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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. 2018 SB100. 2023 SB 253. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2006 AB 32. 2015 SB350. 2016 SB 32.

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Climate Change Accountability: How International Courts Can Drive Climate Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

Taken together, the need for governments to meaningfully regulate these super polluters has never been clearer. Advisory opinions provide a court or judge’s interpretation of a law, and are delivered in response to a question from an official, agency, or government. What is an advisory opinion?

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An Opportunity to Reduce Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses

Union of Concerned Scientists

The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. Fortunately, at the end of 2023, the EPA proposed strengthening the current standards—though the old rules still apply while the proposed changes are being debated.

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Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon

Greenbuilding Law

Many regulations will have to be promulgated to make all of this happen. The Maryland Department of the Environment has already begun drafting regulations and proposed regulations will first be circulated for public comment in winter 2023 with final regulations adopted in summer 2023.

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The Stream, January 18, 2023: The Killing of Two Water Defenders in Honduras Prompts Calls for Justice

Circle of Blue

Between 1989 and 2018, chloride levels in the Mississippi River’s upper basin have increased by at least 35 percent, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Federal Government Advances Big Water Projects — Congress focuses on flood protection and disaster recovery. Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor. 15 percent.

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The First French Climate Litigation Ruling - Commune de Grande Synthe

Energy and Climate Law

For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. The court argued that the pace of the post-2023 emissions reduction trajectory had never been reached before.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Germany agrees on EU regulation to make cars carbon neutral by 2035 (either zero emissions or net-zero). The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Renewables are 42% of electricity.