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Climate Change Is Driving an Insurance Crisis: Policymakers and Regulators Must Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 19, 2024

As another summer Danger Season gets underway with extreme floods in Texas and Florida , wildfires in California , and an above-average hurricane season predicted, it’s time for policymakers and regulators to get serious about real solutions to address the insurance crisis.

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Can We Use Regulation to Reduce Inequality?

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Inequality is a burning issue in our society but plays only a limited role in the design of regulations. I am skeptical, however, that agencies have statutory authority to choose regulations to maximize benefits to those communities, even assuming courts would not reject this on constitutional grounds.

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Energy Transitions, Regulations Driving Energy as a Service Market Growth

Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The post Energy Transitions, Regulations Driving Energy as a Service Market Growth appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The market is expected to grow at more than 10% a year through 2027, according to a new report.

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

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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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Regulations, Smart Buildings Help Grow Energy Management System Market

Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The post Regulations, Smart Buildings Help Grow Energy Management System Market appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Increased investment in energy efficiency programs is also driving the market's growth.

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When Is It Legal to Consider Race in Regulating?

Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

EPA isn’t a college and doesn’t regulate with the goal of increasing diversity. Under current law, if a regulation refers to race in any way, the government must show that the regulation is narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest. Download as PDF The post When Is It Legal to Consider Race in Regulating?

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It’s Time for EPA to Regulate Chemicals by Class

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2023

Enacting strong regulations on chemicals by class , rather than individually, can help protect people and the environment from serious harm while still making sure that scientific integrity is upheld and the best available science guides the process. Fortunately, EPA has begun a slow pivot toward assessing multiple chemicals at once.

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California Regulators Increased Their Clean Energy Ambition. Will They Deliver?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Today, California took another important step in planning for the transition to clean energy, a step that’s been a long time coming.

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After Decades of Disinformation, the US Finally Begins Regulating PFAS Chemicals

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would regulate two forms of PFAS contamination under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites.” The same suppression and disinformation kept government regulators at bay for decades.

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How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

This decision , reached with a 6-3 majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts, marks a significant shift in administrative law and has profound implications for environmental regulations and climate accountability. Successful court cases could limit the scope of future regulations. Worse, agencies may decide not to even try.

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The role of regulatory relationships in wastewater innovation

Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2023

A key finding is that regulation, which is critical for protecting public and environmental health, can encourage or impede innovation. As a result, innovative projects may require utilities and regulators to engage in new ways as they navigate unfamiliar technical, legal, and institutional territory. municipal wastewater sector.

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Trucking Industry Disinformation Will Cost Lives

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The rationale for this delay is largely based on industry disinformation, with manufacturers choosing to gin up anxiety among truck dealers to wage a war on the regulations by proxy. This path taken by industry is a game of chicken with the regulators, a refusal to comply with the regulations as they stand and a dare to enforce them.

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AI Regulation and the Challenges of Misinformation in the 2024 Presidential Election

Scientific American

OCTOBER 18, 2024

president will have to contend with regulations around AI—and the electorate is already facing AI-generated misinformation. The next U.S.

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The Ontario government’s attack on the federal Clean Electricity Regulations is hurting Ontarians while slowing down Canada’s climate efforts

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Statement by Alienor Rougeot, Senior Program Manager, Climate and Energy, on Ontario’s claims regarding the federal Clean Electricity Regulations. The federal government’s proposed regulations to reduce emissions in electricity generation are achievable without breaking the bank.

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As Use of AI Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires

Yale E360

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Now, legislators and regulators — in the U.S. Generative artificial intelligence uses massive amounts of energy for computation and data storage and billions of gallons of water to cool the equipment at data centers. and the EU — are starting to demand accountability. Read more on E360 →

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EPA Strengthens Emissions Controls for Facilities Emitting Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2024

Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized updated regulations for certain facilities that emit ethylene oxide (EtO), a colorless, cancer-causing gas. For the first time, the government will regulate fugitive or “unintended” emissions and require permanent total enclosure of sterilization operations.

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Having the Fox Guard the Henhouse?

Legal Planet

JUNE 26, 2023

Moreover, agencies can apparently give greater responsibility to local government units (which aren’t covered by subsection (G)) and to state governments for actions that are federally regulated but not federally funded. Coverage of agency regulations. Agencies are required to issue regulations but there is no deadline for doing so.

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs?

