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What Happened in the California Legislature in 2023?

Union of Concerned Scientists

California’s trucks cleaned up and defended Speaking of vehicles, over the past two years, UCS advocated for the California Air Resources Board to strengthen and eventually adopt the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which it did earlier this year. They are still alive and can be advanced next session; We will not stop working to pass them.

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Oil and Influence: Analyzing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s 2023 Lobbying

Enviromental Defense

Figure 1 Top Ten Oil and Gas Company Lobbyists Environmental Defence Canada has just released a new report called Big Oil’s Big Year: A Summary of Big Oil’s 2023 Federal Lobbying that digs into it all. In 2023, they had at least 1,255 lobby meetings with the federal government, which is the equivalent of meeting nearly five times per workday.

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DEP Did Over 107,000 Inspections, Found 35,237 Violations, Responded To 410 Emergencies In 2024 To Protect PA's Environment, Public Safety

PA Environment Daily

During those inspections, DEP identified 35,237 violations, and resolved 32,699 of them, including some from 2023. DEP inspections include both scheduled and unscheduled on-site visits to permitted facilities, as well as document reviews to verify compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Read more here.

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California Adopts Nation-Leading Legislation to Cut Plastic Pollution

Legal Planet

That initiative would have authorized CalRecycle to adopt and enforce regulations requiring that 80 percent of single-use plastic packaging and food service ware, as compared to 2020 levels, be recyclable, compostable, or source reduced by 2030, with an additional requirement that 25 percent of the waste be source reduced.

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California Enacts Major Water Law Reform Legislation–But More Changes Are Needed

Legal Planet

For a state that prides itself on innovative leadership when it comes to so many other areas of environmental and natural resource policy, California’s water rights law is sorely in need of modernization. However, the 2023 legislative session ended before either bill could be fully considered by the State Senate.

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Fresh, May 16, 2023: New Wisconsin Law Aims to Protect Watersheds From Farm Runoff

Circle of Blue

May 16, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. million from the state Department of Natural Resources. In the News FISH STICKS: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources approved $1.7

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Fresh, May 30, 2023: $30 Million EPA Grant Program Targets Pollution in Disadvantaged Communities

Circle of Blue

May 30, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Permit holders are required to report their annual water use to the state Department of Natural Resources. I’m begging the band to just act.

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