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What’s Up With Water -January 24, 2022

Circle of Blue

The New York Times reports that a top secret special operations unit in the Defense Department bombed the Tabqa Dam on March 26, 2017. Six months later, in October 2017, Syrian forces regained control of Raqqa. In Syria, a strategically important dam that was supposed to be protected from airstrikes was in fact the target of a U.S.

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California Enacts Historic Housing Reform Laws

Legal Planet

The California Legislature recently enacted, and Governor Gavin Newsom last week signed into law, two major housing reform measures. SB 9 and SB 10 represent California’s most transformative new housing laws in decades, and are a belated but welcome legislative response to the state’s longstanding housing crisis.

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Profs. William Boyd and Alex Wang Join Prof. Ted Parson in Emmett Institute Faculty Leadership

Legal Planet

UCLA Professor of Law William Boyd. William Boyd is Professor of Law and Michael J. Klein Chair in Law at UCLA Law, with a joint appointment as Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability ; Alex Wang is Professor of Law at UCLA Law. UCLA Professor of Law Alex Wang.

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This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain

Union of Concerned Scientists

Between 1992 and 2017, at least 815 farmworker deaths have been attributed to heat. Farmworkers deserve to work in dignity and safety, and the laws designed to protect them do not fulfill those requirements. In a country that relies on farmworker labor to feed us, we must ensure that we design laws that adequately protect them.

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DEP Bans Sale Of MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) Electronic Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 2 PA Bulletin that MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here. Read more here.

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Will California Take This Small, but Important Step Toward a More Equitable Water Rights System?

Union of Concerned Scientists

This year, one of those water rights bills, Senate Bill 389 (SB 389) made it through the gauntlet of the legislature and will become law if Governor Newsom signs it. How a bill becomes a law in California: Senate Bill 389 went through various committees and votes before being approved by the California Legislature this month.

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How to Address Sea Level Risks in California Real Estate Transactions

Legal Planet

California imposes a number of statutory and common law disclosure requirements but does not mandate disclosure of sea level rise risk in real estate transactions. Inadequate disclosure laws have serious consequences, considering the high cost of flood damage recovery. A single inch of flooding may cost up to $25,000.

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