Environmental Law

Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law, weighs in on findings of a study she co-authored on California limits on ‘forever chemicals’ saying “It suggests a tangible public health payoff from the state’s more stringent environmental regulations.” 

Ethan Elkind, the director of the climate program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment weighs in on what the incoming Trump administration might do if a series of environmental rules that are before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are approved saying “If Trump follows through with campaign promises to revoke these waivers after EPA approves them, California would likely sue over the federal administration’s action.”

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law joins Forum to discuss what climate efforts may look like during a Trump Administration, and how California will respond.

“We do not have four years to not do things, let alone go backwards,” said Ken Alex, director at the Center for Law Energy and Environment at UC Berkeley. “We are in a very, very precarious moment.”

“Transportation is really where the Trump administration can do the most damage to California,” said Ethan Elkind, director of the climate program at UC Berkeley law school’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment. “This could make it hard for the state to meet climate goals.”

“It becomes incredibly important to evaluate whether the law is actually doing what it’s supposed to be doing,” says Claudia Polsky, study co-author and director of the Environmental Law Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law, “which is reducing exposure to chemicals.”

“Halloween 2024 is a reminder that the Food and Drug Administration is long overdue for taking an obvious action to make the holiday less scary: banning artificial food coloring,” writes Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of California Berkeley School of Law.

A new study, co-authored by Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, suggests California’s stricter regulations are reducing levels of BPA, PFAS and other harmful toxics in people.

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law joins Forum to discuss the impact of big cars.

Ethan Elkind, director of the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law weighs in on The California Air Resources Board’s decision to drop its plan to regulate the jet fuel used for 220,000 in-state flights per year.