Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

Panoramic of Ocean Beach in San Francisco, downwind of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant. UCS research found that wastewater treatment plants were among the critical coastal infrastructure at risk of chronic inundation at least twice a year by 2030 due to sea-level rise.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

Reasonable assurance is proposed for 2030, providing corporations with several years to get their disclosures right. The SEC’s regime is an investor protection program, and nowhere in the SEC’s rule does a stated goal of pollution control or GHG emission reduction appear.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Critically, AB 1279 updates California’s statewide carbon neutrality goal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by no later than 2045, and codifies a separate goal of achieving GHG emission reductions to at least 85% below the state’s 1990 levels by 2045. A Few Notable Vetoes.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Washington Court of Appeals held that the Pollution Control Hearing Board erred when it approved the Washington Department of Ecology’s general permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). June 25, 2021). Washington State Dairy Federation v. Washington Department of Ecology , No. 52952-1-II (Wash. June 29, 2021).

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