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Southern California air regulators reject rules to phase out gas furnaces and water heaters
Carbon Emissions · California

Southern California air regulators reject rules to phase out gas furnaces and water heaters

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Air quality regulators in Southern California voted 7 to 5 to reject rules that would have curbed harmful emissions from gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, but the majority voted to send the rules back to committee to be changed and reconsidered. The rules aimed to reduce emissions of smog-contributing nitrogen oxides, also called NOx, a group of pollutants linked to respiratory issues, asthma attacks, worse allergies, decreased lung function in children, premature death and more. Burning natural gas is also one of the primary drivers of climate change.See the Story
The New Federal Hiring Process Will Require a Loyalty Oath
Jim Acosta · United States

The New Federal Hiring Process Will Require a Loyalty Oath

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When the Trump administration begins hiring next month, it will prioritize what it calls “patriots.” Are loyal employees good for innovation?See the Story
Last Year’s Climate Bond May Not Be What You Thought - Legal Planet
California, United States · California

Last Year’s Climate Bond May Not Be What You Thought - Legal Planet

Last year, legislators passed, the governor signed, and California voters approved, a ten billion dollar climate bond (the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, SB 867 (Allen), which appeared on the November ballot as Proposition 4). While the bond act’s full title largely tells the story of its contents, the water- and resilience-focused spending may not be what all Californians expected…Read Article

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(In?)sane With the Membrane - Legal Planet

The great speculative fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law reads: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” This principle came to me the other day when considering this interesting Wall Street Journal piece on Deep Sea Desalination (which we can call DSD for short). Virtually alone among environmental law professors, I am a … Continue reading "(In?)sane With the Membrane"Berkeley, California · BerkeleyRead Article

The California Legislature Halftime Report - Legal Planet

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The Most Important Law Most People Have Never Heard Of - Legal Planet

Seventy-nine years ago, President Harry Truman signed a law that, to this day, most Americans have never heard of. Even the title of the law — the Administrative Procedure Act or APA — is a guaranteed yawner.  Yet this law is central to the rule of law and, among other things, to environmental protection.  We are learning from the current Administration’s efforts to evade the APA just how important it is. Administrative procedure is a complicate…United States · United StatesRead Article

Why Do Heat Pumps Have a Bad Rap? Lies - Legal Planet

I just listened to dozens of people tell me that heat pumps don’t work, may cause homelessness, and can bankrupt small businesses. This was shocking news to me, in no small part because I’m currently in the process of installing a heat pump in my condo. Obviously, I don’t want to waste money, sleep on the street, or see my local bakery go belly up. Should I call up my contractor and tell him we are sticking with our 1960s gas furnace? No, of cou…Los Angeles, California · Los AngelesRead Article

Can Trump Save U.S. Coal? Not Likely. - Legal Planet

On May 23, the Trump Administration issued an emergency order to keep a coal-fired power plant open, even though the owner and the state utility commission both wanted to close it.  That’s in line with Administration policy. The title of one of Trump’s executive orders is “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry.” That order says, “it is the policy of the United States that coal is essential to our national and economic security.”…Coal · United StatesRead Article

Could CA Local Agencies Replicate Past Federal Solicitation Approaches? - Legal Planet

Offshore wind is a nascent industry in California, and actions by the new federal administration are threatening to slow or halt the significant progress made in recent years. Despite these new federal policies, however, state and local leaders are planning infrastructure needed to launch the sector in California, including port facilities suitable for assembling and storing massive offshore wind turbines. Some of these infrastructure projects m…Long Beach, California · Long BeachRead Article

Pay to Play - Legal Planet

I posted earlier about a provision in the House reconciliation bill that attempts to effectively repeal NEPA by allowing sponsors of projects to pay a fee to avoid any judicial review of NEPA documents.  That provision is not unique, and indeed it looks like House Republicans are trying to develop a new tool to use reconciliation (which can avoid a Senate filibuster) to alter substantive law.  Similar pay to play provisions exist elsewhere in th…Department of Justice · United StatesSee the Story

Reconciliation and public lands - Legal Planet

As the Senate takes up the House’s version of the reconciliation bill, I wanted to briefly summarize the main provisions that relate to public lands – in part so readers can be aware of the state of play as to what might (or might not) come to pass in the Senate.  The bill as passed by the House can be found here. Overall, most of the relevant provisions relate to leases for fossil fuel development, particularly oil and gas.  Some other provisio…Senate · AlaskaRead Article

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