Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Waiting for Congress: 2000-2010. So far as I can tell, the first serious American effort to cut emissions was the passage of California’s Pavley Act in 2002, which mandated cuts in carbon emissions from vehicles. That hope died in 2010, however. The Fallback Plan: 2010 to 2021. Accelerating the Transition: 2022 to ??
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
2002 SB1078. California established first renewable portfolio standard (20% from renewables by 2010). 2022 AB 1279. The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2006 AB 32. 2018 SB100. 2023 SB 253.
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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
DEP’s 2022 Water Quality Report now shows fully one-third of Pennsylvania’s streams and rivers-- 27,886 miles-- do not meet water quality standards-- up over 2,000 miles from just two years ago. Wolf will give his final state budget address on February 8 kicking off the FY 2022-23 budget season. 8 Budget Address Gov. Read more here.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Here at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), we started referring to the period between June and October in the Northern hemisphere as “Danger Season” in 2022. But summer 2023 was when the climate crisis got real for a lot of people. The old adage about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is apt here.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
million to his campaigns since 2002, according to OpenSecrets’ compilation of contribution data. The headline of her July 5, 2022, press release , “AG Fitch Continues to Fight Biden’s Radical Environmental Agenda,” pretty much sums up her attitude. The main beneficiary of Paxton’s efforts? The oil and gas industry, of course.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
September 8, 2022 . Last year, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research organization, counted 476 harmful blooms in 41 states, five times higher than in 2010. . In Michigan the number of reports about blooms received by the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has increased six-fold since 2010.
Vermont Law
MARCH 23, 2022
South Dakota, with permits from the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service (NPS), conducted a fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore from 1998-2009, only skipping the celebration in 2002 due to wildfire. The show was cancelled in 2010 (once again due to wildfire concerns), and did not return until. capricious.
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