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New Environmental Laws Focus on Public Health

Legal Planet

Assembly Bills: A major focus of environmental regulation in California has been on ways to alleviate the health disparities faced by environmentally burdened frontline communities. Let’s see which of the environmental bills I’ve been tracking for Legal Planet were touchdowns and which ones were sidelined.

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US 2024 Election Analysis: As Donald Trump is to become the next US president, the US government will yet again depart from climate action

A Greener Life

Instead, Donald Trump, a prolific climate denier, will become the 47th US President on January 20th, 2025, for the next four years and will lead the US until 2029, just a year before critical UN, EU, and current climate energy goals—plans that are almost certain to be shelved by the next Trump Administration.

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Trump 2.0, Day One: Considerations for Cities and Community Partners

Law Columbia

Among the EOs rescinded on Monday was President Bidens 2021 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO No. EPA , EPA is statutorily required to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles once a determination such as the Endangerment Finding is reached. Paris targets.

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ACT Delivers Cleaner, Efficient, and Cost-Effective On-Road Freight in a Feasible Package

Union of Concerned Scientists

Regulations like Californias Advanced Clean Trucks rule (ACT) have been key to driving increased ZET model availability and deployment in the early years of on-road freight electrification and will be crucial to accelerating this in the coming years. To date, 10 other states have also adopted the rule.

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title

National Law Center

For example, reconciliation was used to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, and the Inflation Reduction Act in 2021. Prior to 2021, market baskets have only been adjusted according to inflation and have remained “cost neutral.” If a state’s 2025 payment error rate multiplied by 1.5

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Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Smith Enviorment

A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C. More below on the requirements of Session Law 2021-165 (also referred to as House Bill 951) and NCUC action in response. More below on the requirements of Session Law 2021-165 (also referred to as House Bill 951) and NCUC action in response. January 22, 2023.

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Five Important Points About the “SAFE Vehicle Rule”

Law Columbia

The SAFE Vehicle Rule proposes changes to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light duty vehicles in model years (MY) 2021 through 2025. The study makes clear, however, that much of this increase is attributable to the cost of complying with state regulations (i.e.,