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Center for Law, Energy & the Environment 2021 snapshot
T H E C E N T E R FO R L AW, E N E RG Y & T H E E N V I RO N M E N T develops pragmatic solutions to environmental and energy challenges by harnessing the expertise and creativity of the Berkeley Law community. We work across disciplines and institutional borders to craft effective laws, policies, and implementation systems that lead to equitable and sustainable outcomes. We find solutions by producing timely, relevant, and non-partisan research, fostering robust conversation and debate on key issues, and educating the next generation of environmental and energy leaders and decision makers.
2020 wrought sorrow in so many ways. We are reckoning with an international health crisis, systemic injustice, and polarized political systems. As we explore ways to overcome these deep-seated problems, CLEE has also continued to pursue groundbreaking research in environmental and energy law and policy and spread innovative ideas—virtually. Our initiatives and core programs in Climate, Water, Oceans, and Land Use have grown considerably over the past year, taking on ever-growing and pressing challenges.
climate CLEE’s climate program has become a hub for innovative policy solutions and climate action in California. We collaborated with California leaders in 2020 to advance state climate goals on issues including energy grid resilience, electric vehicle battery supply chains, and phasing out oil and gas extraction.
ACC E LE RAT IN G P RO GR E S S TOWA RD RE SI L I ENCE ADDR ES SI NG CL I M AT E CH ANGE T HRO U GH
AN D D EC A R BON I Z ATI O N F I N ANCE AND I NSU RANCE
• In Clean and Resilient and Data Access for a • In Insuring Extreme Heat Risks, we prepared a first-
Decarbonized Grid, we proposed policy reforms to of-its kind study of the potential for insurance and
simultaneously advance electricity decarbonization and other financial risk transfer mechanisms to address
grid resilience, ranging from performance-based utility the financial implications of extreme heat for local
regulation and improved interconnection processes to governments—one of the most significant, but least
new energy data management initiatives. documented, threats posed by climate change.
• In Building Toward Decarbonization, we developed a • In The California Roadmap, we conducted extensive
set of recommendations for state and local leaders to outreach with California financial leaders and crafted 40
facilitate the state’s process of building electrification recommendations for state legislators, regulators, and
by prioritizing communities with the greatest need industry leaders to address economic risks related to
for financial and technical support as well as the most climate change and other environmental, social, and
immediate opportunities to replace aging infrastructure. governance issues.
• In 2021, we will further these goals by convening experts • This year, we will socialize these recommendations with
and developing recommendations on issues including state policymakers and identify best options to make
engineered carbon removal strategies, financing nature- progress at the legislative and agency levels.
based climate solutions, and managing forest biomass.
M EDI A COVERAGE AND ADVO C ACY
AD D R E S S IN G FO S SI L F UE L E X T RACTI O N • Our climate experts were featured in a range of state
PRACT IC E S IN C A L I FO RN I A A N D B E YO N D
and national outlets, including articles and op-eds in
• Senior Visiting Fellow Patrick Heller’s work on state- CalMatters, Utility Dive, Penn Regulatory Review, and
owned oil companies—which are spending billions of Greentech Media. In addition, CLEE climate experts
dollars in public revenues on new oil and gas projects commented on climate law and policy developments for
worldwide—has sparked debate and dialogue in outlets including National Public Radio’s Marketplace,
countries including Mexico, Ghana and Algeria on the CNN, Politico, Financial Times, and the San Francisco
risks this spending imposes on long-term economic Chronicle, among others.
resilience. • Climate research fellow Ted Lamm authored amicus
• In Legal Grounds, we analyzed achievable law and briefs in litigation challenging Trump Administration
policy solutions for California leaders to begin phasing rollbacks of the Clean Power Plan and automobile
out oil and gas extraction to reduce climate and local emission standards.
environmental pollution in the nation’s 7th-ranked oil
producing state.
• In 2021, we will continue to share these solutions with
state and local leaders as they further develop supply-
side climate policies.
