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Letter to the California Attorney General, California Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, and California Civil Rights Department with evidence of civil rights violations in light of revised state regulations. Read the letter here:
New research published today in the journal Environment by Gregg Macey at UCI Law and colleagues at Californians for Pesticide Reform, Environmental Working Group, Golden Gate University, and Vanderbilt University. “Our framework for analysis of the social dynamics of environmental harm opens new avenues for legal practice.”
Gregg Macey at UCI Law presented at a statewide Climate Action Initiative convening in Oakland. “This may be the first real opportunity for local governments to rebalance the benefits and costs of land use borne by disadvantaged communities, in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond.”
Gregg Macey, director of the Center for Land, Environment & Natural Resources at UCI Law, is cited: “In Search of Answers: Agricultural Workers Say Pesticide Abuses are not Reaching Government Officials” – Voices of Monterey Bay. Read the article:
Professor Alejandro Camacho at UCI Law participated in a roundtable about his book, Reorganizing Government, at an International Association on Regulation and Governance conference, “Regulatory Governance in a Changing World,” at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
The Center for Land, Environment & Natural Resources at UCI Law offers high-quality, multi-party policy design services. Keep an eye out for Policy Design in Fall and Winter 2024 on endangered species, climate action planning, goods movement, and occupational health.
The Wildland-Urban Interface Climate Action Network works with land stewards and communities to build new approaches to adaptive management and create new opportunities for Californians to have a say in how agencies plan for and respond to climate change.
Just released: “Equitable Infrastructure,” co-authored by Center for Land, Environment & Natural Resources director Gregg Macey and a stellar team of engineering faculty from across the US.
Thank you to the American Society of Civil Engineers for the invitation to present before its Technical Committee on Future Weather and Climate Extremes). Shown: Dr. Gregg Macey presenting “Metrics, Process Management, and Civil Rights Enforcement.”