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 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...

Last week the news blew up (no pun intended) that a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission floated the idea of a potential ban on gas...

California is supposed to be a model for the world on how an advanced economy can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By Ethan Elkind But the state is not on pace...

GUEST OPINION Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti made headlines recently by unveiling the city’s version of a “Green New Deal,” complete with ambitious goals...

GUEST OPINION California faces a dual crisis: a massive housing shortage leading to displacement and spiraling economic inequality; and an increase in driving...

GUEST OPINION As other developed countries race ahead to build high speed rail networks, the U.S. is lagging painfully behind. By Ethan Elkind The result here...