At the beginning of the year, after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take up a case about fishing, many legal minds were concerned that a seemingly ordinary case could actually have pretty significant effects downstream. We wrote a blog describing why many predicted that the eventual ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo could be the nail in Read More…
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California Enacts PAGA Reform; November Repeal Initiative To Come Off Ballot
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week that an agreement to reform the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) had been reached by legislative leadership, labor organizations, and business groups. Prompted by a June 27 deadline to withdraw a PAGA repeal initiative from the upcoming November ballot, the California Legislature acted quickly this week Read More…
California high court says county can’t enforce oil well ban as state debates future of fossil fuels
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Monterey County cannot enforce a voter-approved ban on new oil and gas wells, a decision that comes amid an ongoing battle over how the state should address the health and climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction. The ruling comes a day after environmental advocates announced Read More…
China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities
A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles. On the outskirts of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, a small dilapidated temple overlooks a graveyard of sorts: a series of fields where hundreds upon hundreds of electric cars have been abandoned among Read More…
Colorado sues EPA to stop public access to air pollution records
Feds are holding up approving a state air quality improvement plan unless Colorado agrees to share information. The Attorney General punches back. The Environmental Protection Agency says Colorado agencies and citizen watchdogs cannot possibly enforce the Clean Air Act against polluters unless everyone has open public access to the polluters’ records of what they spew Read More…
Fire-Ravaged Fremantle Highway Ship Carrying 20 Times More EVs Than Thought
It’s been confirmed that the Fremantle Highway cargo ship that caught alight late last month had far more electric vehicles on board than we thought. Initially, it was understood that there were only 25 EVs on the ship, but Automotive News Europe reports that there were actually 498 EVs on the stricken ship. Although the cause of the blaze was initially Read More…
Opinion: The terrible climate hypocrisy at the top of Southern California Edison
With nearly 200 million Americans frying under extreme heat, and water off the coast of Florida reaching hot tub temperatures, Americans can see the climate crisis with their own eyes. We know we must cut fossil fuels as fast as possible. Yet the Edison Electric Institute — the trade association that represents privately owned utilities providing power to Read More…
The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that the agency says are vital to slowing climate change as Read More…
As the West surges toward electric cars, here’s where the unwanted gas guzzlers go.
Cotonou, BeninCNN — Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling over the price of a dark red car. It is one of a couple hundred vehicles, parked in long lines stretching out across the vast lot – some shiny and new-looking, others dented and dusty. The car Yaya Read More…