Awards & Recognition
★TIME Magazine 100 Most Influential People in the World (2013)
★Environmental Law Institute Environmental Achievement Award (2014)
★California Lawyer Magazine Attorney of the Year (CLAY Award) (2009)
★Environmental Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
★LACItizen Award (2019)
★Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Notable Facts
→Former Chairman of California Air Resources Board (2007-2020, 1979-1983)
→Yale Law School JD (1971), Cornell University BA (1966)
→First lawyer to file litigation under Clean Air Act
→Described as 'most influential environmental regulator in history'
→Considered for EPA Administrator under Biden
→UCLA Law Professor and Distinguished Counsel
→Currently writing book about climate change experiences