“As the state continues to advance
BU ILD IN G S U STA I N A B L E E L ECT RI C V E H I C L E integrated, data-driven initiatives
B AT T E RY S U P P LY C H A I N S
to increase Californians’ resilience
In Sustainable Drive, Sustainable Supply, we identified
to climate risk today – while also
•
a set of barriers to the achievement of sustainable EV
battery supply chains from governance, human rights, aggressively bringing down carbon
and environmental perspectives, and prepared a set
of recommended reforms ranging from information-
emissions into the future – we value
sharing platforms to recycling infrastructure. academic partners like CLEE that
• Next, we will produce a set of region- and market- bring research, convening power,
specific recommendations based on targeted market
analyses and outreach.
and their own expertise to the
table.”
—Kate Gordon, Director, California
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
and Governor’s Senior Advisor on Climate
oceans
The ocean not only covers over two-thirds of Earth’s
surface, it is also critical to sustaining all life on it,
both terrestrial and aquatic. We focus on identifying
the gaps in our network of global governance
systems, at both local and international levels, and
finding equitable, efficient ways to fill them.
S M A RT, EQ UI TA B L E O F F SH O RE W I N D an international conference in Korea that explored if
and how we need to update the current international
• For the last several few years, federal and state
legal framework surrounding the conduct of marine
regulators have been considering how to move
scientific research.
forward with offshore wind development off of
California’s shores. • In 2021, we will release an in-depth report looking
at key considerations and options, coinciding with
• We are working with regulators, stakeholders,
the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for
industry, NGOs, and others on a cross-cutting vision
Sustainable Development.
for the nascent industry, to ensure it not only helps
us realize California’s renewable energy targets,
H AR RY & JANE SCHEI B ER L ECT U R E I N O CE AN
but also our equity, just transition, and other social
L AW & P O L I CY
development goals.
• On February 4, 2021, we were delighted and honored
• In 2021, we will release a complete set of
that Judge Tullio Treves, preeminent law of the sea
recommendations and policy priorities for making
scholar and jurist, gave the third annual Harry & Jane
progress.
Scheiber Lecture in Ocean Law & Policy. Commentary
was provided by Nilufer Oral, Director of the National
E X P LO R IN G TH E O C E A N
University of Singapore’s Centre for International Law,
• It is often said we know more about the surface of and Lieutenant Commander Joel Coito of the U.S.
Mars than we do about the bottom of the ocean, and Coast Guard.
that it’s imperative we correct that. In 2019, we hosted
“It’s been such a pleasure working with CLEE to advance responsible offshore wind development in California. Their experts brought a sincere appetite for moving slow and amorphous processes forward by bringing energy, perspective, and inclusive leadership to our group of NGOs, offshore wind developers, and scientists.” —Sandy Aylesworth, Oceans Advocate, Natural Resources Defense Council
Project Climate
Project Climate focuses on one of the great
challenges for climate change action: moving the most
promising climate solutions to policy and scale, and
doing it quickly. In its first full year, we have developed
and launched multiple programs and actions already
impacting California communities, national policies,
and worldwide negotiations.
“With the launch of GrizzlyCorps,
Climate Break, and the methane
protocol, the vision for Project
Climate is taking shape: accelerating
and scaling climate solutions in
California and beyond.”
—Ken Alex, Director, Project Climate
G R IZ ZLYCOR P S • This year, we will continue to track these rollbacks and
identify strategies to reverse them.
• Project Climate launched UC Berkeley’s first
AmeriCorps program, sending 20 recent grads to farm
CL I M AT E B R E AK
and forest communities around the state to work for
a year full time on regenerative agriculture and forest • Project Climate has launched a radio program and
and fire resilience. podcast, focusing on climate solutions large and
small, commonplace and esoteric. Each radio episode
• Based on initial success, we are looking at ways to
highlights a solution with an expert interview—all in 90
expand the program in California and beyond. Learn
seconds.
more on the next page.
F U NDI NG ENVI RO NM ENTAL ENH ANCEM ENT
ME T H A N E P ROTO CO L
• With the City of San Jose and other partners, we are
• In collaboration with the California Air Resources
developing a credit program that will pay landowners
Board, CalEPA, the Under2 Coalition, the European
not only to keep land as open space and in agriculture
Union, and the United Nations Environment Program,
production but to take actions to enhance the
we drafted a protocol for inventory, detection, capture,
environmental services provided by the land, including
and control of methane from operations in the oil and
sequestration of carbon in soils.
gas sector. We will be working to make it a worldwide
standard, and to expand the effort to methane • At the same time, and in conjunction with the
emissions from agriculture and landfills. environmental enhancements, the credit system will
promote infill development in designated areas of the
R E VE R S IN G E N V I RO N M E N TA L RO L L B AC KS City.
