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James Salzman

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Professor of Environmental Law, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor of Environmental Law, Law School, University of California, Los Angeles

Open-pit dumping was once common in the United States, like this site in California in 1972. Gene Daniels, Documerica Project, U.S. National Archives

January 5, 2026

The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference

James Salzman, University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Los Angeles

Critics of environmental protection laws may have forgotten how much progress has been made.

NEPA requires federal agencies to analyze environmental impacts of projects like interstate highway construction. John Bohn/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

June 8, 2023

Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn’t do

J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University and James Salzman, University of California, Los Angeles

Do environmental reviews improve projects or delay them and drive up costs? Two legal scholars explain how the law works and how it could influence the ongoing transition to renewable energy.

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