
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Climate Inaction is an Affordability Problem - Legal Planet
This post is authored by UCLA Law’s Kimberly A. Clausing along with guest contributors Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. Many of us have seen large increases in our homeowner’s insurance p...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Climate inaction is ALREADY a big expense affecting US households' costs. One of the biggest? The impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs. New post and research by @kclausing.bsky.social @knittelmit.bsky.social @cwolfram.bsky.social
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New blog post today on work with @knittelmit.bsky.social and @cwolfram.bsky.social.
Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
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Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
Climate Inaction is an Affordability Problem - Legal Planet
This post is authored by UCLA Law’s Kimberly A. Clausing along with guest contributors Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. Many of us have seen large increases in our homeowner’s insurance p...
legal-planet.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New blog post today on work with @knittelmit.bsky.social and @cwolfram.bsky.social.
Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...
Climate inaction is *already* a big expense affecting US households costs; the most important mechanism is the impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs.
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It's extremely inspiring to see Ayisha Siddiqa, founder of the Future Generations Tribunal and a @law.ucla.edu J.D. student featured here as "one of the brightest young climate activists I have ever met," with a "project that may just change the world."
The two extraordinary young activists making me feel optimistic at Cop30 by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
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The two extraordinary young activists making me feel optimistic at Cop30
In today’s newsletter: Despite valid criticisms, the summits are filled with smart, passionate people dedicating their lives to fighting the climate crisis
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November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It's extremely inspiring to see Ayisha Siddiqa, founder of the Future Generations Tribunal and a @law.ucla.edu J.D. student featured here as "one of the brightest young climate activists I have ever met," with a "project that may just change the world."
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UCLA’s STOP Methane Project just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.
Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
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Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
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November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
UCLA’s STOP Methane Project just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.
Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
UCLA’s STOP Methane is a new, user-friendly ranking of super-polluting methane emissions. We just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. The Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
UCLA’s STOP Methane is a new, user-friendly ranking of super-polluting methane emissions. We just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. The Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
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- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Analysis @climateactiontracker.org shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
#cop30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Here’s something to celebrate in California decarbonization.
Some good electrification news: The state’s gas utilities tried to delay priority zones for decarbonization, but the CPUC has rejected that approach and has selected priority neighborhoods. @uclalawemmett.bsky.social
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The CPUC Makes Good on Neighborhood Electrification - Legal Planet
Gas utilities tried to delay priority zones for decarbonization. The CPUC rejected that approach and has selected priority neighborhoods.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Here’s something to celebrate in California decarbonization.
We just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 Plumes in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Oil & gas sites with the largest detected and quantified methane emissions rates worldwide. The Top 25 are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the US. stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Spotlight on the Top 25 Plumes in '25: Oil and Gas Sector
The Top 25 in '25 Oil and Gas Sector Ranking includes sites in Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.
stopmethane.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 Plumes in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Oil & gas sites with the largest detected and quantified methane emissions rates worldwide. The Top 25 are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the US. stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
NEWS: UCLA’s STOP Methane Project is live, and we have a Top 25 list of extreme methane emissions from oil and gas. Huge thanks to @whitehouse.senate.gov for sharing. Sign up for updates and see all the rankings: stopmethane.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEWS: UCLA’s STOP Methane Project is live, and we have a Top 25 list of extreme methane emissions from oil and gas. Huge thanks to @whitehouse.senate.gov for sharing. Sign up for updates and see all the rankings: stopmethane.substack.com
One thing is clear at COP30: Cutting methane is a way to pull the emergency brake on climate change. Important story from @fionaharvey.bsky.social.
Can #methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
- "Cutting carbon dioxide is a marathon, but methane is a sprint,” says Durwood Zaelke
#COP30
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
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- "Cutting carbon dioxide is a marathon, but methane is a sprint,” says Durwood Zaelke
#COP30
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
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Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
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November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One thing is clear at COP30: Cutting methane is a way to pull the emergency brake on climate change. Important story from @fionaharvey.bsky.social.
Thinking about the 45 native shrubs our @law.UCLA.edu students and faculty planted as a Public Service Challenge last week. They’re getting a good long shower.
LA looks like it will record its wettest November in 40 years, and register one-fifth of its annual average rainfall by the end of the weekend. Blessing and a curse like always.
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thinking about the 45 native shrubs our @law.UCLA.edu students and faculty planted as a Public Service Challenge last week. They’re getting a good long shower.
Our Prof. Ann Carlson talks with Sammy Roth about a possible silver-lining if Trump succeeds in revoking the endangerment finding: California could gain the power to regulate greenhouse gases.
Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate.
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
So much for Gavin Newsom's electric vehicle mandate
California's leading the world on climate. So where's California going?
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Our Prof. Ann Carlson talks with Sammy Roth about a possible silver-lining if Trump succeeds in revoking the endangerment finding: California could gain the power to regulate greenhouse gases.
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A nice profile of my work in UCLA's Blueprint Magazine this month!
UCLA's Blueprint Magazine explores China's lead in the race to renewables and features a lengthy interview and profile of our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A nice profile of my work in UCLA's Blueprint Magazine this month!
Many Americans today have no memory of the world that spurred modern environmental law. The Documerica project, housed at the National Archives, provides a vivid window into environmental destruction circa the 1970s and reminds us how far we’ve come," writes our Prof. Jim Salzman.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Many Americans today have no memory of the world that spurred modern environmental law. The Documerica project, housed at the National Archives, provides a vivid window into environmental destruction circa the 1970s and reminds us how far we’ve come," writes our Prof. Jim Salzman.
👋We're on the ground at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Please say hi.
Our Cara Horowitz joins our methane project lead Juan Pablo Escudero, a Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Our Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force led by Jason Gray is holding a governors roundtable and several side events.
Our Cara Horowitz joins our methane project lead Juan Pablo Escudero, a Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Our Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force led by Jason Gray is holding a governors roundtable and several side events.
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
👋We're on the ground at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Please say hi.
Our Cara Horowitz joins our methane project lead Juan Pablo Escudero, a Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Our Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force led by Jason Gray is holding a governors roundtable and several side events.
Our Cara Horowitz joins our methane project lead Juan Pablo Escudero, a Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Our Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force led by Jason Gray is holding a governors roundtable and several side events.
If Trump’s EPA abandons climate policy, could California take over on greenhouse gases? Our Ann Carlson first floated the idea, which appears to have legs. Good story by @gauchoesque.bsky.social
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If Trump’s EPA abandons climate policy, could California take over on greenhouse gases?
California, the state that helped define U.S. clean-air policy, is once again considering how far it can go without Washington’s permission.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If Trump’s EPA abandons climate policy, could California take over on greenhouse gases? Our Ann Carlson first floated the idea, which appears to have legs. Good story by @gauchoesque.bsky.social
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What ethical, moral, and biophysical concerns should we consider as we weigh the costs and benefits of further altering Earth’s planetary balance?
In this episode, Nate interviews Professor Ted Parson about solar geoengineering (specifically stratospheric aerosol injection) as a potential response to severe climate risks.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What ethical, moral, and biophysical concerns should we consider as we weigh the costs and benefits of further altering Earth’s planetary balance?
Our Faculty Director Ted Parson is on the latest episode of The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens to talk about climate interventions, risks, and thorny governance issues. @law.ucla.edu
In this episode, Nate interviews Professor Ted Parson about solar geoengineering (specifically stratospheric aerosol injection) as a potential response to severe climate risks.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/200-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/200-...
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Our Faculty Director Ted Parson is on the latest episode of The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens to talk about climate interventions, risks, and thorny governance issues. @law.ucla.edu
UCLA's Blueprint Magazine explores China's lead in the race to renewables and features a lengthy interview and profile of our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social.
blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...
blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
UCLA's Blueprint Magazine explores China's lead in the race to renewables and features a lengthy interview and profile of our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social.
blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...
blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...
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Newsom grabs the spotlight. Big money for methane reductions. China and Brazil fill the power vacuum. Here's the good and bad of COP30.
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Good COP, Bad COP in Belém, Brazil - Legal Planet
The United Nations mega-conference focused on climate change known as COP (“Conference of the Parties”) is well underway in Belém, Brazil with 193 countries plus the EU, 57 heads of state, 39 minister...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Newsom grabs the spotlight. Big money for methane reductions. China and Brazil fill the power vacuum. Here's the good and bad of COP30.
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The legal and policy issues presented by possible interventions in the Earth System in response to escalating climate risk are only becoming thornier by the day. Our Ted Parson weighs in on solar geoengineering startups and on his expanded research in this area.
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Should Private Firms Be Involved in Cooling the Planet? - Legal Planet
Private firms like Stardust Solutions want to get in on planet-cooling interventions. Here’s the OK, the bad, and the ugly about startup involvement.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The legal and policy issues presented by possible interventions in the Earth System in response to escalating climate risk are only becoming thornier by the day. Our Ted Parson weighs in on solar geoengineering startups and on his expanded research in this area.
legal-planet.org/2025/11/11/s...
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