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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

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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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

Law Columbia

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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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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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