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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2002 SB1078. Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. AB 1493 (Pavley Act).

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Who Should Own Our Electric Utilities?

Legal Planet

The measure proposed acquiring the two investor-owned utilities that distribute 97% of Maine’s electricity and operating them as a new publicly-owned utility called Pine Tree Power, that would be governed by an elected board. 70% of Mainers voted to reject the measure and 30% supported it (as of this posting).

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PA Mine Map Atlas Has Served State Since The Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County

PA Environment Daily

In July 2002, in the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, miners accidentally breached the wall of an adjacent abandoned, flooded mine. In 2020, the PA DEP reported that there were over 40 active underground coal mines and 5,000 or more abandoned underground mines in Pennsylvania. It is really an incredibly dedicated group of people.”

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At the Limits of the Law: The Challenge of Invasives in 2020

Vermont Law

Still, given the potential for even more serious damage in the future, government at all levels is taking action to address the issue. Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. It likely arrived in the U.S. by the U.S.

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Susannah Pierce: A Climate Villain Painting Big Oil Green

Enviromental Defense

Take action by telling the government to hold the oil and gas sector accountable for its pollution by urgently implementing a cap on emissions. Pierce proudly boasts about “driving government policy at federal and state levels” for the benefit of oil and gas companies. Is that you? million gas cars.

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German Atomic Energy Act Amendment Illegal - Case Comment BVerfG 1 BvR 1550/19

Energy and Climate Law

It was initiated nine years ago, but now it comes back to haunt the German government with a vengeance. In the original nuclear phase out law of 2002 the Government allocated these residual electricity volumes to each nuclear power plant in Germany so that the total output of the respective plant corresponds to an average 32 year lifetime.

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DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use

PA Environment Daily

Digital Water Atlas The online water atlas shares data on statewide water use from 2008 to 2020. Pennsylvania Act 220 of 2002 requires DEP to develop updates to the State Water Plan every five years. Overall water use in Pennsylvania decreased 33 percent, as daily withdrawals declined from 7.8 billion to 5.2

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