Author: Ethan Elkind

Based on these findings, policymakers seeking to expand the availability of the lowest-cost new homeownership opportunities should prioritize single-family...

California’s policies to phase out polluting diesel trucks in favor of zero-emission models took a major hit this year from the federal government. In June...

California’s decades-long role as a climate action pioneer is facing serious headwinds. While the Trump administration and its allies have launched a...

California’s decades-long role as a climate action pioneer is facing serious headwinds. While the T. administration and its allies have launched a full-scale...

There’s a lot of talk in certain policy circles these days about abundance, as a strategy to improve people’s lives and lower the cost of living through...

For California to meet its climate goals and lower costs on essentials like housing, transportation, and energy, it must dramatically scale up infill housing,...

Back in 2012, Berkeley Law’s CLEE and UCLA Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment released a report called “Electric Drive by...

Aviation is a significant and growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. But the federal government in the United States has failed to address it so far.

California regulators had an opportunity this year to require airplanes to use low-carbon jet fuel.

California’s ambitious goal to end the sale of internal combustion engine passenger vehicles by 2035limited access to EV charging stationsa new report:...

In the race to scale up a global supply chain for electric vehicle batteries, mining justice advocates have sought to ensure that the ongoing clean technology...

Like the proverbial Betamax vs. VHS technology competition of the 1980s, EV fast charging has been caught up in a wasteful turf war involving three different...

Moody’s just released an Electric vehicles are a big win over internal combustion engine models in so many ways: superior performance and reduced fueling and...

California and other jurisdictions have been moving to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as a climate solution. By Ethan Elkind Yet some pro-sprawl interests...

A major new piece of housing and climate legislation was introduced in California this month, and it’s been a long time coming. AB 68 (Ward) finally sets...

The climate fight should ultimately benefit all communities, just as they are all part of the solution. Agricultural communities are no exception. By Ethan...