Center for Law, Energy, & The Environment
@cleeberkeley.bsky.social
Channeling the expertise of the Berkeley Law community into pragmatic, creative policy solutions to critical environmental and energy challenges.
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This year brought rising climate disasters, funding rollbacks, and threats to environmental protections. Amidst these challenges, CLEE’s mission is more vital than ever.
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
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#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
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#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
Snapshot: CLEE 2025 Annual Report
This year, we faced unprecedented challenges – increasing climate disasters on a global scale, efforts to dismantle environmental protections, rollbacks in federal funding, and threats to the rule of ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This year brought rising climate disasters, funding rollbacks, and threats to environmental protections. Amidst these challenges, CLEE’s mission is more vital than ever.
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
Congrats to Dave Jones, Director of CLEE’s Climate Risk Initiative, named to the 2025 #Grist50!
🌍His work helps insurers and regulators adapt to climate risk through policy and market tools.
🔗 grist.org/fix/grist-50/2025
🔗 law.berkeley.edu/research/clee/research/climate/climate-risk-initiative/
🌍His work helps insurers and regulators adapt to climate risk through policy and market tools.
🔗 grist.org/fix/grist-50/2025
🔗 law.berkeley.edu/research/clee/research/climate/climate-risk-initiative/
Introducing the 2025 Grist 50 list
Climate solutions are more important now than ever. Read about 50 leaders shaping the future of climate progress.
grist.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Congrats to Dave Jones, Director of CLEE’s Climate Risk Initiative, named to the 2025 #Grist50!
🌍His work helps insurers and regulators adapt to climate risk through policy and market tools.
🔗 grist.org/fix/grist-50/2025
🔗 law.berkeley.edu/research/clee/research/climate/climate-risk-initiative/
🌍His work helps insurers and regulators adapt to climate risk through policy and market tools.
🔗 grist.org/fix/grist-50/2025
🔗 law.berkeley.edu/research/clee/research/climate/climate-risk-initiative/
In a recent walk out, Oakland high school students rallied in support of the proposed Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which is currently under committee review in the California State Legislature.
📖 Read the full article: oaklandnorth.net/2025/10/27/o...
📖 Read the full article: oaklandnorth.net/2025/10/27/o...
Oakland students leave school to join climate justice protest at City Hall - Oakland North
Oakland students walked out of classes on Friday to join a climate justice protest at City Hall, aimed at passing a superfund bill.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In a recent walk out, Oakland high school students rallied in support of the proposed Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which is currently under committee review in the California State Legislature.
📖 Read the full article: oaklandnorth.net/2025/10/27/o...
📖 Read the full article: oaklandnorth.net/2025/10/27/o...
As part of DOE's recent funding rollbacks, CLEE lost federal funding for its community-focused carbon removal research.
Louise Bedsworth, CLEE’s Executive Director, shares: “Renewable energy has a place in the future and hopefully a very large one.”
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Louise Bedsworth, CLEE’s Executive Director, shares: “Renewable energy has a place in the future and hopefully a very large one.”
🔗 www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
Trump administration cuts more than $8.8M in UC Berkeley-led climate and energy research
Three UC Berkeley-led research projects — totaling more than $8.8 million in funding — have been cut by the Department of Energy, or DOE, since the start of the government
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October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
As part of DOE's recent funding rollbacks, CLEE lost federal funding for its community-focused carbon removal research.
Louise Bedsworth, CLEE’s Executive Director, shares: “Renewable energy has a place in the future and hopefully a very large one.”
🔗 www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
Louise Bedsworth, CLEE’s Executive Director, shares: “Renewable energy has a place in the future and hopefully a very large one.”
🔗 www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
In Case You Missed It: CLEE’s recent talk, The Impact of Recent Federal Policy Changes on Renewable Energy Development in California, hosted at Orrick in San Francisco, is now available online.
🎥 Missed the event? Watch the full recording: www.kaltura.com/index.php/ex...
🎥 Missed the event? Watch the full recording: www.kaltura.com/index.php/ex...
CLEE Lunch & Learn_ The Impact of Recent Federal Policy Changes on Renewable Energy Development in California and How State Action Can Help
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October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In Case You Missed It: CLEE’s recent talk, The Impact of Recent Federal Policy Changes on Renewable Energy Development in California, hosted at Orrick in San Francisco, is now available online.
🎥 Missed the event? Watch the full recording: www.kaltura.com/index.php/ex...
🎥 Missed the event? Watch the full recording: www.kaltura.com/index.php/ex...
