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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. 2006 AB 32. 2006 AB 32. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2023 SB 253. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act).

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Questions from our webinar “Does Your Lease Address New GHG Laws?”

Greenbuilding Law

This blog post is a compilation of responses to the top 10 questions from our webinar last week, “ Does Your Lease Address New GHG Laws? ” The top 10 questions we received were: How does a building owner count its greenhouse gas emissions to report to the government under this new Maryland law ? That Alternative Compliance Fee (i.e.,

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Maryland Resets it Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law

Greenbuilding Law

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). only days from now).

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Dawes was instrumental in the reauthorization of the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Fund in 2006 and served as Chair of the campaign that led to Pennsylvania receiving $1 billion to address Pennsylvania’s mining legacy of more than 185,000 acres of unsafe, mine-scarred lands. from Villanova University School of Law.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)

Clean Energy Law

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon

Greenbuilding Law

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. The statute explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Since 2016, EPA has generally shown restraint in setting targets for biodiesel and related fuels, insofar as the law allows, and biodiesel consumption has actually fallen. In the first half of 2023, the combined share of renewable diesel and biodiesel rose to 59 percent of total diesel fuel use in California. percent in 2022.

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