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Our 2012 Report Predicted the Future of Electric Vehicles in 2025: How Off Were We?

Legal Planet

Back in 2012, CLEE and the Emmett Institute released a report called Electric Drive by 25, with the relatively bold subtitle How California Can Catalyze Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles by 2025. And what would mass adoption look like for the then-relatively distant year of 2025 in California? Did it live up to its goal?

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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.

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NYSDEC Issues Final Revised Freshwater Wetlands Regulations

SPR Law

On December 31, 2024, NYSDEC announced the adoption of final revisions to its freshwater wetlands regulations, 6 NYCRR Part 664. The revised regulations took effect on January 1, 2025.

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

Legal Planet

This legislation mandates the removal of regulated PFAS chemicals from menstrual products. 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. The T.A.M.P.O.N.

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EPA Postpones Addition of Nine PFAS to Toxics Release Inventory for Reporting Year 2025

Nanotech

On February 5, 2025, the U.S. As reported in our January 13, 2025, blog item, the January rule updates the regulations The post EPA Postpones Addition of Nine PFAS to Toxics Release Inventory for Reporting Year 2025 appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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New Environmental Laws Focus on Public Health

Legal Planet

Assembly Bills: A major focus of environmental regulation in California has been on ways to alleviate the health disparities faced by environmentally burdened frontline communities. I’ll be back in January with a legislative lookahead previewing what I think will becoming for the 2025 session. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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DEP Publishes Advisory Committee, Board Meeting Schedules For 2025

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 21 PA Bulletin of the 2025 meeting schedules for most of its advisory committees, Boards and Councils. Click Here on DEPs new website for committee and board webpages. Note: Some committee webpages are not yet complete.]

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