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What Does the New Political Reality Mean for Climate Action in Canada

Enviromental Defense

All political leaders should be bolder on climate. At the top of the list of key climate regulations that need to be finalized before March 24th is the governments cap on pollution from the oil and gas industry. Liberal leader hopefuls and political parties should all be paying attention to what people in Canada want.

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Protecting Science from Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

Emission levels adhere to state regulations that fly in the face of federal Environmental Protection Agency standards. Texas is the only state to officially reject the EPA’s years-long, peer-reviewed assessment for regulating the pollutant found in the Laredo sterilization plant. Take Covid-19.

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Livestock Operations Are Responsible for Over Half of California’s Methane Emissions—Why Won’t CARB Regulate Them?

Legal Planet

The absence of baseline regulation of dairy operations isn’t limited to greenhouse gas emissions. But here’s the thing: CARB itself has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from dairies. CARB can regulate dairy methane. Timestamp at 2:05:10). Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.

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California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership

Legal Planet

The program has been so successful in replacing high carbon petroleum-based fuels with lower emissions vehicle fuels that interest groups from all sides of the political spectrum have come forward to demand radical changes that they argue will fix problems. But it’s never easy. It’s what CARB must do again now.

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2022 Election: Water Regulation and Spending Punctuate State and Local Ballots

Circle of Blue

Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot.

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Will We Ever Stop Overestimating the Cost of Complying with Environmental Regulations?

Law and Environment

Earlier this week, Greenwire (subscription required) had an interesting story about the role that EPA’s estimate of the cost to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule played in the politics and judicial review of the rule. The post Will We Ever Stop Overestimating the Cost of Complying with Environmental Regulations?

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Project 2025 Envisions Eliminating Civil Service Protection for Thousands

Legal Planet

F]ull implementation will likely result in ten-fold increase in political hires. Political loyalists would take their place. As the Paper states: The Heritage Foundation’s Schedule F proposal would change the current system dramatically. This transition poses both legal and logistical challenges.

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