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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. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). Required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set standards for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) new vehicles. Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions.

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DEP Secretary Negrin Resigns Effective Dec. 8, On Medical Leave; Jessica Shirley Named Interim Acting Secretary

PA Environment Daily

She also held a Graduate Policy Intern position in the Governor’s Office of Policy and Planning in 2009 and an Undergraduate Policy Intern position in the Department of Public Welfare in 2006. Richard Negrin Richard Negrin served as Acting Secretary of DEP from January 17 until he was confirmed by the Senate on June 27. Read more here.

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern. Reference list: (1) Steiger Carlos (2006), Modern Beef Production in Brazil and Argentina, Vol. 4) Global witness (July 2020) – Defending tomorrow: [link]. (5) 2 pp 105-110. (2) 2) Geraldo B. 110, pages 173-177. (3)

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

Corp Watch

Recent & Ongoing Campaigns Spanish unions announce strike at Repsol IndustriALL Global Union | December 1, 2020 The joint union committee announced strike action from December 9 to 12 and from December 21 to January 9, 2021, after the company refused to negotiate. SEC 2006) Repsol Subsidiaries (via U.S. Repsol Subsidiaries (via U.S.

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EXTENDING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TO FARM ANIMALS

Vermont Law

This leaves the disaster preparedness plans vulnerable to the politics of government. 1725 (2006). ; 1355, 1394 (2006); Pets Act (Faq), am. 25, 2020). [4]. Congress determines the annual budget for FEMA. [10]. Additionally, the president must declare a federal disaster to trigger FEMA’s authority. [11]. 109-308, 120 Stat.

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CEQA Remedies Go Both Ways:  Fourth District Reverses Judgment Upholding San Diego County Board’s Decision Granting Project Opponents’ Administrative Appeal, Holds Board Erred In Finding CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Statutory Exemption Inapplicable And Ordering EIR Prepared for Exempt Industrial Project

CEQA Developments

City of Turlock (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th Part 3 of 4), posted 12/1/21 on SLoG Law Blog (noting agency leaders, such as a city council, “are elected officials who inevitably pay attention to politics even when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity (hearing a CEQA appeal)”.) Citing CEQA Guidelines, § 15064.3(c);

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. political and public support) for fossil fuels, but we can tell our elected officials not to fall for CAPP’s pro-oil propaganda and to instead prioritize climate action. billion in 2016 to $11.6