California Takes Steps to Incorporate Environmental Justice into Permitting...
Late last year, New Jersey became the first state to require via legislation that its environmental state agency evaluate the contributions of certain facilities to existing environmental and public...
View ArticleActions on Climate Change Disclosure in California and New Report Indicate...
On Monday, the State of California launched a new group out of Governor Newsom’s office – the Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Advisory Group just as CERES (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible...
View ArticleCalifornia and the World Move Toward Cleaning Up Microplastics: What You Need...
I. Introduction In the 1967 film The Graduate, Mr. Maguire says to Benjamin: “There is a great future in cleaning up microplastics.” That’s not exactly correct, but if the movie were remade today, it...
View ArticleCalifornia Proposition 65: OEHHA Publishes Second Modification to Proposed...
On April 5, 2022, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a second 15-day notice of modification to its proposed Proposition 65 safe harbor “short-form”...
View ArticleBOEM Prepares for California Offshore Wind Energy Area with Request for...
In line with the Biden administration’s focus on expanding offshore wind energy, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is seeking public review and comments on the draft Morro Bay Wind Energy...
View ArticleCalifornia’s 2022 Proposed Final Scoping Plan
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Will Be Necessary to Meet State Climate Targets On November 16, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its proposed final “2022 Scoping Plan for...
View ArticleTo Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2045, CARB Proposes 2022 Scoping Plan
On November 16, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB or the Board) proposed a new Scoping Plan for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Generally, the Scoping Plan is a means by...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Intended To Facilitate Clean...
On July 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a suite of bills intended to facilitate the permitting and approval processes for clean energy and other infrastructure projects in...
View ArticleFirst-in-the-Nation Climate Disclosure Bills Become Law In California
On October 7, 2023 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two landmark climate disclosure laws aimed at making major companies publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and report on their...
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California Attorney General Issues Stark Warning to Businesses Regarding...
On October 17, 2023, the California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta released an enforcement advisory letter to manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of food packaging and cookware detailing how he...
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