Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

by Eleanor Putnam-Farr, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University Boulder, Colorado, passed stricter regulations against plastic bags at the beginning of 2024, banning them from all retail stores.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 5, 2022

New Jersey implements one of the toughest laws on tackling plastic and paper bags in retail settings. The post New Jersey Law Banning Plastic, Paper Bags Goes Into Effect appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The CES, first enacted in 2017, requires retail sellers of electricity in Massachusetts to provide increasing quantities of clean electricity over time. The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

But federal regulations and consumer protections in Canada are lacking when it comes to fossil fuel companies’ faulty environmental claims. It also prohibits a producer or retailer from offering rebates or gifts in exchange for purchasing fossil fuel products. Greenwashing is pervasive as the world moves to tackle the climate crisis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

According to the National Retail Federation , around 20 percent of shopping occurs during November and December. The share of online transactions among total US sales grew from just under six percent in 2013 to around 15 percent in 2021, according to the Census Bureau’s Annual Retail Trade Survey.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 31, 2022

There is a lack of regulations for internal lead in products, despite the tendency for these products to fall apart and expose their dangerous hidden components. In addition to retailer accountability, the government must also protect consumers from these toxic exposures,” added Barker. There is no safe limit on lead.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing a regulation to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from trucks, known as the Phase 3 GHG standards, which would in theory result in increased adoption of electric trucks. This is driven by positive economics, incentives, and regulations like ACT.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 15, 2022

Heightened consumer pressure for eco-friendly sourcing together with more stringent packaging regulations have put environmental sustainability centre stage for FMCG manufacturers and retailers, says Odgers Interim consumer consultant Zoe Wakeham. Read the full story at Odgers Interim. Read more →

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Regulators at the California Public Utilities Commission say they have opened an investigation. Why is the CPUC investigating when it doesn’t regulate natural gas producers? So, their retail prices, which are regulated by the CPUC, might be inflated if they are based on inflated wholesale prices of natural gas.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in particular, has been focused on creating a more digital, traceable, and safer food supply, releasing a "New Era of Smarter Food Safety" framework to advance food safety regulation and use technology to reduce foodborne illness.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In New York, regulators who are making the state’s first-ever rules for the retail sale of recreational marijuana hope they have answers to limit … Continue reading A Legal pot problem that’s now plaguing the streets of America: Plastic litter.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Banned by federal and state regulators, many invasive plants are still being sold at garden centers, nurseries and online retailers nationwide. Read the full story in Smithsonian Magazine. Read more →

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Legal Planet

JUNE 6, 2022

Restructuring generally addresses one of two parts of the electricity industry: generation and retail. Retail restructuring focuses on giving end-user consumers choices as to whom they purchase electricity from. Generation restructuring focuses on creating competition in the generation of electricity.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

7428) would require fashion retailers and manufacturers to disclose environmental and social due diligence policies and allows citizen lawsuits to enforce the terms of the proposed legislation. Covered retailers would be required to disclose their due diligence practices on their website within a year of enactment of the bill.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Campbell Ranch proposed more than a decade ago to build 4,000 residences for 12,000 people, a commercial and retail center and two golf courses on 8,000 acres in the mountains east of the city, according to planning documents. The development has no golf course because of the 130 million gallons Front Range courses typically use each year.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Throughout 2023, the PUC’s Office of Special Assistants prepared 205 orders for Commission consideration at Public Meetings in proceedings involving consumers and regulated utilities. Declining wholesale electric and natural gas prices led to a more robust retail market with more cost-saving opportunities for consumers.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 24, 2022

With a series of live announcements held across the country, the federal government finally released the final regulations to ban six single-use plastics – straws, stir sticks, check out bags, cutlery, some takeout containers, and six pack rings. . Pat yourself on the back. This is only happening because so many of us demanded it.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Arnold & Porter partner Raqiyyah Pippins , who co-leads the firm’s Consumer Products & Retail industry team, was named to The National Law Journal' s 2021 "DC Rising Stars" list.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Because batteries can be hazardous if improperly handled, transporting them involves additional regulations and can constitute 40 to 60% of battery recycling costs. Recently, a total of nearly $74 million dollars of funds was awarded for research, development, and demonstration of 10 recycling and repurposing projects.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 26, 2023