• Over the past four years, the federal government has
LOW C AR B O N P L AST I CS
rolled back environmental protections across multiple
agencies and sectors. Project Climate has compiled • Many plastics are unnecessarily made from oil or
and analyzed over 200 of these actions, rating their natural gas. For example, plastics can be made from
impacts and identifying ways in which the most harmful food waste or even from captured CO2. We are
rollbacks can be rescinded. developing legislation and other approaches to reduce
the fossil fuel content of plastics while promoting use
reduction and true recyclability.
“Our communities are reaching a
tipping point where we must continue
to expand our impact through new
programs and ideas. Our GrizzlyCorps
fellows have been on the frontlines of
that expansion; continuing existing
projects, designing and implementing
new ones, and constantly rethinking
how we solve the issues we face,”
—Tim Borden, Land Stewardship
Coordinator, McConnell Foundation
Program Spotlight
GrizzlyCorps
A cornerstone of CLEE’s Project Climate initiative and UC Berkeley’s first AmeriCorps fellowship
program, GrizzlyCorps sends 20 recent college graduates to different localities in California for
roughly one year of service. GrizzlyCorps emphasizes the education of the next generation of young
climate leaders by sending them to rural farm and forest communities across California to learn,
collaborate, and promote climate-smart approaches to environmental development. By supporting
regenerative agri-food systems and forest and fire resilience in the communities they serve,
GrizzlyCorps helps create innovative, practical approaches that promote carbon sequestration,
responsible land management, conservation, and protection of working lands.Program Spotlight
Climate Risk Initiative
Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones established the Climate Risk Initiative
at CLEE to research and develop market-based, regulatory, and public policy tools to assist the
insurance and financial industries in recognizing and addressing the risks caused by climate
change.
In collaboration with the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, CLEE authored The California
Responsible Investment Roadmap in September 2020, identifying California policy and regulatory
recommendations to promote the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
factors into investment decision-making.
Dave Jones also contributed to the path-breaking report Managing Climate Risks in the US
Financial System issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)—the first report
issued by a US financial regulator to find that climate change threatens the stability of the financial
system and make comprehensive recommendations for addressing climate risks.
“Financial regulators in the US
cannot afford to wait to see
if governments will take the
necessary actions to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions
sufficiently. Their responsibilities
to oversee firms in the financial
sector in the face of climate risk
require that they take action now.”
—Dave Jones, Director, Climate Risk
Initiative, and former California
Insurance Commissioner, in Responsible
Investorwater As water management challenges intensify, CLEE’s water program maps forward progress on critical water issues. We specialize in a unique blend of legal, policy, and technical expertise, producing robust analysis and actionable policy recommendations that directly inform decision making.
S U STA I N A B L E GRO UN DWAT E R • In 2021, we will continue our work on the
M A N AGE M E N T modernization of California’s water rights
information system. We will release a pilot
• We have continued to expand our program
database that proves the concept, and a
on Recharge Net Metering, a novel means of
report documenting our vision and proposed
incentivizing groundwater recharge. Our work
pathway to such a system.
will support analysis and implementation of
on-the-ground pilot programs.
DRO U GHT P L ANNI NG AND P R EPARAT I O N
• This past year, we analyzed key uncertainties • In 2020, we began a collaboration with the
in water right permitting for groundwater
State Water Resources Control Board to
recharge, highlighting unintended
create a framework for timely and effective
consequences and the need for the state to
drought decision making. This partnership
address gaps in its oversight of water used for
illustrates a direct pathway from our earlier
recharge.
conceptual advances on the topic to real-
• We are preparing to publish a series of case world implementation.
studies of successful groundwater recharge
around the United States, aimed at informing WAT ER I NNOVAT I O N AND R ESI L I ENCE
efforts to increase the sustainability of this • In a 2020 article, we examined the relationship
often-mismanaged resource.
between regulation and innovation in the
wastewater sector, which led to the inclusion
DATA A N D D EC I SI O N M A K I N G
of regulatory issues in the national Water
• In September, we published research Reuse Action Plan.
explaining how and why civic engagement can • This year, we will follow up on this research
make open water data systems in California
with publications showing that utility
work for stakeholders and decision makers.
managers and regulators agree broadly on
This work deepens our efforts to support
potential avenues to encourage innovation
data infrastructure for informed water
while ensuring environmental protection,
decisions.
and identifying lessons for cultivating
effective utility-regulator relationships around
innovation.
