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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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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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Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Deadline Looms, Officials Propose Next Phase

PA Environment Daily

Despite progress, states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed will not meet commitments to reduce pollution to the Bay by a 2025 deadline. in partnership with the federal government, committed to a 2025 deadline to have the practices in place to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution to the Bay. Key items approved on Oct.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Based on my current understanding of the information in the proposal, it appears that the total amount of fuels made from oils and fats is projected to peak in 2025 and then to hover at roughly 2 billion gallons a year thereafter [i]. A non-binding RFS is not a stable long-term situation, for both economic and political reasons.

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Governing Emissions Trading in California and China

Legal Planet

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. . – Continual reform to improve ambition, integrity, and buy-in. Most ETS have fallen on the prices-too-low side.

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

Legal Planet

In addition to the Cosmetic Safety Act, The Toxic-Free Cosmetic Act of 2020 ( AB 2762 ) by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi goes into effect this January 2025. This legislative session was not all treats without any tricks as not everything in the personal health and safety category advanced.

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Governor Newsom Should Veto These Four Bills

Legal Planet

These withdrawals could potentially put those waiver decisions into the hands of a hostile federal administration in 2025. If signed, the state would have to withdraw Clean Air Act waiver requests already in process with the Environmental Protection Agency.