Food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants, farmers, and schools now have reason to let go of a fear many of them have long harbored: a fear of litigation if they donate their surplus food. Read the full story at Waste360.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

Public utility commissions are tasked with designing retail electricity rates that allow utilities to cover their costs and ensure that customers receive reliable and affordable electricity service. This introductory post will seek to clarify what the statute prompting the reform requires of the CPUC and explore the stakes of the new policy.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. In some states, the elevation of economic efficiency spurred a growing interest in setting retail rates at as close to marginal cost as possible, which had implications for fixed charges. Regulators are acting on these redistributive concerns.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 15, 2022

This includes: battery manufacturers; battery retailers; battery recyclers; … Continue reading Webinar: Development of Battery Collection Best Practices and Labeling Feedback?. This session is for all stakeholders involved in the battery lifecycle to provide input on new battery recycling initiatives.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

16 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front: Groups Say ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Projects Lack Transparency And Fear Climate, Safety Impacts -- Better Path Coalition, Partners Host PA Climate Convergence Sept. 1-2 In Harrisburg With In-Person, Online Events [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center Sept.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 23, 2021

Arnold & Porter partner Raqiyyah Pippins , who co-leads the firm’s Consumer Products & Retail industry team, was named to Washington Business Journal’s 2021 “40 Under 40” list.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Retailers don’t ensure product safety. Only two PFAS substances (PFOS, PFOA) have been regulated thus far. Most action on PFAS as a class has been voluntary, with retailers like Patagonia committing to a phase-out. This happens in three ways: Manufacturers don’t disclose ingredients.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 16, 2023

Transitioning to new cooling systems that comply with federal and state laws can cost retailers $1 million or more per store. Read the full story at Grocery Dive. But delaying action could also be expensive, experts say.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On November 16, the Environmental Quality Board approved a proposed regulation setting a drinking water MCL for PFOA and PFOS “forever” chemicals for comments and accepted for study two rulemaking petitions to increase bonding on both conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Rep. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The law mandates availability of protective equipment during poor air quality events, and directs Cal/OSHA, the state’s labor regulator, to consider additional high heat protections. SB 1205 protects water access by requiring the state to develop regulations considering climate change effects on water availability for water rights permits.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 13, 2021

KALW reports that the county mandated that local water retailers cut water use by 15 percent compared to 2019 on June 9 of this year. To meet that goal, the county regulates irrigation, limiting it to two days a week during specific hours.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 21, 2013

On August 21, CCCL released a new white paper that evaluates the legal workability and constitutionality of regulating imports into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or “RGGI” (for background on RGGI, the Northeastern states’ cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide, see prior posts ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

Workers who ask people to show their vax cards or to mask-up or who are simply wearing masks themselves are also frequently subject to abuse–such as flight attendants, retail and restaurant workers, transit drivers, and others ( here, here, here , here ).

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Acoel

JUNE 17, 2021

That program, in which reimbursements have primarily been based on retail sales taxes, remains in place. A developer in the existing program is not eligible for new incentives for the same project. The maximum tax credit available for a qualifying project will be 40% of remediation costs incurred or $4 million, whichever is lower.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The proposed regulation also sets proposed monitoring and sampling requirements. The regulation would affect about 2,898 water systems in Pennsylvania. DEP is estimating the regulation will cost water systems an estimated $115.3 Visit the EQB webpage for available background documents on the proposed regulation.

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Cresforum

AUGUST 2, 2021

Considering recent summer and winter weather-induced blackouts, accomplishing this critical goal while reducing carbon emissions and maintaining affordable electricity prices is challenging states, regulators, investor-owned utilities, and retail power providers alike.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet November 16 to consider a proposed regulation setting a drinking water MCL for PFOA and PFOS “forever” chemicals and two rulemaking petitions to increase bonding on both conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells. The regulation would affect about 2,898 water systems in Pennsylvania.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 28, 2023

Abraham Lizama bought a turquoise knitted sweater in H&M’s “The Conscious Choice” collection from a retail store in St. According to Lizama, he believed this meant his sweater was made using “more sustainable and environmentally friendly” manufacturing practices.

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