Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 25, 2023

In addition to oil, the Irving Company included forestry, real estate, consumer goods, ship-building assets and media holdings. The Irving family is notoriously secretive, but they don’t let that stop them from exerting unparalleled political influence. Arthur’s father K.C. died the dynasty was divided between his three sons.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

That means beginning from a mobility justice outlook, as outlined in my book Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes. We need mobility transitions and sustainable mobility policies that are equitable, fair, and have input from marginalized groups.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It says that just outcomes require full political participation, recognition of the underlying social drivers of privilege and oppression, and an understanding of the uneven distribution of impacts across space and time. To explore climate justice, I drew on the three-fold framework of justice theory. I restructured my Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Part 3 of 4), posted 12/1/21 on SLoG Law Blog (noting agency leaders, such as a city council, “are elected officials who inevitably pay attention to politics even when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity (hearing a CEQA appeal)”.)

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Modeled after Irvine Ranch in California, the largest planned community in the United States, Teravalis is seen by local and state elected leaders as a crowning achievement in a booming real estate market. Keith Schneider. Keith Schneider.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 4, 2021

Resources Code, § 21174), despite what it termed the board’s “apparent violation of CEQA” by issuing the CWA § 401 WQC prematurely, under political pressure to allow rapid completion of the district’s project to protect a new BART station and avoid a loss of federal funding.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

In the 19 th century, both freed and escaped slaves ( cimarrones ) settled in Loíza because they could easily remain hidden in the complex mangrove environment, and these geographic conditions had political implications. On the other hand, I see many challenges to develop community political consciousness and organizing.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I have limited funds to be able to fund a lawyer… We don’t own land, we don’t own a house, we don’t own anything in Cuyama Valley, any real estate, and we got sued.”  Nicole Furstenfeld, Jake’s wife, is an elementary school teacher and the garden coordinator at the local school.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 1, 2023

Moreover, it is not settled that even a developed nation can attain Net Zero economy wide, or for that matter a state or other political subdivision, or even a business. . The resources to provide light, refrigeration, heating and cooling to serve the growing population in India have global implications for GHG.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 2, 2023

First, if you’re the Legislature, consider exempting your project entirely from CEQA – because you can (although there would probably be political hell to pay)! Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 3, 2023

People’s Park’s historic significance is due to its association with social and political activism in Berkeley, as a hub of anti-Vietnam War protest and the site of both peaceful protests and violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

Combined with real estate speculation on newly accessible land, these early transit systems turned a short-term profit. Sprawling development with policy decisions for zoning that restricted buildings to single-family homes made future real estate speculation less viable.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JUNE 9, 2021

So, this logic says that local quality of life causes economics growth if the geography of the location and the political economy of local land use regulation is such that the place allows new construction to take place. Real Estate prices are low in these cities relative to other cities of similar size. Whites are moving away.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 6, 2020

series of acts revising or delaying implementation of the Jordan Lake nutrient rules in response to complaints from local governments and real estate development interests. The lead recommendation in the UNC report is largely political; it focuses on how to fund nutrient reduction strategies. That isn’t broken.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This follows our post last week alerting commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about these regulations requiring Greenhouse Gas Data Must be Collected Beginning January 1 in Maryland. The real estate industry can and should treat this as the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our time.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The country that is home to some of the most iconic buildings erected by humankind, from the Eiffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of Versailles is failing its current inhabitants and decimating residential real estate with deeply flawed greenhouse gas emissions standards for rental properties.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

coastlines is a much more complex environmental, economical, and political discussion. Cities should be utilizing expensive coastline real estate to adapt to the effects of climate change to address increases in heat-waves, storm surges, and inundation. [1]. While simplistic. rising sea-levels. population growth.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Evidence from Beijing ," Real Estate Economics , American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. Estimating the Gains from New Rail Transit Investment: A Machine Learning Tree Approach ," Real Estate Economics , American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. Kahn, 2013.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 28, 2022

