2021 Politics Regulations 
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The absence of baseline regulation of dairy operations isn’t limited to greenhouse gas emissions. But here’s the thing: CARB itself has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from dairies. CARB can regulate dairy methane. Timestamp at 2:05:10). Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot.
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Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
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 post What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Rhode Island followed in 1987, and was the last state to do so.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Surface water diversions by those who divert water from state waterways to use on adjacent (“riparian”) lands don’t need to obtain prior approval from state water regulators to do so. The political momentum for water law reform continued apace in 2023, as evidenced by the Legislature’s passage of SB 389.
Legal Planet
MAY 9, 2022
As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs? Source: ERM 2022 ).
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The magazine noted the legislation was developed in response to a report published by the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2021 that linked synthetic food dyes to hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral effects in children. This legislation mandates the removal of regulated PFAS chemicals from menstrual products.
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