Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Inequality is a burning issue in our society but plays only a limited role in the design of regulations. I am skeptical, however, that agencies have statutory authority to choose regulations to maximize benefits to those communities, even assuming courts would not reject this on constitutional grounds.
Legal Planet
MARCH 27, 2023
EPA isn’t a college and doesn’t regulate with the goal of increasing diversity. But depending on how far the conservative majority goes in its opinions, a color-blindness mandate would impact EPA. The more difficult question is posed by a regulation that does not itself refer to race but is partly based on considerations of race.
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National Law Center
APRIL 16, 2024
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10. The post FWS Streamline ESA Voluntary Conservation Programs appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Law and Environment
JANUARY 9, 2024
Last week, the 9 th Circuit voted against rehearing en banc its decision from last April finding the City of Berkeley’s ban on natural gas connections in new construction to be preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Is prohibiting consumers from using gas appliances really not regulating the energy use of those appliances?
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Voters in parts of Cochise and Graham counties will decide whether to join the state’s more populated districts and regulate groundwater extraction. Local Regulation. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue.
Legal Planet
JUNE 23, 2021
Supreme Court today held unconstitutional a longstanding California regulation allowing labor unions intermittent access to agricultural workplaces for labor organizing purposes. Briefly, Cedar Point Nursery involves an agricultural industry challenge to a regulation enacted by California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board.
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 20, 2024
“Industry hybrid regulation: Exploring a model for business-driven circular economy.” ” Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 21, 200205. Alternatively, firms can volunteer to proactively take collective action toward sustainability, called industry self-regulation. Chapardar, H.
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