Ethan Elkind

Ethan Elkind is the director of the Climate Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law, with a joint appointment at the UCLA School of Law. He researches and writes on policies that would boost business solutions to combat climate change. He previously taught at the UCLA law school’s Frank Wells Environmental Law Clinic and served as an environmental law research fellow. His book "Railtown" on the history of the modern Los Angeles Metro Rail system was published by University of California Press in January 2014.

Ethan is also a regular host of the weekly call-in radio show “City Visions” on the San Francisco NPR affiliate KALW 91.7 FM, airing Monday nights at 7 p.m. He received his B.A. with honors from Brown University and graduated Order of the Coif from the UCLA School of Law.