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A 133 Billion Pound Burden—Who’s Doing the Heavy Lifting?

Vermont Law

In 2010, the United States wasted an estimated 133 billion pounds of post-harvest food. Next to paper, food waste is the second largest category sent to landfills—it accounts for 18% of the waste stream. Even before Congress passed the Bill Emerson Act, there was no record of any such law suit. Sarah Munger.

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DOJ Defeats Motion to Dismiss in Precedent-Setting Criminal Wage-Fixing Case

Arnold Porter

Non-solicitation or “no-poach” agreements regarding employee recruiting first attracted widespread attention in 2010 when a number of the largest Silicon Valley technology companies entered into consent agreements with DOJ for a series of “no cold call” agreements.[[N:Press 19, 2018).]]

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

EPA countered that what the agency did here is just what it has traditionally done under this core provision of the Clean Air Act (Section 202), including in three previous GHG rules for the same source categories: EPA examined available emissions-reduction technologies, costs, and lead time and then set technology-neutral performance standards.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. as a whole. [52]

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A Rising Tide of Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements? (ESG Advisory Series, Part 2)

Arnold Porter

This Advisory focuses on climate-related disclosures and the apparent growing focus among financial regulators and Congress aimed at making such disclosures mandatory for financial institutions and public companies. We address the issue primarily within the framework of SEC disclosure requirements. In 2019, Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) and Sen.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

In its legislative findings, which remain in air quality statutes today , Congress justified air pollution regulation because “the growth of the amount and complexity of air pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting dangers to the public health and welfare.”

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Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

Vermont Law

The report breaks down these investments into four categories. Ramseur, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Lessons Learned and Issues for Congress. The report also notes that “RGGI investments in 2015 are estimated to return $2.31 million households and over 37,000 businesses which received direct bill assistance.”. [36].