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Roundup: Biden Administration Revamps Procedures for Reviewing Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

In addition, a more inclusive approach to EO 12866 meetings could allow for the input of marginalized communities that are already seeing harms from sea level rise and changing patterns of severe weather.

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Roundup: Biden Administration Revamps Procedures for Reviewing Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

In addition, a more inclusive approach to EO 12866 meetings could allow for the input of marginalized communities that are already seeing harms from sea level rise and changing patterns of severe weather.

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Houston, This is Harvey: Hurricanes are Hazardous

Vermont Law

Agencies across the areas of disaster preparedness and response, environmental protection, commerce, housing, agriculture, and energy must take steps toward preventing, mitigating and responding to the release of hazardous and toxic materials resulting from hurricanes, tropical storms and associated flooding in coastal and riverside communities.

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California Lawmakers Put Fossil Fuel Companies in the Hot Seat

Union of Concerned Scientists

They engaged in large-scale, sophisticated advertising and public relations campaigns to promote pervasive fossil fuel usage and to portray fossil fuels as environmentally responsible and essential to human well-being.”.

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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know

Law Columbia

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act : Known as CERCLA, this 1980 Act set to handle a growing problem of abandoned areas of the built environment that held and handled hazardous waste.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v.

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