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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2002 SB1078. 2023 SB 253. The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. California established first renewable portfolio standard (20% from renewables by 2010).

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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher

Enviromental Defense

After working with gas companies in Canada and the US that became Enbridge through a series of mergers, he eventually landed the CEO spot at Enbridge at the start of 2023. Despite the OEB review and penalty, complaints to the OEB related to meter reading have more than doubled: from 42 in 2021, to 87 in 2023.

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

PA Environment Daily

On December 31, 2023, he retired from the Clean Air Council after serving as the organization's executive director and chief counsel for over 35 years. Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. Minott's work emphasizes the importance of public policy.

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The Art of Affect: Creative Expression as Personal Resistance and Resilience

HumanNature

Guest Post by Julia Branstrator , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. We watched, consumed, and internalized conflict as the pandemic layered social, political, economic, and climate crises. 680; Massumi, 2002; Ngai, 2007). Retrieved January 5, 2023, from [link] Jamrog, K. 2007; Wied et al.,

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Tax Incentives Find New Purpose for Conserving Water in American West

Circle of Blue

Photo courtesy of Flickr/Creative Commons user Michael Rael By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – March 9, 2023 The San Luis Valley, a high desert farming region in southern Colorado, is a land of daunting natural constraints, especially its scarce water reserves. In 2002, amid a severe drought, groundwater levels plunged.

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

The Energy Law Blog

An entity classified as an “arm of the state” would be entitled to sovereign immunity provided by the Eleventh Amendment; in contrast, a “political subdivision” is not afforded the same protection. Tarrant County , 798 F.2d 2d 736, 744-45 (5 th Cir. The burden of proof falls on the entity seeking immunity and SRA-L failed to meet its burden.

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

Corp Watch

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.