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Legal Planet
MARCH 31, 2025
(Klamath River Dam removal project [credit: Los Angeles Times]) Most of the environmental law and policy matters discussed on Legal Planet–especially over the past few months–have dealt with natural resource crises, environmental rollbacks, hostile political actors and actions in Washington, D.C.,
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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Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Coal mine cleanup law is still built for the industry’s roaring ’70s. Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. So in August of 1977, when the nation’s coal mine cleanup law went into effect, it reflected the market’s optimism. The mine cleanup law, however, no longer reflects current conditions.
Legal Planet
MARCH 3, 2025
These bills are designed to function similarly to the federal Superfund law, which allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to seek funds retroactively from polluters to clean up contaminated sites. The state is currently in the process of creating the framework and methodology for implementing this new law.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
It also wants to destroy environmental regulation, especially climate law. 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. Project 2025 favors authoritarian presidential rule.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 21, 2024
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.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice — Circle of Blue. POLLUTION CLEANUP: Michigan’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the California-based company FKI Hardware for violating the state’s pollution cleanup laws, MLive reports. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative. In the News.
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