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No More ‘House of Horrors’ Thanks to These New Laws

Legal Planet

Here is a look at a handful of these new laws aimed at increasing health and safety for Californians. AB 347 requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to enforce and ensure compliance with three existing laws that set limits for (PFAS) in food packaging, textiles, and juvenile products.

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European Climate Law voted in by European Parliament

Energy and Climate Law

Yesterday and today the European Parliament approved of the central backbone legislation of the European Green Deal, the so called European Climate Law. This blog entry takes a look at the main points of the proposed European Climate Law, the European Parliament`s take on it and the likely prospects of the law.

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TCI Update: Final Model Rule Addresses EJ, but Political Will May Be Lacking

Law and Environment

The post TCI Update: Final Model Rule Addresses EJ, but Political Will May Be Lacking first appeared on Law and the Environment. Industry and environmental advocates remain strongly in favor of these states’ participation, including in New York, which many consider a lynch-pin to the success of the endeavor.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

Legal Planet

Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. The resulting economic growth also helps create a stronger political base for aggressive expansion of clean energy. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent. And political power with it. Just lack of political capital. It was our way of confronting those laws and those systems. They ripple out into the local economy.

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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021

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In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. The proposed amendment is a brief but powerful statement of principle, according to John Dernbach, a law professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School.

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