Publications & Articles

Publications & Articles

Thinking Globally When Acting Locally: How Will CEQA Adapt to a Changing Environment

Arthur F. Coon, Kristina D. Lawson

Can the California Environmental Quality Act meaningfully address the significant and perhaps inevitable environmental consequences of climate change through its project specific review?  As CEQA practitioners have observed over the past year or so, comments faulting public agencies for failing to adequately address the consequences of climate change when evaluating land development projects are becoming commonplace.

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