UCLA faculty experts advisory: Obama takes Calif. lead on emissions standards
President Obama has proposed new federal fuel efficiency standards for vehicles; the new national policy would closely mirror California's plan to reduce emissions that cause global warming. UCLA has experts.
Ann Carlson, professor of law and faculty director of the UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, is an authority on constitutional questions affecting environmental law and policy, including the division of regulatory authority between states and the federal government on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Lauri Gavel 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Phil Hampton | 310-206-1460 | phampton@support.ucla.edu
Media contacts:
Lauri Gavel 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Phil Hampton | 310-206-1460 | phampton@support.ucla.edu
Matthew Kahn, a professor at UCLA's Institute of the Environment, is an expert on the costs and benefits of environmental regulation. An environmental economist, he writes frequently on how consumer and corporate behavior affects climate change.
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Phil Hampton | 310-206-1460 | phampton@support.ucla.edu
Sean Hecht, executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center, comments regularly on issues involving environmental law and policy, including federal and state regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Media contacts:
Lauri Gavel 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Phil Hampton | 310-206-1460 | phampton@support.ucla.edu
Cara Horowitz, executive director of the UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, works on law and policy solutions to climate change and related environmental issues. She was formerly a staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Lauri Gavel 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Paul Bunje, executive director of the Center for Climate Change Solutions at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, is an expert on the effects of climate change on ecosystems and communities. He is a former science policy fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Phil Hampton | 310-206-1460 | phampton@support.ucla.edu
Magali Delmas, associate professor of management and director of the Center for Corporate Environmental Performance at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, researches how environmental regulatory policies influence business strategies and performance.
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Media contact:
Phil Hampton | 310-206-1460 | phampton@support.ucla.edu