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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Here is a look at a handful of these new laws aimed at increasing health and safety for Californians. AB 347 requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to enforce and ensure compliance with three existing laws that set limits for (PFAS) in food packaging, textiles, and juvenile products.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 23, 2024
In another victory for environmental and human health amongst disadvantaged communities in California, Assemblymember Laura Friedman’s AB 1963 addressing paraquat dichloride was signed into law. The Environmental Working Group detailed how parquat disproportionately threatens California’s low-income Latino communities.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
The Supreme Court tends to get all the attention, but for every Supreme Court opinion on environmental law there are probably fifty opinions in the lower federal courts. Collectively, the lower courts have done fat least as much to shape the law than the Supreme Courts occasional interventions. Any top ten list is a bit arbitrary.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Ruthie Lazenby, a UCLA Law fellow and Legal Planet blogger who is currently writing a series on community solar , is also contributing to E-CELL. If you’re looking for partners like UCLA Law in this space, don’t hesitate to reach out. E – CELL will also build upon existing projects in the Frank G.
Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
In choosing the top environmental laws, I wanted to focus on those with the largest impacts on the environment, not just those that are most important to environmental lawyers or best known. I included all laws passed in the U.S., not just federal regulatory laws, and some of my selections may not be what you expected.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2023
When diplomacy needs backup, countries turn to resolve their disputes at the ICJ, the United Nations’ principal judicial organ, to set the tone for international law. As an advisory body, the court provides legal opinions on international law questions. What is an advisory opinion?
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The California Legislature has enacted and Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law SB 389 , an important water law reform measure authored by State Senator Ben Allen. SB 389 is part of a broader initiative by the Legislature–and public interest groups–to reform and update California’s water laws.
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