Join experts from UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) and Next 10 for a webinar on their latest report, “Costs of Climate Change”.
🔗 Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔗 Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Join experts from UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) and Next 10 for a webinar on their latest report, “Costs of Climate Change”.
🔗 Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔗 Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
In this discussion on KPBS, Ethan Elklind, Director of Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law Energy & Environment (CLEE), breaks down SB 79, calling it “the most significant housing bill that’s ever been passed in California.”
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCu...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCu...
Newsom signs SB 79 to increase housing near public transit
YouTube video by KPBS Public Media
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October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In this discussion on KPBS, Ethan Elklind, Director of Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law Energy & Environment (CLEE), breaks down SB 79, calling it “the most significant housing bill that’s ever been passed in California.”
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCu...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCu...
Happy #DAFDay! Make a commitment to a more sustainable and equitable future through your Donor Advised Fund. Learn more about how you can make a tax-advantaged gift to CLEE with your DAF. www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
Support CLEE Through Your Donor-Advised Fund
A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is like a charitable investment account: you contribute cash or other assets, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend grants to organizations you care about [...
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October 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy #DAFDay! Make a commitment to a more sustainable and equitable future through your Donor Advised Fund. Learn more about how you can make a tax-advantaged gift to CLEE with your DAF. www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
17 years ago, Californians voted for a revolutionary change within travel. A recent article by @grist.org details the progress and pitfalls of California's high-speed rail project.
🚆CLEE's Ethan Elkind comments on pathways forward. Read the article:
grist.org/transportati...
🚆CLEE's Ethan Elkind comments on pathways forward. Read the article:
grist.org/transportati...
Billions spent, miles to go: The story of California’s failure to build high-speed rail
California’s dream of building a high-speed rail system is a cautionary tale of ambition outpacing funding, planning, and federal support.
grist.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
17 years ago, Californians voted for a revolutionary change within travel. A recent article by @grist.org details the progress and pitfalls of California's high-speed rail project.
🚆CLEE's Ethan Elkind comments on pathways forward. Read the article:
grist.org/transportati...
🚆CLEE's Ethan Elkind comments on pathways forward. Read the article:
grist.org/transportati...
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Michael Kiparsky, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social's Wheeler Water Institute, spoke to @latimes.com about the AI-driven data center strain on the West’s water. He said requiring data on water use is a good first step, but officials may not know what to do with that number alone: lat.ms/4nGIbUN
Amid a data center boom, California lawmakers pass a bill to track water use
The AI-driven data center boom is adding strain on the West’s water. New legislation in California would require data centers to report how much water they use.
lat.ms
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Michael Kiparsky, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social's Wheeler Water Institute, spoke to @latimes.com about the AI-driven data center strain on the West’s water. He said requiring data on water use is a good first step, but officials may not know what to do with that number alone: lat.ms/4nGIbUN
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"The data centers that we see now will just multiply. And their need to cool their servers will multiply along with them." - Michael Kiparsky, director of the @cleeberkeley.bsky.social Wheeler Water Institute, spoke to @cbsnews.com about water use in data centers: https://cbsn.ws/4mD4bPr
California bill would require builders to release how much water data facilities use
As California's population grows, the pressure increases on its finite natural resources. And one of those, water, is the subject of some concern, with the increase in data generation in the State.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The data centers that we see now will just multiply. And their need to cool their servers will multiply along with them." - Michael Kiparsky, director of the @cleeberkeley.bsky.social Wheeler Water Institute, spoke to @cbsnews.com about water use in data centers: https://cbsn.ws/4mD4bPr
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"We need to look at the bigger picture. Electricity rates have gone up about 50 percent in the last five years... high rates undermine our climate goals."
Listen to @ethanelkind.bsky.social, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social on @kqedforum.bsky.social: bit.ly/3IIKsjx #UCBerkeleyLaw
Listen to @ethanelkind.bsky.social, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social on @kqedforum.bsky.social: bit.ly/3IIKsjx #UCBerkeleyLaw
New State Climate Plan To Reduce Energy Costs, Fortify Grid | KQED
We’ll take a closer look at the changes and trade-offs and what they mean for you.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"We need to look at the bigger picture. Electricity rates have gone up about 50 percent in the last five years... high rates undermine our climate goals."
Listen to @ethanelkind.bsky.social, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social on @kqedforum.bsky.social: bit.ly/3IIKsjx #UCBerkeleyLaw
Listen to @ethanelkind.bsky.social, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social on @kqedforum.bsky.social: bit.ly/3IIKsjx #UCBerkeleyLaw
🌍 Climate change is driving up costs across every sector of the economy, with California already experiencing severe impacts.
