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With extreme wildfires becoming more common due to the effects of climate change, the federal government is redoubling efforts to mitigate them.

They worked alongside tribal leaders to develop tools that would help navigate a complex patchwork of regulations.

A house sitting on low-lying land on the coast in Southern California can cost millions of dollars—but over the course of a 30-year mortgage, as the sea level rises, it could also become uninhabitable. Hundreds of coastal communities in the U.S. face a similar situation. As high tides reach farther inland, chronic flooding is becoming more common. A 2018 report from the nonprofit science advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists found that more than 300,000 homes, collectively worth around $115 billion now, would be at risk of chronic flooding by 2045. But property values aren’t droppi...

  UCLA School of Law Cara Horowitz Point of view: This is the first administration to place climate change leaders in strong appointments across agencies and domains, up and down the roster. From Health and Human Services to highway safety to the budget office, there are now climate champions in place to help tackle this problem from many directions. That’s hugely promising.  Next up: The United States owes the world its next climate action pledge under the Paris Agreement, and that pledge will be announced later this year. If President Biden is serious about retaking international lea...

On behalf of members of Congress, five UCLA faculty members file amicus brief on vehicle pollution rules UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Cara Horowitz says the amicus brief demonstrates “that far stronger standards are totally practicable, both economically and technologically.” Daniel Melling | January 22, 2021 This week, five UCLA School of Law faculty members submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of federal vehicle pollution and fuel economy sta...