Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. 2002 SB1078. 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.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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). Image from U.S.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government.
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 12, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F. 2d 30, 53-56 (D.
Acoel
MARCH 9, 2023
One of the earliest attempts to regulate this area was The Weather Modification Policy Act (the “Act”), which was enacted in 1976 to address the interstate nature and broad environmental effects of weather modification technology. For example, who has a right to claim the wet gold resulting from atmospheric water management? 490, 90 Stat.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 21, 2021
Between 2002 and 2015, the number of wells nearly doubled but they were able to pump out less and less water. The trend lines aren’t promising, so government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for a difficult summer in which thousands of wells could fail. Wells are regulated at the county level, not the state.
Washington Nature
DECEMBER 14, 2023
When the Samish Indian Nation established an internship to fund students’ college expenses in 2002, Marco began studying at the University of Washington (UW) with the goal of “incorporating Indigenous knowledge in the marine sciences.” Today, he leads a resurgence in clam gardening, a sustenance staple for Samish people.
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