CEQA Series: CEQA Reform to Advance Climate Action, ft. Ethan Elkind, UC Berkeley

Environmental Leadership Chronicles

This episode is a feature in our CEQA Series featuring Ethan Elkind. Ethan is the Director of the Climate Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law, with a joint appointment at the UCLA School of Law. He researches and writes on law and policies that address climate change. He previously taught at the UCLA law school’s Frank Wells Environmental Law Clinic and served as an environmental law research fellow.

His book, Railtown, on the history of the modern Los Angeles Metro Rail system was published by University of California Press in January 2014. He is also a co-host of the weekly call-in radio show “State of the Bay” on the San Francisco NPR affiliate KALW 91.7 FM, airing Monday nights at 6pm, and a frequent guest host on KALW’s “Your Call” morning call-in show.

He received his B.A. with honors from Brown University and graduated Order of the Coif from the UCLA School of Law.