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As Evidence Mounts, New Concerns About Fracking and Health

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Researchers are now calling for new regulations restricting where wells can be located. Two decades after the advent of fracking, a growing number of studies are pointing to a link between gas wells and public health, particularly among children and the elderly. Read more on E360 ?.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

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UN Net-Zero Guidance Calls for End of Fossil Fuels Financial Support

Environment + Energy Leader

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Other topics include fighting greenwashing and supporting climate regulations. The post UN Net-Zero Guidance Calls for End of Fossil Fuels Financial Support appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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New Law Reaffirms Local Authority to Ban Oil Drilling

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Critically, AB 3233 clarifies and confirms local government authority to regulate, and even prohibit outright, oil and gas operations. He signed the package on a Los Angeles soccer field that overlooks oil wells, joined by community organizers who have led the charge for years.

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. Another California climate law, setting targets for greenhouse gas reductions and providing the basis for California cap and trade system as well as other regulations. Inflation Reduction Act.

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Supreme Court Sidelines Science, Threatens Public Health: These Rules-in-Progress Show What’s at Stake

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

When facilities emit less pollution, their regulations require less specific record-keeping and monitoring. How stringently facilities are monitored should be based on science and on the impacts on the people who live nearby—not by a judge’s ideological viewpoint on regulation.

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Understanding Loper: The Grandfather Clause

Legal Planet

JULY 11, 2024

It seems clear that the specific regulation upheld by an earlier decision is protected by that previous decision. Thus, the idea that overruling Chevron makes it open season on existing regulations is an exaggeration, because many of those regulations are protected by binding precedent.

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Integrate Your Supply Chain to Meet ESG Objectives

Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Growing scrutiny from responsible business practices from shareholders, regulators and other stakeholders is driving a boom in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting. The post Integrate Your Supply Chain to Meet ESG Objectives appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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An Opportunity to Reduce Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. The proposal also introduces regulations for E. Speak up for clean water The EPA is holding public hearings this month on the proposed rules regulating slaughterhouse water pollution.

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To Manage Water Scarcity, California Needs a Framework for Fair and Effective Water Right Curtailment

Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

The SWRCB is currently using watershed-based emergency regulations under Water Code section 1058.5 In 2021, curtailments would have been warranted beginning in April, but the SWRCB didn’t adopt emergency regulations requiring maintenance of drought minimum flows until mid-August 2021, finally issuing curtailment orders in early September.

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Edible Insects: In Europe, a Growing Push for Bug-Based Food

Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

is looking to insects as an alternate source of protein for livestock and people and is easing regulations and subsidizing makers of insect-derived food. To rein in emissions, the E.U. In a photo essay, Luigi Avantaggiato explores the emerging bug food industry in northern Italy. Read more on E360 →

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Losing Chevron: What Does It Mean for California?

Legal Planet

JUNE 28, 2024

For example, there’s a current challenge to EPA’s waiver under the Clean Air Act for the Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulations (ACT), which require that zero-emission trucks represent an increasing proportion of in-state heavy-duty truck sales. (A

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Ethylene Oxide at the Intersection of Climate, Environment, and Social Justice

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

And current EPA regulations for public health don’t require facilities to account for fugitive emissions , meaning companies have no reason to rein them in. These GHGs are not regulated, so producers can emit them freely. And any fines for violating regulations are paltry sums to companies that make billions of dollars per quarter.

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When it Comes to the Cumulative Impacts of Pollution, the Science is In

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A growing body of scientific evidence supports regulating chemicals with similar structures, functions, and impacts as a chemical class rather than one pollutant at a time. This is particularly important for pesticides since active ingredients are regulated while so-called “inert ingredients” are normally not.

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A New Energy Project at UCLA Law

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Klein Chair, who has long studied public utility regulation, electricity market design, and renewable energy finance. I’m excited to work alongside Emmett Institute faculty like William Boyd, faculty co-director and Michael J.

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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Nuclear power regulation D. FERC pipeline regulation (natural gas and hydrogen). California authority to regulate new vehicles D. Administrative law questions, including the major questions doctrine. Standing based on climate impacts C.

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A Dangerous Disruption

Legal Planet

JANUARY 2, 2023

And in all likelihood, they are not breaking any current law or regulation. Launching weather balloons is a very lightly regulated activity, pursued by hobbyists and citizen scientists in many countries. Relevant FAA regulations here , FCC regulations here , with a clear summary from a citizen-science NGO here ).

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Will the EPA Strengthen Ethylene Oxide Standards Without Outside Interference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates emissions of EtO, yet the agency is years behind on updating standards and control requirements, despite mounting evidence of the harm of long-term EtO exposure. A decade overdue , EPA is finalizing updated regulations for commercial sterilizers now.