“CLEE’s water program takes interdisciplinary
science and policy research and turns this
knowledge into action. Their advice reaches
from snowpack to groundwater basins, and
I have seen firsthand how much it helps
practitioners, policy makers, and communities
in guiding us towards a sustainable water
future for all of California.”
—Armando Quintero, Director, California State Parks, and
Former Chair, California Water CommissionCalifornia-China Climate Institute Led by former California Governor Jerry Brown in partnership with China’s Special Advisor for Climate Change Affairs Xie Zhenhua, the California-China Climate Institute has continued to foster international collaboration in its first full year. In 2020, CCCI worked on ground-breaking research initiatives, convened dialogues among transpacific leaders, and initiated productive training sessions for business leaders.
“The California-China Climate
Institute has created a platform for
top leaders in California, the U.S.
and China to share and advance
climate policy at a time when doors
have slammed shut elsewhere. Our
climate emergency demands that
we continue to push for collective
solutions backed by thoughtful,
actionable research and analysis.”
—Mary Nichols, Vice-Chair, CCCI,
and former Chair, California
Air Resources Board
ME A N IN G FU L I N T E RN ATI O N A L D I A LO GU ES PAT HWAYS TO C AR B O N NEU T RAL I T Y
• In collaboration with the Chinese People’s Association • In 2020, the Institute launched a new research project—
for Friendship with Foreign Countries, CCCI hosted a Getting to Zero: Carbon Neutrality Pathways in the U.S.
dialogue on U.S.- China Collaboration, examining the and China—that evaluates the current climate targets and
connections between COVID-19 and climate change. trajectories towards mid-century carbon neutrality for the
Participants included former Secretary of the U.S. U.S. and China at both national and sub-national levels.
Treasury Hank Paulson, former California Air Resources • Through this work, the Institute will identify and share best
Board Chair Mary Nichols, former Chinese Ambassador
practices and key lessons-learned, help scale innovative
to the U.S. Zhou Wenzhong, former White House Chief
climate solutions, and inform policy decision-makers in
of Staff John Podesta, and former Mayor of New York
California, China, and beyond.
Michael Bloomberg, among others.
• In 2020, the Institute hosted two dialogues between ZERO -EM I S SI O N VEHI CL ES
the State of California and the Chinese Ministry of • In 2020, CCCI explored the future of zero-emission
Ecology and Environment to advance the exchange of
vehicles in both China and California, resulting in a set of
policies on carbon pricing, Zero-Emission Vehicles, and
policy recommendations.
Biodiversity Protection.
• Given that they have already set world-leading zero-
• Working with UC San Diego, the Institute co-hosted
emission vehicle goals, California and China are uniquely
a Climate Policy in the Asia Pacific Region Dialogue
positioned to make inroads in transitioning to ZEVs.
with participants from the U.S., China, and Korea to
discuss climate and energy policy in these regions, and
C AR B O N P R I CI NG
opportunities for transpacific collaboration.
• In our policy brief, A Pathway to Progress: Informal
S U STA IN A BLE I N V E STM E N T SYM P O SI UM Linkage and California and China’s Carbon Markets, we
looked into constructing complimentary carbon pricing
• In collaboration with Berkeley College of Natural
systems in California and China.
Resources, Berkeley Executive Education, and the
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing, • Researchers at CCCI, Tsinghua University, Wuhan
CCCI is working to provide opportunities for learning University, UCLA, and other institutions identified a set
and exchange between California and Chinese business of areas for further informal alignment in the operation
leaders. and design of China’s carbon pricing model.
• To initiate this effort, in September 2020, we hosted
a two-day Energy, Climate & Sustainable Investment
Symposium, featuring more than a dozen climate policy
experts from California and China in a productive and
engaging discussion.sustainable
land use
Our work continues to generate novel data to
better understand whether state and local land-use
regulation is addressing both climate change and
equity.
A DVA N C I N G R EGE N E RAT I V E Use Entitlements Study) to compare infill and
AG RI C ULT UR E greenfield development to understand the
impact of land use regulation in constraining
• In June 2020, The Berkeley Food Insitute
housing development.
