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Alejandro E. Camacho

is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and faculty director of the Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He is co-author of History of U.S. Law and the Environment: Lessons for a Warming Planet (NYU Press forthcoming 2026) and Reorganizing Government: A Functional and Dimensional Framework (NYU Press 2019), and a board member at the Center for Progressive Reform.
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NEPA: The Accepted Lies and Mistakes About This Critical Environmental Law

The National Environmental Policy Act makes government decisions better and more democratic, despite what critics claim.
June 27, 2025
by
Alejandro E. Camacho and Robert L. Glicksman
The National Environmental Policy Act makes government decisions better and more democratic, despite what critics claim.
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Trump’s Decision to Hamstring California’s Climate Authority Is Illogical and Uninformed

Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.
October 4, 2019
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Alejandro E. Camacho and Robert L. Glicksman
Revoking California’s ability to set stricter air-pollution standards also misses three important benefits to California and the nation.

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