Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act
Law Columbia
APRIL 18, 2023
Since 2019, more than seventy local and state jurisdictions have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric or fossil-fuel-free new buildings, with more considering similar approaches. Air pollution is governed at the federal, state, and sometimes local levels, and the relevant federal statute is the U.S.
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