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The Four Misreadings of Justice Kavanaugh in Suncor
In the first oral arguments of the October 2026 term, the Supreme Court Justices grappled with one of the most significant climate cases to reach the Court in recent years. Justice Kavanaugh’s questions indicated that he believes tort claims over climate harms can only be brought under federal common law. But although he is correct that several cases establish the availability of federal common law, he is incorrect to conclude that they rule out the concurrent availability of state common law.
The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation
In its October 2026 term, the Supreme Court will review Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a tort case with significant implications for the balance of power between federal and state law. Three state supreme courts and one federal circuit court of appeals have now issued conflicting opinions on whether plaintiffs can bring state tort suits against fossil fuel companies over climate harms.
Students, alumnus publish research on global risk factors for gastric cancer
Two UCLA students and an alumnus recently published a research paper surveying factors that lead to global disparities in gastric cancer. Gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer, is most prevalent in South Korea and least common in France, although the two countries have comparable economies. The group – including alumnus Omid Nikjeh and current students Megan Yu and Rachel Wang – compared healthcare practices in France and South Korea, according to their paper published Oct.
Regulating New Fossil-Fuel Appliances Under Section 111(b) of the Clean Air Act
The fossil fuel-powered appliances in most residential and commercial buildings collectively emit almost three times more smog-forming nitrogen oxides than the nation’s gas-fired power plants and almost as much planet-warming carbon dioxide.
Toward Rationality in Oil and Gas Leasing
Leasing public lands and waters for fossil-fuel extraction drives a quarter of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. The federal leasing program will need to be reformed if the U.S. is to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Our new report charts how analysis for planning and leasing decisions can be improved by more accurately predicting emissions impacts, considering the value of delay, and assessing the distribution of impacts.
Will Cities Get Their Day in Court to Litigate Climate Change Harms?
For decades, fossil fuel companies knew about the dangers of climate change but denied the existence of the problem while continuing to market their products to meet consumers’ energy needs. Whether and to what extent they should now be liable for their role in warming the planet is an urgent question facing courts across the country.
Poisonous Skies
List of Acronyms Introduction: A Rain of Ashes 1: Creating a Global Pollution Problem Death-Dealing Fogs From the Local to the Global The Discovery of Acid Rain 2: The Science of Acid Rain Acid Rain and the Development of Environmental Science Crossing Boundaries: Constructing a Science of Acid Rain The End of the “Heroic” Era 3: Energy Industry Research and the Politics of Doubt Divesting from Pollution Control Technology The Energy Industry Enters the Environmental Science Field A “Silent...
City Water, City Life
Water and the Infrastructure of Ideas in Urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago Carl Smith Carl Smith 344 pages | 31 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2013 Paper $22.50 ISBN: 9780226151595 Published April 2014 Cloth $41.00 ISBN: 9780226022512 Published April 2013 E-book $10.00 to $22.50 About E-books ISBN: 9780226022659 Published April 2013 A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions.
Here’s a problem with the TPP that Hillary Clinton ignores at her peril
Hillary Clinton and many of her fellow Democrats meeting in Philadelphia hope to show the party unity arguably lacking when the Republicans gathered in Cleveland. A sticking point to a unified Democratic Party, however, has been the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the most contentious topics of debate between supporters of Clinton and erstwhile rival Bernie Sanders. Despite significant lobbying, Sanders failed to secure opposition to the TPP in a draft of the Democratic Party platform.
DNC: The TPP trade globalization agreement could be Hillary Clinton’s downfall in November, and for good reason
Hillary Clinton and many of her fellow Democrats meeting in Philadelphia hope to show the party unity arguably lacking when the Republicans gathered in Cleveland. A sticking point to a unified Democratic Party, however, has been the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the most contentious topics of debate between supporters of Clinton and erstwhile rival Bernie Sanders. Despite significant lobbying, Sanders failed to secure opposition to the TPP in a draft of the Democratic Party platform.
How Cold War Politics Helped Solve Acid Rain
This December, climate negotiators will meet in Paris to finalize a United Nations agreement intended to create a new framework for addressing global warming. Government officials from France and Germany have already voiced their intention to push for binding emissions cuts in the accord, a goal that other European Union officials have publicly supported.
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