Environmental & Energy,
California Courts of Appeal
Sep. 15, 2021
Stop, think and listen for the bell!: CEQA and climate change
CEQA analysis of climate change has shifted. The alarm bell’s focus must include raising public awareness about how climate change can increase project impacts.
Gary A. Patton
Adjunct Professor, Legal Studies Program
University of California, Santa Cruz
Gary served for 20 years on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, from 1975 to 1995. His daily blog, "We Live In A Political World," can be found online at www.gapatton.net.
The California Environmental Quality Act has long been recognized as California's most important environmental law. In Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors, 8 Cal. 3d 247 (1972), the California Supreme Court recognized that CEQA was "designed to be a milestone in the campaign for maintenance of a quality environment for the people of this state now and in the future." As we face the climate change challenges before us, CEQA is more im...
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