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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

California established first renewable portfolio standard (20% from renewables by 2010). 2006 AB 32. 2016 SB 32. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2009 CARB established Low Carbon Fuel Standard for vehicles. 2015 SB350. 2018 SB100.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel. Charts and Graphs Included

Union of Concerned Scientists

Back in 2016 I wrote a long post about biodiesel , explaining what it is made from (mostly vegetable oil) and arguing that EPA should show restraint in setting targets for biodiesel because of the limited availability oils and fats and the harmful consequences of drawing too heavily from these limited sources.

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Why is Beautiful California Losing Congressional Seats? Constrained Local Housing Supply Influences National Politics

Environmental and Urban Economics

My 2006 Green Cites book - -- on the rising desirability of great places to live. & Vaughn, Ryan & Zasloff, Jonathan, 2010. " I explored this theme in these two blog posts back in 2016. Is this difference caused by supply or demand? The rise of Work from Home only enhances this point going forward. Kahn, Matthew E.,

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million cut from the DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2010-11 budget; -- $180 million diverted from the DCNR Oil and Gas Fund to General Fund in proposed FY 2010-11 budget; -- $5.5 million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million from DEP, $1.5

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Where’d the wood go? The importance of wood in rivers and how we can learn to appreciate it

HumanNature

Hydrol Process 20 , 183–196 (2006). Geomorphology 80 , 295–309 (2006). Geomorphology 116 , 305–319 (2010). Water Resour Res 52 , 3910–3929 (2016). Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 40 , 598–615 (2016). Ground Water 46 , 671–687 (2008). Siegel, D. & Bauer, R. Sawyer, A. Bayani Cardenas, M. &

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. billion (in 2010 dollars) in federal tax breaks and subsidies for nearly 100 years. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rose asked Tillerson open-ended questions on a range of subjects, including climate change and national energy policy.

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Third District Affirms Judgment Upholding State Lands Commission’s Supplemental EIR For Desalination Plant Lease Modification, Rejects CEQA Claims That Commission Piecemealed Review And Should Have Assumed Lead Agency Status And Prepared A Subsequent EIR

CEQA Developments

The Commission initially authorized a 49-year lease of the site to Southern California Edison (SCE) in 1957, then approved an assignment from SCE and a subsequent 20-year lease to another entity (AES) expiring in 2026; in 2010, it approved a lease amendment adding real party Poseidon to the AES. Concerning CEQA Compliance.

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