(BFI) and CLEE convened stakeholders to
discuss public-private solutions to advance
LO C AL R EGU L AT I O N O F C ANN AB I S I N
regenerative agriculture.
C AL I FO R NI A
• From reforming crop insurance to • With support from California’s Bureau of
prioritizing equity, we explored these diverse
Cannabis Control, Biber and O’Neill will
recommendations in a new report with BFI—
begin research on whether local government
Redefining Value and Risk in Agriculture.
regulation of cannabis cultivation is advancing
the purposes of the Control, Regulate and
E X A M I N I N G E N T I T L E M E N T S TO
Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, focusing
U N D E R STA N D P O L I C Y A N D P RO CES S
specifically on whether local regulation of
• With support from the California Air nonmedical cultivation is advancing the goal
Resources Board, Berkeley Law Professor of moving cannabis out of the illegal market in
Eric Biber and CLEE Senior Research Fellow order to protect public health, public safety,
Moira O’Neill have expanded their ongoing and the environment.
research (the Comprehensive Analysis of Land“If you really want to address the climate problem, we’re going to need our neighborhoods to be built in a different way. We just simply cannot meet our near-term and certainly our long-term climate goals unless we address the land use question.” —Ethan Elkind, Director, Climate Program, quoted in NPR
students
Despite an extraordinary and difficult year at the law
school, CLEE’s students have gone above and beyond,
contributing valuable research across our slate of
research initiatives. CLEE is proud to provide the next
generation of environmental and energy law leaders
with funding, scholarship opportunities, research
positions, extracurricular events, and more.
Student Researchers & Assistants Environmental & Energy
Clara Barnosky ’23 Anjika Pai ’22* Law Certificates
Maria Isabel Cortes Garcia ‘21 Megan Raymond ’21
Berkeley Law offers two certificates
Kyralai Duppel ’22* Jericho Rajninger ’22* of specialization in the fields of
Danielle Elliot ’22 Kristijonas Rastauskas ’22 environmental and energy law.
Kate Fritz ’20 Julietta Rose ’20 The certificate programs ensure
that students develop a broad
Rochelle Gluzman ’21* Elizabeth Sadler ’22** background in fundamental
Phoebe Goulden ’22* Nadia Senter ’22 areas of law while receiving
Kayla Hidayat ’22* Ananya Subramanian ’22* advanced training in these areas
of specialization. In 2020, we were
Angela Luh ’21 Julia Whitehead ’21
delighted to award a certificate
Isabel Lyndon ’21*** Emily Woods ’22* in Environmental Law and/or in
Michael Maroulis ’22 Amanda Xu ’21* Energy and Clean Technology Law
Dominic Moscatello ’22* Richard Yates ’22 to 34 dedicated students.
Amita Muralidharan ’22* Emily Yen ’21*
Samantha Murray ’21 Zachary Zimmerman ’22**
* UC Berkeley Undergraduate
** UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy
*** UC Berkeley School of Journalism© 2017 UC Regents, all rights reserved
Student Organizations
A N IM A L LEG A L D E F E N SE F UN D O F B E RKEL EY ENVI RO NM ENTAL CO NSERVAT I O N O U TRE AC H
L AW (A LD FB L ) is dedicated to educating the law school ( ECO ) is a student-led legal clinic that performs pro bono
community about forms of institutionalized animal abuse legal research on environmental law. Students have the
and fostering awareness of legal avenues for addressing opportunity to work with clients on environmental issues
animal rights issues. and improve their legal research and writing skills.
BE RC L AW , the Law School chapter of the Berkeley SU STAI N AB I L I T Y T E AM @ B ER KEL EY L AW (STB)
Energy & Resources Collaborative, connects law students to strives to help students, staff, faculty, and all the law school’s
opportunities in the energy field, both across the Berkeley visitors divert waste from landfills and empower the law
campus and in the professional sphere. school community to reduce our impact on ecosystems and
communities.
