27 Jan 2025
Environmental Law Prof Blog
A Little Bit of Factual Clarification on California Water
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order on California water management. It's a long and rambling order filled with directives, and rather than try to unpack everything, I'm going to try to clarify two issues that seem particularly important. This...
27 Jan 2025 7:17pm GMT
18 Nov 2024
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Attending COP29 — Completing The Article 6 Rulebook
Adam D. Orford, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, is attending the 29th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as one of the American Bar Association's observer delegation...
18 Nov 2024 7:51am GMT
12 Nov 2024
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Reforming Water District Governance
When academics write about local government, they generally aren't thinking about water districts. Cities get almost all the attention, counties rarely get to be more than a sideshow, special districts are even more obscure, and water districts are particularly overlooked....
12 Nov 2024 4:14am GMT