Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 26, 2022
California’s Central Valley consistently experiences the country’s worst air quality, and climate change is poised to make air quality even worse. In a region known for its exceptional agricultural productivity, climate change is quickly amplifying a dangerous type of climate risk in California’s Central Valley: air pollution.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2022
It was only after the 2003 Northeast blackout that federal law required reliability standards to be mandatory and carry inescapable penalties. In addition, regulators seek planning for more equipment to deal with large-scale emergencies (e.g. transmission between regions ) and better communications (e.g.
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Vermont Law
JANUARY 18, 2016
Summary: Green-roof zoning laws may provide a solution to the Urban Heat Island Effect, which contributes to anthropogenic climate change through heat pollution originating from large cities. Green-roofs are an overlooked solution to the complex problem of heat pollution, which contributes to anthropogenic climate change.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
As the impacts of climate change are felt more acutely with each passing year, new research suggests that the future costs of emitting CO2 today may be much higher than previously calculated. The implications for the US federal government’s climate change policies are potentially wide-ranging. By James Norris.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 14, 2022
Environmental and conservation groups have for a number of years attempted to convince California courts of the need to integrate climate change considerations into environmental analyses prepared under the state’s most important environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Download as PDF.
Smith Enviorment
JANUARY 30, 2019
Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. Reduce energy use per square foot in state-owned buildings by 40% from 2002-2003 levels.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
OIRA, the so-called “regulatory czar” in the White House, must approve every significant regulation based on a review of its CBA. This issue is especially important in the context of climate change, given the potential for tipping points to produce disastrous outcomes. But CBA has had a major blind spot.
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