ECOLO GY L AW Q UA RT E RLY ( E LQ ) has served as the
hub of environmental scholarship at Berkeley Law since 1971. ST U DENT S FO R ECO NO M I C AND ENVI RONME NTAL
ELQ is among the oldest and most prestigious law journals JU ST I CE ( SEEJ) is an affinity group of law students
publishing preeminent scholarship on groundbreaking interested in environmental justice issues and advocacy.
environmental law topics. Committed to the equitable distribution of environmental
and economic benefits and burdens, SEEJ investigates
E N VIRO N ME N TA L L AW SO C I E T Y ( E LS) promotes
the strategic use of legal tools to strengthen grassroots
public interest environmental law and engages with students
organizing and build community power.
and the community by hosting and co-sponsoring activities
throughout the year. ELS generates dialogue within the
student community at Berkeley Law about emerging
environmental issues.our team
Judith Katz
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Dan Farber Cayley Eller Michael Kiparsky ’10†
FACULTY DIRECTOR; SHO IMPROVEMENT & EXPANSION DIRECTOR, WHEELER
SATO PROFESSOR OF LAW FELLOW, GRIZZLYCORPS, WATER INSTITUTE
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PROJECT CLIMATE
Jordan Diamond ’08 Michelle Feng Ted Lamm
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; CO- PROGRAM COORDINATOR, SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW,
DIRECTOR, LAW OF THE SEA GRIZZLYCORPS, CLIMATE PROGRAM
INSTITUTE PROJECT CLIMATE RRRRRRRRRRRR
Ken Alex Kate Fritz ’20 Zilose Lyons
DIRECTOR, PROJECT CLIMATE RESEARCH FELLOW, WHEELER PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR,
WATER INSTITUTE CALIFORNIA-CHINA CLIMATE
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Cait Cady ’19* Jessica Gordon Eliza Munger
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR CLIMATE POLICY FELLOW, PROGRAM MANAGER,
CALIFORNIA-CHINA CLIMATE GRIZZLYCORPS, PROJECT
INSTITUTE CLIMATE
Fan Dai Nell Green Nylen ’12 Moira O’Neil
DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA-CHINA SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
CLIMATE INSISTUTE WHEELER WATER INSTITUTE
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Holly Doremus ’91 Patrick Heller Jennifer Perron
CO-DIRECTOR, LAW OF THE SENIOR VISITING FELLOW CLIMATE POLICY FELLOW,
SEA INSTITUTE; JAMES H. CALIFORNIA-CHINA CLIMATE
HOUSE AND HIRAM H. HURD INSTITUTE
PROFESSOR OF
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
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Ethan Elkind Dave Jones Katie Segal
DIRECTOR, CLIMATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE & OCEAN RESEARCH
INITIATIVE FELLOW
* UC Berkeley undergraduate
† UC Berkeley Energy
& Resources Group2020 Advisory Board
William Chamberlain Dave Owen Lenard Weiss (Chair)
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION (RETIRED) UC HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS LLP (RETIRED)
The Honorable Greg Hobbs Roger Peters Mason Willrich
COLORADO SUPREME COURT (RETIRED) PG&E (RETIRED) ENERGY CONSULTANT
Robert Infelise Neil Popović Randall Winston
COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW
Jennifer Jeffers Davina Pujari Daniel Yost
STICE & BLOCK LLP HANSON BRIDGETT LLP ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
Megan Jennings Richard Roos-Collins Erin Ziegler
COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP WATER AND POWER LAW GROUP PC ERIC WARREN GOLDMAN CONSULTING, LLC
Martin Mattes Miyoko Sakashita Scott Zimmermann
NOSSAMAN LLP CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
James G. Moose Sky Stanfield Michael Zischke
REMY MOOSE MANLEY LLP SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER LLP COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP
HO NO RING A CLEE EM ER IT US ADVISORY BOAR D MEM B ER
DE ANN A RUT H RUT TE R ( J. D. ’7 2 )
Deanna grew up with a passion for a clean environment. After earning a political science
degree from UC Berkeley, Deanna enrolled in Berkeley Law in 1969. As a single mother,
Deanna juggled student and family obligations and often brought her 2-year-old son to
school with her, keeping him busy with coloring books while she studied. In 1970, Bill
Chamberlain (’71) recruited Deanna to join the fledgling Ecology Law Quarterly. In 1971, she
succeeded him, becoming the first female Editor-in-Chief. In that role, she helped lay the
foundation for what is now a top law review and a nationally recognized environmental law
program getting ready to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Deanna’s career has included private law practice and establishing organic vineyards. She was one of the original
Board members of CLEE. Today, she channels her energy into the environment and political causes, especially with
her financial support of CLEE. She sees CLEE’s work as paramount on both the policy and the education fronts.
