Columbia University plans to steal a page from the conservative playbook

The Washington Post · last updated July 2, 2025 – 2:26 AM

Legal experts at Columbia University and New York activists have teamed up to launch a factory to churn out draft laws for state legislatures to tackle climate change, pulling from conservatives’ playbook.

Columbia’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and nonprofit campaign group Environmental Advocates New York on Wednesday launched the “Model Climate Laws Initiative,” with organizers saying some of their first targets will probably be greener state building codes and rules boosting electric vehicles.

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