Emmett Center Publishes Pritzker Policy Briefs the emmett Center on CLimAte ChAnge And the environment recently published two Pritzker Environmental Law and Policy Briefs. In January, Professor Timothy Malloy addressed California’s newly proposed green chemistry regulations in the paper, “Toxics in Consumer Products: California’s Green Chemistry Regulations at a Crossroad.” He describes how the regulations are flawed and makes recommendations for correcting the deficiencies. Cara Horowitz, the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation executive director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, published “Bright Roofs, Big City: Keeping L.A. Cool Through an Aggressive Cool-Roof Program” in October. The paper recommends the widespread use of cool roofing material to reduce air pollution and energy costs and proposes law and policy strategies for achieving this goal to combat climate change. The Pritzker Environmental Law and Policy Briefs are supported by a gift from Anthony Pritzker, the managing partner and co-founder of The Pritzker Group. They provide expert analysis on legislation, academic research, corporate actions and public dialog on urgent issues impacting the environment. In addition to the Pritzker Briefs, Cara Horowitz, M. Rhead Enion, Sean B. Hecht and Professor Ann Carlson published “Spending California’s Cap-and-Trade Auction Revenue: Understanding the Sinclair Paint Risk Spectrum.” In this report, the authors assess the legal constraints on AB 32 auction revenue allocations that derive from the statute itself or from California’s constitutional restrictions on the use of regulatory fees. The report offers careful analysis of the relative risks of various approaches to allocating the state’s AB 32 auction revenue proceeds. To read copies of these reports, please visit www.law.ucla.edu/emmett.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Meets With UCLA Law Students
Students Nina Jarass ’12 and Lauren Bernadett ’13 meet with clinic client Mark Jariabka, the executive director of Islands First, at the climate conference.
UCLA LAw stUdents participating in the UC-DC Law Program, a full-semester externship program in Washington, D.C., had the unique and perhaps once-in-a-lifetime experience of meeting with and asking questions of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Following a discussion of his latest book, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View, Justice Stephen Breyer met separately with 14 law students from University of California law schools and three students from Columbia Law School. In this intimate setting, Justice Breyer answered questions on a range of topics regarding the inner workings of the U.S. Supreme Court and provided a rare glimpse into his decision-making process.
Students Attend U.N. Climate Change Conference A stUdent deLegAtion from the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic traveled to Durban, South Africa to attend the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in November. The students were able to observe climate negotiations in action and provided on-the-ground assistance to clinic client Islands First, a non-governmental organization working on behalf of the small island developing states to confront the challenges of climate change. The students conducted research, took notes at relevant negotiations and helped address questions posed by island negotiators. They posted updates and analysis on Legal Planet, the joint UCLA Law and UC Berkeley Law environmental law and policy blog. This is the second time a group of UCLA Law students participated in the UNFCCC; students attended the talks in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009.
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