Starting with a $30 donation in 1983, Deanna’s steady philanthropy has now added up to over a quarter million
dollars for Berkeley Law and CLEE. Her most recent gift enabled CLEE’s compilation of the federal government’s
environmental rollbacks for identifying rescission strategies for the incoming administration.giving Thank you to our 2020 donors
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Martin Mattes & Catherine Garzio
Norman & Janet Pease in honor of Ethan
Elkind
ERIN ZIEGLER (J.D. ’08) Deanna Ruth Rutter
Erin was raised on the coast of Northern California.
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“Growing up, it always was about the beach and
Lillian Alex
the river for me.” Her concern for the climate and
Robert S. Epstein & Amy Roth
clean water motivated her to study environmental
Thomas & Claudia Henteleff
law at Berkeley, where she earned a Certificate in
Gene A. Lucero & Marcia E. Williams
Environmental Law and Policy.
Erin’s background includes legal and policy work in $5 ,0 0 0 +
science, energy, and environmental issues. She served as a staff attorney for the Susan & Samuel Britton
California Wilderness Coalition. She spent several years working on Capitol Hill, Holly Doremus & Gordon E. Anthon
where she championed significant environmental health legislation and served as Dianne & Daniel Farber
a staffer on the Sustainable Energy and Environment Committee. Joshua Floum & Margaret O’Donnell
Eric W. Goldman
She currently serves as President and COO of an NYC based consulting firm. Last
Robert & Linda Infelise
year, after making substantial contributions for several years, she founded the
William D. Kissinger
Ziegler Fund for CLEE, an unrestricted endowment. She relishes her continued
Roger & Stephanie Peters
engagement with CLEE and her position on CLEE’s Advisory Board.
Lenard Weiss & Meryl Brod
Mason & Wendy Willrich
Erin L. Ziegler
HENRY H AUSER (J.D. ’12) Michael Zischke & Nadin Sponamore
Henry spends his days promoting and protecting
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competition at the Federal Trade Commission, but
Ken P. Alex
that doesn’t mean antitrust is his only concern—
Rachel & Scott Birkey
the climate crisis also weighs on his mind. And
Scott A. Edelman & Susan Scheiber Edelman
he’s keenly aware that climate change is just one
Susan K. Hori
ecological problem that must be addressed. “I’ve
Megan Jennings & Garth Schultz
watched enough David Attenborough to know the
James Moose & Kirstie Wilson
issues are broader and more intertwined than that.”
Edward Strohbehn Jr. & Heather Ross
Henry gives to several non-profits: “Giving is addictive,” he says. He started with
Charles Tanabe & Arlene Bobrow
a one-time gift to CLEE, at the behest of a friend, and then joined CLEE’s “Nerd
Scott A. Zimmermann
Herd” with a recurring credit card donation. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his
fiancée Dayna, and enjoys hiking in Shenandoah.
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Scot D. Bernstein
Matthew Carrere & Cecile Chenevey in
LE AH ODET TE (B.A. ’03) AND memory of Lillian Alex
M AT THEW ODET TE (B.A. ’02) William & Roseanne Chamberlain
Annette Chenevey
Leah and Matt met while studying political science
Gary I. Cornell
as undergraduates at Berkeley. They loved Berkeley
Christopher S. Crook
because “there are so many smart people there
Robert P. Doty & Catherine Garza
making a difference.” Today, Leah stays at home to
Steven Goldberg & Linda Higueras
raise their kids while Matt works in energy finance.
Robert & Lisa Hines
Philanthropy plays a big role in their lives. “Giving
Jennifer Jeffers & Michael Balster
money away feels good.” They give to a wide range of causes, but their highest
Gideon Kracov & Misty M. Sanford
priorities are environmental groups and Cal. As members of UC Berkeley’s Charter
Christopher R. Locke & Starr Kelton-Locke
Hill Society, they give $2,500 a year to Cal; this year the largest portion of their Cal
Leah & Matthew Odette
giving went to CLEE.
