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New Center On Urban Environmental Law: Greening Bay Area Cities, Garrett Wheeler

CUEL - Center for Urban Environmental Law

“We developed CUEL because while there are a lot of great programs around the country focused on climate change, energy, wildlife preservation and other rural issues, there are a lot of important concerns, particularly urban issues, that are not getting enough attention,” says CUEL founder and Co-Director, Professor Paul Kibel. “[GGU Law] is particularly well positioned to take on these issues. The greenspace project at Alameda Point is a chance to present a compelling argument to create urban parkland.”

Offshore Energy After The Bp Spill: Wave, Wind And The Push To Drill, Unknown

Environmental Law Symposia

Flyer for 2011 conference.

Environmental Law And Justice Clinic Fall 2011 Report, Eljc

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

Founded in 1994, the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic serves the dual mission of training law students to be effective and ethical advocates and assisting low-income communities and communities of color to reduce the disparities of pollution. The clinic is staffed by ten to twelve law students, two full-time professors, a part-time staff scientist, and a Graduate Fellow. The State Bar certifies the law students to perform lawyerly tasks under the supervision of their professors.

The clinic’s 2011 work focused primarily on reducing the disparities of air pollution. This Fall 2011 report highlights some of the clinic’s work and accomplishments …

Flight Park At Alameda Point, Alan Ramo

CUEL - Center for Urban Environmental Law

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Air Pollution & Environmental Inequity In The San Francisco Bay Area, Ken Kloc

Publications

Environmental justice advocates have long been concerned about the health impact of elevated air pollution levels found in disadvantaged communities across the country. Sustained public pressure on this issue has motivated regulators to initiate a variety of programs to better characterize the combined or “cumulative” air pollution exposure in localities with multiple pollution sources. In the last decade, local and state agencies have completed a number of relevant San Francisco Bay Area studies and the results are now being used to develop new pollution control policies. The goal of the present paper is to review this air quality research and …

Why California Failed To Meet Its Rps Target, Deborah N. Behles

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Congress and states are developing and implementing plans to mitigate the impact of climate change through measures that reduce greenhouse gases. Many of these efforts are focused on the electrical generation industry since approximately 40% of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States are created from burning fossil fuels to generate electricity. To reduce the greenhouse gases produced by the electrical industry sector, many greenhouse reduction plans have required increased generation of electricity through renewable, less-polluting, resources which mandates electric utilities to obtain a percentage of their power from renewable resources. Congress has attempted to follow suit by proposing several …

Fighting For Environmental Justice Takes Long-Lasting Coalitions, Helen Kang

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“It’s official!” read Theresa Mueller’s long-awaited February 2011 e-mail to community activists. A veteran deputy city attorney with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, Mueller was referring to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision that finally allowed the Potrero power plant, the second of the two dirtiest fossil fuel power plants in the most polluted area of San Francisco, to close.

Power plants do not typically close. Although power plants are designed to operate for thirty to forty years, most power plants continue to operate long beyond their planned life spans. The last step in a long list of agency, …

Navigating Environmental Regulations, Helen Kang

Publications

When compliance with federal and local laws is at issue, knowing where to look is key to ensuring not running afoul of either, explains Helen Kang of Golden Gate University School of Law.

Failure To Launch, Alan Ramo

Publications

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The Public Trust Navigates California's Bay Delta, Paul Stanton Kibel

Publications

California's Bay Delta, where freshwater from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meets the saltwater from San Francisco Bay, has been mired in litigation and political controversy for decades. In the 2009 Delta Reform Act, the California State Water Board was ordered to conduct hearings to establish flow criteria to protect public trust resources in the Bay Delta. This article examines how the statutory deployment of the public trust in the 2009 Delta Reform Act built on the California Supreme Court's 1983 National Audubon decision, and details the California State Water Board proceedings leading up to the public trust Delta …

The End Of Paper Water: Natural Limits, Unlimited Demands And Reliable Supply: Proceedings Of The 2011 California Water Law Symposium, Paul S. Kibel

Environmental Law Symposia

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Proceedings Of The 2011 California Water Law Symposium (Wls). The End Of Paper Water: Natural Limits, Unlimited Demands And Reliable Supply, Paul S. Kibel, Anthony Austin, Melosa Granda, Luthien L. Niland

CUEL - Center for Urban Environmental Law

Proceedings of the 2011 California Water Law Symposium held at Golden Gate University School of Law on January 22, 2011.

Instream Flow And The Public Trust: Statutory Innovation In California's 2009 Delta Reform Act, Paul S. Kibel

Publications

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Environmental Benefits And The Notion Of Positive Environmental Justice, Colin Crawford

Publications

Following the introductory section, the Article is divided into three parts. The first portion of Part 1 will chart the relatively thin case made in the U.S. literature for what this Article labels "positive environmental justice." The second section in Part 1 then looks outside the United States and analyzes an important and relatively recent decision of the Colombian Constitutional Court. The Colombian decision, which affirmed the constitutional and other international and domestic law rights of native and Afro- Colombian peoples in that country to make decisions regarding the use and exploitation of the nation's abundant forests," provides a nuanced …

Center On Urban Environmental Law (Cuel) Brochure, Alan Ramo

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

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2011 Annual Report - Clean Air Every Day, Bay Area Air Quality Management District

California Agencies

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