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Six Things to Know about Rights of Nature

Legal Planet

We had large waitlists from both law and college students. There have been over 80 Rights of Nature (RoN) laws passed across the U.S., In all, there have been over 500 RoN laws, cases, policies and declarations around the globe, and the numbers are increasing. One thing is for sure — there is huge student interest in the topic.

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What China’s Foreign Relations Law Tells Us About its View of The International Community 

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the wake of the BRICS Summit in South Africa, China’s recently-promulgated Foreign Affairs Law is worth a closer look. China’s new Foreign Affairs Law, which went into force on July 1 st , formalizes its foreign policy practice, codifying the goals, priorities and guiding principles of its engagement with the world.

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Mine Cleanup Law Weakened By Coal’s Decline

Circle of Blue

Coal mine cleanup law is still built for the industry’s roaring ’70s. So in August of 1977, when the nation’s coal mine cleanup law went into effect, it reflected the market’s optimism. To enforce cleanup, the law allowed states to revoke mining permits, a prized commodity. . In the eastern U.S., Photo © U.S.

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The Fires in Los Angeles

Legal Planet

Is federal and California law preventing the amount of prescribed burns or vegetation management we need from occurring? This report (at page 13) notes that in 2017-18, California and the federal government conducted about 80,000 acres of prescribed burns in the state. And there is certainly some truth to this.

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DEP Bans Sale Of Impecca Electronics 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 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca 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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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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