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BAAQMD Adopts Ambitious Revised 2022 CEQA Guidelines

CEQA Developments

In late April the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“BAAQMD”) promulgated its revised 2022 CEQA Guidelines (“2022 Guidelines”), available here. 2015) 62 Cal.4th There are a number of interesting components to the 2022 Guidelines. 2022 Guidelines, p. Bay Area Air Quality Management Dist.

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DEP/PROP: Study Shows Growth in K-12 Students' Recycling Knowledge; 1988 Recycling Law Updates Needed

PA Environment Daily

From July 2021 through June 2022, PROP (with funding from DEP) coordinated the study. Act 101, the landmark 1988 recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988, needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy. percent between 2015 and 2021-- from 14.3 million tons in 2015 to 8.59 Read more here.

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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. 2015 SB350. 2022 AB 1279. That would be even more obvious if the timeline included the host of less notable, but still significant, laws passed during the same time period. 2002 SB1078.

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20 Years of Severe Drought Impede Huge Developments in Southwest

Circle of Blue

Under construction since 2015, the 3,400-acre project is spending $350 million for a closed-loop water supply system that collects, treats, and recycles wastewater for over 12,500 residences that are planned, plus commercial and retail spaces. A version of t his article was published by The New York Times on December 27, 2022.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. At the end of 2022, there were more than 283 million. Even after the pandemic hit, when more people were working at home, US commuters on average still spent nearly an hour to get back and forth to work in 2022.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. The most emblematic decision came from the Federal Supreme Court, the highest Court in the Brazilian legal system, which ruled in July 2022 that the Paris Agreement is a human rights treaty. candidate at Berkeley Law.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. ” Available at SSRN 4198146 (2022). Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7 Ryan-Collins.