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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2006 AB 32. Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. 2015 SB350.

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After Decades of Disinformation, the US Finally Begins Regulating PFAS Chemicals

Union of Concerned Scientists

Other studies suggest that a majority of the US population drinks water containing PFAS chemicals—as many as 200 million people, according to a 2020 peer-reviewed study conducted by the Environmental Working Group. The same suppression and disinformation kept government regulators at bay for decades.

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What should cities of the future look like?

Our Environment

These toxic fumes are harming peoples health and have been linked to an increased risk of respiratory symptoms and diseases as well as an increased risk of death from cardiopulmonary causes (World Health Organisation, 2006). Resilient Melbourne, 2020, p.03. Foster, 2020.Urban 2020, July). Urban Land Magazine.

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Minnesota Can Do More to Protect People from Ethylene Oxide Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

The state of Minnesota uses EPA’s ethylene oxide emissions standards, which haven’t been updated since 2006. There are two ways that government agencies can work to reduce toxic air emissions, through regulations or through voluntary pollution reduction measures. And, as I’ll try to show, these two subjects have a lot in common.

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

As a result, greedy businesses, financers and governments all across the globe have been exploiting the valuable resources these million-year-old forests hold. It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern. 2 pp 105-110. (2) 2) Geraldo B. 110, pages 173-177. (3)

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California Releases Draft Plan to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2045

Legal Planet

incentives, regulations, and carbon pricing) that form the portfolio approach the state has adopted to achieve the 2020 GHG reduction target established by AB 32 (achieve the 1990 level of emissions by 2020), and later scenarios to achieve the 2030 target. The views presented here are my own. ]. What is a Scoping Plan?

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

The company sued the government of Argentina in 2012 for $10 billion after the country nationalized YPF with the backing of 80 percent of legislators of parliament. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING). Federal Government (via SAM). SEC 2006) Repsol Subsidiaries (via U.S. Repsol fined for anti-competitive practices.

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