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The California Supreme Court examines technology-based air quality emissions standards

The California Supreme Court granted review last week in a potentially important environmental case, National Paint and Coatings Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District. The opinion of the Court of Appeal – certainly among the most colorfully-written appellate opinions I’ve ever read, and worth checking out for that reason alone – held that the …

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Cows and Climate – Putting All of That Waste To Work

In many situations, public policies supporting greenhouse gas reduction also support other environmental goals. But sometimes, different environmental policies bump up against each other. It is left for enlightened public officials to sort it all out. Here is a link to comments recently filed with the California Energy Commission by the Center for Law, Energy, …

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New EPA air toxics report presents sobering assessment of cancer risk

A new U.S. EPA report released today presents a scary picture of our exposure to hazardous pollutants in our air. The National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment for 2002, which analyzed health data based on chronic exposure to air toxics for 124 pollutants for which those data are available. (The assessment’s name is potentially confusing; the report …

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Parsing the 11th Circuit’s “Alligator Alcatraz” decision

Panel majority disingenuously blocks interim relief.

Certainty for the California Compliance Carbon Market

California’s signature climate program receives formal legislative extension through 2045.

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Panel majority disingenuously blocks interim relief.

California’s signature climate program receives formal legislative extension through 2045.

EPA employees were within their rights with the dissent letter they wrote.

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For only the second time in half a century, India’s power generation emissions drop, demonstrating that the world is moving on from the United States

Inside the government, the war on science seems to be over, and ignorance has won.

Lauren Sanchez has been named to the state’s most important climate job.

Political polarization at the federal level is a steep obstacle to any major abundance reforms

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There’s a lot more than the “executive power” in there.