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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

Legal Planet

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2007). The ruling was a major boost to state renewable energy programs. The decisions has its supporters butis more often harshly criticized. Still, theres no denying its importance. Center for Biological Diversity v. Download as PDF

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What Can California Learn From Other States About State Transmission Authorities?

Union of Concerned Scientists

There are currently two states with transmission authorities: New Mexico with the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (RETA) and Colorado with the Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA). Both entities have the explicit intent of accelerating transmission development to facilitate clean energy and long-duration storage.

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What is a Just Land Transition?

Union of Concerned Scientists

She explained how new prisons light the night sky along the Central Valleys prison alleythe result of the confluence of political and economic forces embedded in, and built on, the historical power of agriculture and resource extraction in the state ( Gilmore 2007 ).

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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

Renewable energy expansion Brazil’s renewable energy sector continues to grow, with hydropower providing around 60% of the country’s electricity, making it one of the world’s largest producers of hydropower. Proposed legislation like PL 490/2007 could further expose these lands to exploitation.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Ethical and Sustainable Fashion

Scientific American

Look for brands implementing water-management plans and applying chemical and wastewater controls such as those from ZDHC, or creating funding programs to help manufacturers and producers invest in renewable energy. Look for labor plans aligned with programs such as ILO, Sedex or OECD. Subsequently she moved to Washington, D.C.,

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Six Sleeper Proposals in Project 2025

Legal Planet

Congress and FERC have both taken actions to expand the transmission, especially the big lines needed to redistribute energy generated in one state to users in other states. Since expanding would help even out fluctuations in local renewable energy generation, Project 2025 hates the whole idea. Project 2025 wants to change this.

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Governors Lead the Fight on Forests and Climate

Legal Planet

As chair of the California Air Resources Board for nearly 20 years, I attended the annual conferences from Bali in 2007 to Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, in 2023. Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the likely absence of or potential stonewalling by a U.S. You can tune them out. Trust me, Ive been there.