The nearly 23,000-member Gila River Indian Community is modernizing: adding to its group of casinos, preparing to expand its irrigated farm acres, and elevating its influence in Arizona’s politics and economy. Regulatory changes in water policy and practice are some of the steepest cliffs in Arizona’s political landscape.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2024

Swamp Politics Florida’s recent legislation is a backwards approach to climate policy. Research by the Emmett Institute shows that Florida leads the way when it comes to real estate risk disclosures about sea level rise. Here’s how you know that it’s all political maneuvering.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

APRIL 13, 2021

I agree with him that too few climate economists work on political economy issues. I have published a 2013 paper and a 2015 political economy paper on carbon tax voting. My 2011 paper with Matt Kotchen on political economy of regulation was discussed by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show! Noah Smith ignores this point.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Tax incentive laws created by the Puerto Rican legislature (Acts 20 and 22, now repackaged under Act 60 ) are driving a large-scale displacement of Puerto Ricans due to increased real estate prices and speculation by both Puerto Rican and foreign real estate developers.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2023

Per InsideClimate News, the decision is a win for small landowners, real estate developers, and construction companies who previously required federal permits to build on wetland habitat.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The year ahead, despite possible frolics and detours occasioned by ugly domestic politics, promises to be characterized by continued innovation with a heightened sense of urgency in addressing climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

So I’ve begun to meet presidential candidates… … and ask climate questions that relate to their own political history, past statements, and actions. As it happened, WMUR TV Political Director Adam Sexton ended up using my question in his interview before the town hall meeting began.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

APRIL 27, 2021

California real estate is desirable. Imagine if real estate developers could purchase adjacent single family homes in California and replace them with 6 story buildings. In this sense, local housing supply determines national politics. I own property there. The national Zillow price is $276,000.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 20, 2021

This proposed rule will impact large swaths of America not only those directing the course of a ship (as its name implies), but will restrict farming, real estate development, road building and other large areas of economic activity across the country (except not in Colorado); so, we should all care.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2023

Before she bought the house, Greene said, she asked the builder and the real estate agent if the property tended to flood. In response, real estate developers have been on a building tear. It had the same beige siding, the same slab foundation and still-growing-in yard, but it was in a location she liked better.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 14, 2022

The second path is more perilous, strewn with impediments of politics, civic disagreement, financing, litigation, and inaction that yields a catastrophe where everything goes wrong. . By economy, Lewis principally meant real estate construction, the engine that has propelled the state’s growth for 70 years. Pinal is an example.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

However, a Narwhal/Star analysis revealed that the companies that owned 24 of the properties in the preserve actually listed Silvio De Gasperis – a well-known real estate speculator and sprawl developer – as a director. These portions of the DRAP were purchased by those firms for a mere $8.6

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Supreme Court To Hear Case On EPA’s Authority To Limit Carbon Emissions -- Financial Times: ExxonMobil, Chevron Profits Soar On Surging Oil And Natural Gas Prices -- AP: Asian Spider Takes Hold In Georgia, Sends Humans Scurrying PA Politics -- WITF: Redistricting Groups Hope To Set Examples For Lawmakers With Publicly-Sourced Maps -- MCall: Delaware (..)

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

During the hearing, Republican members critiqued the bill, arguing that the SEC should not stray from its primary mandate to protect investors and should avoid wading into politically and morally charged climate debates.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2022

Unsafe Yield Severe drought, dead wells, political division push Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril. Nobody who knows Peggy Judd would mistake her for a political progressive. Doug Ducey, reflecting the popular views of industry, real estate, and the farm community, wants to develop new water supplies.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2022

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: Republican Sen. American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing? Wade -- Post-Gazette Editorial: U.S.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Even though that rule was far broader than the Biden rule today, the sky didn’t fall during the time it was in effect: farmers, ranchers, and real estate developers all went about their business without any apparent crisis. Download as PDF The post Wetlands Regulation in the Political Swamp appeared first on Legal Planet.

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