CLEE’s latest report summarizes available research on how climate change is affecting costs to U.S. and California households and businesses.
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tinyurl.com/8thw6ybr
CLEE’s latest report summarizes available research on how climate change is affecting costs to U.S. and California households and businesses.
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tinyurl.com/8thw6ybr
Costs of Climate Change
Financial Impacts on California and U.S. Households September 2025 The costs of climate change are enormous and affect every sector of the economy. Disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires, and heat...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🌍 Climate change is driving up costs across every sector of the economy, with California already experiencing severe impacts.
CLEE’s latest report summarizes available research on how climate change is affecting costs to U.S. and California households and businesses.
🔗
tinyurl.com/8thw6ybr
CLEE’s latest report summarizes available research on how climate change is affecting costs to U.S. and California households and businesses.
🔗
tinyurl.com/8thw6ybr
A recent article in @nature.com highlights how scientists are taking action through lawsuits, whistleblowing, data transparency projects, and public advocacy to challenge the research funding cuts.
📰 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
📰 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientists take on Trump: these researchers are fighting back
Through lawsuits, grant tracking, whistle-blowing and more, resistance to the US war on science is growing.
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A recent article in @nature.com highlights how scientists are taking action through lawsuits, whistleblowing, data transparency projects, and public advocacy to challenge the research funding cuts.
📰 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
📰 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In a recent @newsweek.com CLEE’s Dave Jones comments on the affects of #climatechange on the insurance industry.
📰 Read more > www.newsweek.com/another-cali...
📰 Read more > www.newsweek.com/another-cali...
Another California home insurer seeks premium hike
CSAA, California's fifth-largest insurer, is asking state regulators for permission to increase its homeowners' insurance premiums.
www.newsweek.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In a recent @newsweek.com CLEE’s Dave Jones comments on the affects of #climatechange on the insurance industry.
📰 Read more > www.newsweek.com/another-cali...
📰 Read more > www.newsweek.com/another-cali...
A new article CLEE Wheeler Water Institute Director, Mike Kiparsky, co-authored in Frontiers in Water describes how, in #water-scarce regions of the world, multibenefit land repurposing offers a promising alternative to idling cropland.
🌾 Read the report: www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...
🌾 Read the report: www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...
Frontiers | Enhancing water security and landscape resilience through multibenefit land repurposing
Achieving water sustainability in many water-scarce regions will require reducing consumptive water use by converting irrigated agricultural land to less wat...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A new article CLEE Wheeler Water Institute Director, Mike Kiparsky, co-authored in Frontiers in Water describes how, in #water-scarce regions of the world, multibenefit land repurposing offers a promising alternative to idling cropland.
🌾 Read the report: www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...
🌾 Read the report: www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...
The latest report from the Equitable Climate Infrastructure Investment initiative is available online.
“Mapping California State Investments in Climate and Communities" details the civic infrastructure created by state investments across the North and Central Coasts of CA.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4fzy5h24
“Mapping California State Investments in Climate and Communities" details the civic infrastructure created by state investments across the North and Central Coasts of CA.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4fzy5h24
September 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The latest report from the Equitable Climate Infrastructure Investment initiative is available online.
“Mapping California State Investments in Climate and Communities" details the civic infrastructure created by state investments across the North and Central Coasts of CA.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4fzy5h24
“Mapping California State Investments in Climate and Communities" details the civic infrastructure created by state investments across the North and Central Coasts of CA.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4fzy5h24
Join CLEE + Orrick on Oct 8 for a lunchtime panel on recent IRA Reforms: State-Level Climate Action & Policy Implications. The event will be held at Orrick SF and on Zoom.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Join CLEE + Orrick on Oct 8 for a lunchtime panel on recent IRA Reforms: State-Level Climate Action & Policy Implications. The event will be held at Orrick SF and on Zoom.
🔗 Join in person: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 Join on Zoom: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 Join in person: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 Join on Zoom: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
CLEE’s first Lunch & Learn of the academic year featured three Berkeley Law alumni who have forged careers in government practice. The panelists discussed how students can pursue a path that fuels their passion. Sign up for the E&E newsletter for updates on future events! tinyurl.com/3knh6pkt
September 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
CLEE’s first Lunch & Learn of the academic year featured three Berkeley Law alumni who have forged careers in government practice. The panelists discussed how students can pursue a path that fuels their passion. Sign up for the E&E newsletter for updates on future events! tinyurl.com/3knh6pkt
We had a great time at yesterday evening's Fall Welcome Mixer for students of Environment and Energy Law. Thanks to all who came out! 🍁
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August 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We had a great time at yesterday evening's Fall Welcome Mixer for students of Environment and Energy Law. Thanks to all who came out! 🍁
Subscribe to our E&E newsletter to stay up-to-date on future events and opportunities: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Dek...
