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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. 2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. 2023 SB 253. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2006 AB 32.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

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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Recap of 2023 CEQA Amendments Now In Effect

CEQA Developments

We saw a continued focus on incentivizing affordable and infill developments on the condition that the project pay prevailing wages (AB 2011), reducing barriers for specified sustainable transit projects (SB 922), and amendments akin to “pet project exemptions” that are targeted to solving a narrower set of concerns (SB 118 and SB 886).

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing Oblong Rocksnail, Once Believed Extinct

Endangered Species Law

On October 31, 2023, the U.S. In 2011, a population was discovered which inhabits a 5.6 Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed listing the oblong rocksnail ( Leptoxis compacta ) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). river mile stretch of the Cahaba River about 10 miles south of Birmingham.

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

PA Environment Daily

Jessica Shirley Jessica Shirley was named Acting Executive Deputy Secretary at DEP in February 2023. She joined the DEP Policy Office in 2011 and worked as the Policy Director and most recently served as the Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator for programs related to the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.

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Better Path Coalition Hosts March 24 Program: ‘In the Footsteps of Rachel Carson: Lessons for Our Time’ Discussion With Author Patricia DeMarco, Ph.D

PA Environment Daily

Patricia provides an important message throughout her memoir that ‘the laws of nature are non-negotiable,’” says Your Spiritual Journey Podscaster, Bob Dove, Ph.D. 2011-present). Posted: March 10, 2023] PA Environment Digest DeMarco is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. with a doctorate in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Tribal Energy Sovereignty in California

Legal Planet

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, California’s principal energy agencies – the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) – held a first-of-its-kind, joint en banc hearing at Cal Poly Humboldt with Tribal government leaders and all 10 commissioners of the CEC and CPUC.