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Project 2025 Envisions Eliminating Civil Service Protection for Thousands

Legal Planet

UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, & Environment (CLEE) is sponsoring a series of papers evaluating aspects of Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation publication, entitled “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” which has received attention in the Presidential election campaign. Political loyalists would take their place.

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Rightwing Authoritarianism vs the Environment

Legal Planet

Project 2025 favors authoritarian presidential rule. Thus, the reasons must relate to psychology or political science, not philosophy. This research is suggestive, but my impression is that there is a lot we still don’t know about political psychology. It also wants to destroy environmental regulation, especially climate law.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro Activates National Guard In Erie County To Help People In Need During Snowstorm -- Budget 2025 -- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA State Spending Headed Into The Red? Ohio- $3.03

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Making Polluters Pay for Climate Consequences

Legal Planet

The bill would enact a Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 which would establish the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Program. These hearings are expected to take place in late March or April 2025. The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) would be the agency tasked with overseeing this effort.

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Statement: The Federal EV Incentive Program Pause was Preventable

Enviromental Defense

The federal government has long known that due to rapidly growing electric vehicle sales, funding for the iZEV program was going to run out early in 2025. There was an opportunity in Finance Minister Chrystia Freelands recent Fall Economic Statement to include stopgap funding to top up the program and prevent this from occurring.

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A Busy Legislative Season in California Adds Up to a More Climate Proof Future

Union of Concerned Scientists

Also like a sine graph, Union of Concerned Scientists will keep moving forward no matter what (and backward technically, but I am political science major and way out of my depth here, so let’s pretend they only move forward, give me kudos for an awesome simile, and get to the recap!). Much like a sine graph , this year had highs and lows.

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Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic

PA Environment Daily

Posted: January 19, 2025] PA Environment Digest Send articles, comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.

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