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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. 2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. 2015 SB350. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act).
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. Amendments to the Climate Action Law are adopted, setting a binding 2045 date for carbon neutrality, with a 2031 target of a 65% emissions reduction compared with 1990.
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Legal Planet
JANUARY 12, 2023
EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. Bush EPA denies waiver to allow California to regulate CO2 emissions from new cars. EPA approves waiver for California to regulate CO2 from new cars. 2012 EPA adopts regulation limiting carbon emissions for new cars.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private, special interests—by, among other things, “enforcing federal and state environmental laws.” How has Paxton responded?
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The Food Safety Modernization Act, an umbrella law, was signed by President Obama in 2011. The produce safety rules, which apply to irrigation water contaminants, were finalized in 2015. Drinking Water Contaminants for Potential Regulation. Shallow groundwater in the area was pumped into the canal. Jerry Brown.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 7, 2024
The bipartisan infrastructure law provided up to $7.5 The bipartisan infrastructure law provided up to $7.5 Billions of dollars have been invested as a result of the VW settlement in 2015 which established Electrify America. This federal investment is building upon billions of private investments as well.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 17, 2023
While the EPA is not required by law to follow CASAC’s recommendations, it is a really bad look if the agency fails to do so; the EPA administrator is even required to explain the reasoning for deviating from CASAC recommendations. The Obama administration continued this ugly tradition.
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