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What could the oil & gas industry look like in a climate-safe world? That question fueled a recent $2 million gift from entrepreneur Chris Larsen for an ambitious project led by UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment @cleeberkeley.bsky.social www.law.berkeley.edu/article/2-mi...
$2 million gift to UC Berkeley Law fuels project to help reimagine America’s oil and gas industry
The gift from entrepreneur Chris Larsen launches a broad effort led by our Center for Law, Energy & the Environment.
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August 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What could the oil & gas industry look like in a climate-safe world? That question fueled a recent $2 million gift from entrepreneur Chris Larsen for an ambitious project led by UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment @cleeberkeley.bsky.social www.law.berkeley.edu/article/2-mi...
The world of #ZeroEmissionTrucks has reached a pivotal moment, as the emerging US industry faces federal rollbacks.
🚚 CLEE's 6-part factsheet series addresses the most common questions related to zero-emission trucks and supply-side regulations.
🔗 www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
🚚 CLEE's 6-part factsheet series addresses the most common questions related to zero-emission trucks and supply-side regulations.
🔗 www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
Zero-Emission Trucks: A Factsheet Series
June 2024 – August 2025 This factsheet series is intended to help address some of the most common questions related to zero-emission trucks and the supply-side regulations that can accelerate […]
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August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The world of #ZeroEmissionTrucks has reached a pivotal moment, as the emerging US industry faces federal rollbacks.
🚚 CLEE's 6-part factsheet series addresses the most common questions related to zero-emission trucks and supply-side regulations.
🔗 www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
🚚 CLEE's 6-part factsheet series addresses the most common questions related to zero-emission trucks and supply-side regulations.
🔗 www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
🏠 Following the LA wildfires, communities have the chance to rebuild more sustainably.
“All-electric homes aren’t just healthier and more comfortable, they’re also more resilient & cost-effective,” Altadena resident Jaime Rodriguez told #SpectrumNews buildingdecarb.org bit.ly/45o0loc
“All-electric homes aren’t just healthier and more comfortable, they’re also more resilient & cost-effective,” Altadena resident Jaime Rodriguez told #SpectrumNews buildingdecarb.org bit.ly/45o0loc
All-electric homes becoming popular with wildfire victims
Some survivors are planning to rebuild
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August 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🏠 Following the LA wildfires, communities have the chance to rebuild more sustainably.
“All-electric homes aren’t just healthier and more comfortable, they’re also more resilient & cost-effective,” Altadena resident Jaime Rodriguez told #SpectrumNews buildingdecarb.org bit.ly/45o0loc
“All-electric homes aren’t just healthier and more comfortable, they’re also more resilient & cost-effective,” Altadena resident Jaime Rodriguez told #SpectrumNews buildingdecarb.org bit.ly/45o0loc
📣 Hiring Announcement: CLEE is hiring two legal researchers for Fall 2025. One position will support the EV Equity Initiative, while another will contribute to the development of offshore wind policy.
Apply by September 13th >> www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
Apply by September 13th >> www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
Research Opportunities
The Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE), Berkeley Law environmental and energy law faculty, and other members of the Berkeley environmental community frequently recruit graduate students...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
📣 Hiring Announcement: CLEE is hiring two legal researchers for Fall 2025. One position will support the EV Equity Initiative, while another will contribute to the development of offshore wind policy.
Apply by September 13th >> www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
Apply by September 13th >> www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
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Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy, & The Environment (@cleeberkeley.bsky.social) joins @kqedforum.bsky.social to talk about what’s ahead for California’s environmental agenda: bit.ly/4mS8Xte
#UCBerkeleyLaw #EnvironmentalLaw #California
#UCBerkeleyLaw #EnvironmentalLaw #California
August 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy, & The Environment (@cleeberkeley.bsky.social) joins @kqedforum.bsky.social to talk about what’s ahead for California’s environmental agenda: bit.ly/4mS8Xte
#UCBerkeleyLaw #EnvironmentalLaw #California
#UCBerkeleyLaw #EnvironmentalLaw #California