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California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We progress despite regular cries of impending doom from regulated industries and their enablers. None of this would be possible without the market created by a healthy Low Carbon Fuel Standard, and no level of public investment or direct regulation could deliver a similar range of benefits across a wide array of emission sources and sectors.

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Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

In late December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations for the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. Finding careful resolution to these issues will be a key point of focus over the comment period for these regulations, which is set to run through February 26 th , 2024.

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2022 Election Recap: Landslide Victory for Florida City’s ‘Right to Clean Water’ Amendment

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Regulating groundwater extraction in southeast Arizona: yes and no. Farther west, groundwater regulation in southeastern Arizona appeared headed to a split decision. In Willcox basin, more than 61 percent of voters rejected a proposal to regulate groundwater. Voters in Douglas basin felt differently.

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Evaluating Voluntary Agreements in the Bay-Delta Watershed

Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2024

VAs are negotiated agreements that establish pathways for regulated entities to meet regulatory requirements through alternative means. For more than 50 years, state regulators have struggled to set and implement water quality requirements needed to adequately protect the watershed’s fish and wildlife and the people who depend upon them.

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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The decline probably wasn’t due to environmental regulation. Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollution controls than competing fuels. For better or worse, national environmental regulation doesn’t seem to have played the leading role. Download as PDF

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Governor Gavin Newsom announces he will sign landmark climate disclosure bills SB 253 and SB 261!

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

California leads the nation once again, as we continue to wait for US federal financial regulators to require climate-related disclosures from corporations and financial institutions. Download as PDF

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‘Eyes in the Sky’ Help Police California Water Use

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Satellite data is one monitoring tool regulators turn to in this very dry year. Regulators at the State Water Resources Control Board voted in August to cut off many farms and towns that withdraw water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin watershed, which drains about 40 percent of the state’s land. Photo taken June 15, 2021.

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Ethylene Oxide: New Interactive Map Shows Communities Impacted by Cancer-Causing Chemical

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While the US US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has known that ethylene oxide is a carcinogen since 2016, the agency currently does not account for these cancer risks in regulations for facilities that use ethylene oxide.

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Climate Change Is Driving an Insurance Crisis: Policymakers and Regulators Must Act

Can We Use Regulation to Reduce Inequality?

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Energy Transitions, Regulations Driving Energy as a Service Market Growth

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

Regulations, Smart Buildings Help Grow Energy Management System Market

When Is It Legal to Consider Race in Regulating?

It’s Time for EPA to Regulate Chemicals by Class

California Regulators Increased Their Clean Energy Ambition. Will They Deliver?

After Decades of Disinformation, the US Finally Begins Regulating PFAS Chemicals

How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

The role of regulatory relationships in wastewater innovation

Trucking Industry Disinformation Will Cost Lives

AI Regulation and the Challenges of Misinformation in the 2024 Presidential Election

The Ontario government’s attack on the federal Clean Electricity Regulations is hurting Ontarians while slowing down Canada’s climate efforts

As Use of AI Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires

EPA Strengthens Emissions Controls for Facilities Emitting Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Having the Fox Guard the Henhouse?

New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

As Evidence Mounts, New Concerns About Fracking and Health

Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

UN Net-Zero Guidance Calls for End of Fossil Fuels Financial Support

New Law Reaffirms Local Authority to Ban Oil Drilling

The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Supreme Court Sidelines Science, Threatens Public Health: These Rules-in-Progress Show What’s at Stake

Understanding Loper: The Grandfather Clause

Integrate Your Supply Chain to Meet ESG Objectives

An Opportunity to Reduce Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses

To Manage Water Scarcity, California Needs a Framework for Fair and Effective Water Right Curtailment

Edible Insects: In Europe, a Growing Push for Bug-Based Food

Losing Chevron: What Does It Mean for California?

Ethylene Oxide at the Intersection of Climate, Environment, and Social Justice

When it Comes to the Cumulative Impacts of Pollution, the Science is In

A New Energy Project at UCLA Law

U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

A Dangerous Disruption

Will the EPA Strengthen Ethylene Oxide Standards Without Outside Interference?

California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership

Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks

2022 Election Recap: Landslide Victory for Florida City’s ‘Right to Clean Water’ Amendment

Evaluating Voluntary Agreements in the Bay-Delta Watershed

What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Governor Gavin Newsom announces he will sign landmark climate disclosure bills SB 253 and SB 261!

‘Eyes in the Sky’ Help Police California Water Use

Ethylene Oxide: New Interactive Map Shows Communities Impacted by Cancer-Causing Chemical

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