Casey A. RobertsMargit & Richard Roos-Collins Mary & W Michael Hanemann ClimateWorks Foundation
Prof. Harry Scheiber & Jane Scheiber Henry J. Hauser Credit/Debit Card Tying Cases Cy Pres
Joel R. Singer in honor of Laurie Williams Theodore E. Lamm (Zelle LLP Lead Counsel)
& Allan Zabel Kim Larson & Gary Knell Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
John & Karen Thorson in memory of Polene & David Liu Energy Foundation China
Prof. Emeritus Joseph L Sax David A. Loeb Epstein/Roth Foundation
Daniel K. Yost & Paul Brody Michael Kiparsky & Erica Rosenblum Fidelity Investments
Barbara Milanovich & Rodney Erdmann Goldman Sachs & Company
$500+ Andrew P. Miller Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
Anthony Bernhardt & Lynn Feintech Deborah K. Miller Green Initiative Fund
Laura E. Bishop Harry J. Moren Hanson Bridgett LLP
John Briscoe & Carol Sayers Christopher J. Mortweet Heising-Simons Foundation
C. Michael & Marini H. Cooney David & Jeanette Osias Kissinger Family Foundation
Jordan Diamond & Alexander M. Vargas Sheridan Pauker & Jonathan Kaplan National Philanthropic Trust
Robert Falk & Susan Ramsumair Robert Perlmutter & K. Meghan Starkey NRDC
Stuart Gardiner & Mary Burns Daniel J. Pollak Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Gretta Goldenman Katherine & Patrick Ryan Perkins Coie LLP
Steven Jawetz & Deborah Bloch C. Miyoko Sakashita & Beko Reblitz- Remy Moose Manley LLP
Judith L. Katz & Steven L. Grady Richardson Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Susan & Neil Popovic Carol Samek & Alec Brooks Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Heather Rosmarin Rose C. Schleyhahn United Way Worldwide
Terrell Watt Lukas J. Sherman US Department of Agriculture
Niran S. Somasundaram Valley Water
$2 50+ Christina Stearns & John Lyman William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Julie M. Conger Christine A. Treadway Water Foundation
Shahrzod Hanizavareh Matthew J. Williams
Matthew B. Henjum Rosalyn Zakheim & Gayle Dukelow W h e e l e r S o ci e t y ( L eg ac y
Julie A. Jones Marc A. Zeppetello S o ci e t y)
Julia Epley Klee & Howard Klee Jr Anonymous
Fran Meyerowitz Layton $50 + Lenard Weiss
Patrick T. Metz Maral A. Aristakessian Marc A. Zeppetello
David R. Owen Christina & Lee Caplan
Andrea Peterson Timothy M. Cronin CLEE E n d owme n t F u n ds
Claudia Polsky & Seth E. Mermin in honor Susan S. Fiering in memory of Lillian Alex The David R. Andrews Environmental Law
of Jordan Diamond Sally Huang Fund
Clifford Rechtschaffen & Karen Kramer Sebastian E. Leyton Perez The Samuel D. Cole ’63 Environmental
Kimberly K. Smith Jenna Musselman Yott & David Yott Law Fund
Yicheng Sun James Potter The Erin L. Ziegler Fund for Law, Energy
Randall J. Winston and the Environment
Laura J. Zuckerman o rg a n iz ati o n al f u n d e r s
Anonymous CLEE Partn e r s
$1 0 0+ Arthur P. Sloan Foundation
Anonymous in memory of Lillian Alex William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Meagan A. Cooney Bank of America Charitable Foundation,
Maria Boone Cranor Inc.
Gladwyn D’Souza & Martina De La Torre Baker Botts LLP
Alexander DiGiorgio & Miriam Walter California Department of Insurance
Louise Nelson Dyble California Energy Commission
Ethan N. Elkind California Public Utilities Commission For more information on giving to CLEE,
Marye Elmlinger California State Resources Water Control go to clee.berkeley.edu, or contact
Louise S. Gibbons Board jkatz@law.berkeley.edu / 510-642-7235.
Rachel Gibson & Jeremy Weinstein California Tahoe Conservancy
Karis A. Gong Central Valley Community Foundation
Nell Green Nylen & David Zinniker California VolunteersCenter for Law, Energy & the Environment UC Berkeley School of Law 390 Simon Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 www.clee.berkeley.edu Twitter: @BerkeleyLawCLEE Facebook: BerkeleyLawCLEE LinkedIn: Center for Law, Energy & the Environment
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