Communities across the US are pushing for rules to clean up air pollution around warehouses. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just handed communities a powerful new way to hold nearby warehouses accountable for the pollution they create. Until recently, air quality regulations largely overlooked tailpipe pollution choking neighborhoods near sprawling warehouses. Warehouses may not have Read More…
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Newsom-appointed board considers raising gas prices another 47 cents per gallon
(The Center Square) – As the state legislature works to pass the governor’s new regulations on refineries, the mostly governor-appointed California Air Resources Board is considering a proposal that its analysis says could raise gas prices an additional 47 cents per gallon. This proposal would also impact Arizona and Nevada, which rely on California for Read More…
New research shows nearly threefold reduction in air pollution in one US state — but some residents are still suffering from health problems
California has been a leader in the United States’ clean air policies for over half a century. Its laws about tailpipe pollution have reduced smog in some of the most populated cities in America. But there’s still a long way to go to provide disadvantaged communities with clean air, Inside Climate News reports. What’s happening? Historically, Read More…
SCOTUS ‘Places a Tombstone’ on Chevron
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…
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…