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To Manage Water Scarcity, California Needs a Framework for Fair and Effective Water Right Curtailment

Legal Planet

Historically, the amount of precipitation that falls in California has been more variable from year-to-year than for any other state. The State has rarely implemented curtailments. The SWRCB is currently using watershed-based emergency regulations under Water Code section 1058.5 Key takeaways 1.

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China Releases Carbon Allowance Trading Regulations

Clean Energy Law

The regulations aim to provide a legal framework for China’s carbon allowance trading market by strengthening requirements and designating responsibilities. The Regulations fill in the regulatory vacuum that has existed since 2021. By Hui Xu , Paul A.

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Chevron Gets the Headlines, But State Farm May Be More Important

Legal Planet

The State Farm case , which is much less widely known, requires courts to defer to an agency’s expert judgment unless its reasoning has ignored contrary evidence or has a logical hole. But the “abortion pill” case that will be argued tomorrow will test the Court’s adherence to State Farm. Unlike Chevron , Motor Vehicle Manufacturers v.

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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. Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. states and even internationally. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act).

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Roundup: Biden Administration Revamps Procedures for Reviewing Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Biden administration finalized updated procedures for conducting cost-benefit analysis and encouraging public participation in meetings about regulations. When reviewing proposed regulations, OIRA invites public input via meetings that outside parties request to present their views on the topic.

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New Bill Takes Up Local Oil Drilling Phase-Outs

Legal Planet

The Court held that both provisions were incompatible with state law, which gives CalGEM (the agency tasked with permitting oil and gas operations at the state level) discretion to approve “methods and practices” of oil and gas exploration and extraction on a case-by-case basis. ” (Emphasis added). ” (Emphasis added).

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Will the EPA Strengthen Ethylene Oxide Standards Without Outside Interference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

We found that medical device sterilization facilities, known as “commercial sterilizers,” are scattered throughout residential communities nationwide, within five miles of nearly 13 million people in the United States and Puerto Rico. A decade overdue , EPA is finalizing updated regulations for commercial sterilizers now.