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Energy & Climate CounselFoley Hoag LLP Amendments to Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Standard Finalized, Accelerating Progress Towards Decarbonization of the State’s Electricity Sector

Law and Environment

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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EVs Are at a Turning Point, It May Not Be What You Think

Union of Concerned Scientists

2023 was a milestone year for electric car sales in the US. Sales figure from Atlas EV Hub In California, nearly half a million EVs were purchased in 2023 reaching a whopping one in four new vehicles. But it shouldn’t be surprising that the transition to electric vehicles might not be a straight line up, up and up.

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Federal Water Tap, May 15: Appeals Court Orders EPA to Regulate Drinking Water Contaminant

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The Department of Energy wants public input on priority electric transmission line corridors. Environmental Protection Agency to set a limit for perchlorate in drinking water, a year after the Biden administration affirmed a Trump-era decision not to regulate a chemical that is linked with impaired brain development in fetuses.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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The Stream, November 17, 2021: Meet The Activist Saving a Polluted Chinese Lake

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Environmental Protection Agency links proximity to agricultural land to high levels of toxic algal blooms in Midwestern lakes. A new report found that despite lockdown orders, hotels in Oahu, Hawaii continued to use massive amounts of water and electricity, according to Honolulu Civil Beat. A study from the S. 369 LAKES .

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Healthcare Professionals Ask EPA to Protect Frontline Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2011, a raccoon found its way into some electrical equipment at the Delaware City Refinery, taking a number of units offline. It is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) responsibility to regulate chemical facilities appropriately. Outdated protections put communities at risk. This event was hardly unique.

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Federal Water Tap, December 13: Jet Fuel Leak Contaminates Water on Oahu Naval Base

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The department plans to complete assessments at the remaining sites by September 30, 2023. Environmental Protection Agency selected to apply for $6.7 The Food Safety Modernization Act, an umbrella law, was signed by President Obama in 2011. Seventy-five of the sites were cleared. By the Numbers. $15