"The ruling was the fourth legal setback that the Trump administration has suffered in its quest to throttle the country’s nascent offshore wind industry." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...

"American Geophysical Union Conference Highlights Air Pollution From LA Fires, Central Valley Water Rights" research.ceb.com/posts/americ...

"With the U.S. Pulling Out of Global Climate Agreements, California Filled the Void at COP30" - CEB DailyNews/ClimateBrief article at - research.ceb.com/posts/with-t...

"California Officials, Experts Consider Link Between Science and Democracy Amid Federal Funding Cuts" - DailyNew/ClimateBrief article, with free CEB sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/califo...

"CARB Approves New Landfill Methane Regulation Effective January 2027" research.ceb.com/posts/carb-a...

"Ironically, the Trump Administration's Rollback of California's Emissions Waivers Could Put the State Out of Conformity With Federal Air Quality Standards" -with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/ironic...

"The laureates showed that the macroscopic quantum world could be brought under experimental control. And their work laid the foundations for the superconducting qubits that are at the cutting edge of quantum computing research today."

"CARB Board's October Meeting Focuses on Air Quality Standards, ZEV Commitment, and Methane Detection" research.ceb.com/posts/carb-b...

We did this paper together when she was a visiting student in our lab. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

And an expert on tipping points !

My Washington Lawyer Human Rights Law contribution on p. 29 and co-contribution on Environmental Law p.10 in this issue's Year in Review

"AB 93 Was Vetoed, But Assemblymember Diane Papan Says Legislative Work on Data Centers' Water Consumption Will Continue" - with free DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/ab-93-...

"FTC Antitrust Investigation of California’s Clean Truck Effort Is Latest Federal Blow to State Climate Policy" - with free DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/ftc-an...

++ " 'Our system will enable us to realize further exotic quantum states of motions and to elucidate how quantum mechanics should behave at macroscopic scales and become classical' " physicsworld.com/a/physicists...

"ClimateBrief: California Assemblymember Diane Papan on AB 93, Her Bill That Would Require Data Centers to Report Water Use" research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: Despite Strong Federal Headwinds, California Continues to Push for Offshore Wind Development" - with free DailyNews sign-up at- research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"But, never say never. Physicists have been able to create experimental analogues of some thought experiments, so who knows what the future will bring." @physicsworld.bsky.social physicsworld.com/a/indefinite...

"ClimateBrief: Trump's EPA Wants to Revoke the Legal Basis for Federal Emissions Rules. Experts Say California Will Step In to Fill the Void" - CEB DailyNews at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"On the Law of War and Peace at 400 - Reflecting on Grotius' Blueprint for Global Order" - my mini-feature in the Sept./Oct. Washington Lawyer magazine p.14 at washingtonlawyer.dcbar.org/septemberoct...

My DailyNews Q and A with UCLA Law Professor Richard L. Hasen on Gerrymandering in California and the Future of Voting Rights - with free sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/ucla-l...

On Salton Sea/Lithium Valley - "ClimateBrief: So Far, the Trump Administration Seems Friendly to Geothermal Energy and Critical Minerals Projects" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: CARB Board's July Meeting Strikes Defiant Note, Touts Environmental Justice Achievements" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

What an experience just to read and view this story! 15 teens. 300 miles. One mighty ancestral river, running free. wapo.st/4m81PJf

"ClimateBrief: As Temperatures Get Hotter, California Launches New Public Tool to Help People Prepare for Extreme Heat" research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

On the the recent NASEM report, "ClimateBrief: Addressing the Air Pollution Problem in California's Owens Valley, Dried Up by Decades of Water Diversions to LA" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: California Leads on Tropical Forest Restoration Efforts Leading Up to November's 'Forest COP' in Brazil" - with free CEB sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"The President is up there in the White House for you.... it is not you who are here for him, The Secretaries act in their bureaus for you.... not you here for them, The Congress convenes every December for you..." Walt Whitman "Leaves of Grass" (first edition, 1855)

My July/Aug. Washington Lawyer review of @casssunstein.bsky.social CLIMATE JUSTICE: What Rich Nations Owe the World -- and the Future @mitpress.bsky.social - p. 51 at washingtonlawyer.dcbar.org/julyaugust20...

Enjoyed discussing my work on wild #animal wellbeing with @richblaustein.bsky.social for this CEB ClimateBrief. The article also features Jim Salzman's work on #RightsofNature. research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: New UC Berkeley Report Highlights Possibilities for Detecting and Reducing Methane Emissions By Satellite" research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: California Cap-and-Trade: Legislation, New Regulations, and a Deal with Washington State Are All on the Table" - available with free DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: Trump Executive Order Targets State-Level Climate Policies, Including California's" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: State and Federal Laws, Combined With Cutting-Edge Conservation, Could Protect California Freshwater Species Under Climate Changes" A new PPIC report outlines the law guiding "climate-smart" conservation. research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Case Challenging the California Waiver" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/scotus...

“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” Judge Boasberg wrote.

"ClimateBrief: Rice Farming -- and a 1991 Agriculture Law -- Are Key in Conserving California's Biodiversity" - with free DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis called the government's inadvertent deportation of the man to a notorious El Salvador prison a "grievous error."

" 'It’s a prudent approach at this stage,' noted Fabiola Gianotti, current CERN director-general, adding that the FCC would be 'the most extraordinary instrument ever built.' ”

For our American members, an opportunity to contribute to the @ipcc.bsky.social #climateheritage

“ 'Unfortunately, in research and academia there is generally a toxic culture in which you are expected to be hyper productive, move all over the world, and have a focus on quantity over quality in terms of research output,' says Doddato. ”

The latest on NEPA - "ClimateBrief: Environmental Groups Challenge Kern County Oil Drilling Permits As Trump Administration Takes on NEPA" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

for now functioning link, p. 16 on internet ( p. 14 of magazine) -- the 50th anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) - my March/April Washington Lawyer feature on the ISDEAA at 50 www.dcbar.org/getmedia/b0c...

ClimateBrief: Debating the Scope of a Clean Water Act Regulation, 5-4 SCOTUS Decides for San Francisco in Case Against the EPA - with free CEB sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: Debating the Scope of a Clean Water Act Regulation, 5-4 SCOTUS Decides for San Francisco in Case Against the EPA" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

Something to celebrate in 2025 - the 50th anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) - my March/April Washington Lawyer feature on the ISDEAA at p. 14 - washingtonlawyer.dcbar.org/marchapril20...

10 years ago on this day, prominent opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in Russia. Nemtsov was also a talented physicist. My 2018 Physics Today article on the physics career of Boris Nemtsov is at pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

"ClimateBrief: Proposed California Bill SB 222 Would Allow Individuals, Insurers to Sue Big Oil for Climate Disasters" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: Even As Federal Government Hits the Brakes on Electric Vehicle Support, California Accelerates EV Transition" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...

"ClimateBrief: California Water Law Expert Brian Gray on the Politics of Water Management After the LA Fires" - with free CEB DailyNews sign-up at - research.ceb.com/posts/climat...