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  • California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.15.26
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  • Scrap Yards, Scrapped Enforcement?

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jdsupra.com /2 weeks ago

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.15.26

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday proposed allowing data centers, power plants, and other industrial facilities to begin certain construction work before obt...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 4.10.26

Eleven years after the closure of the Exide lead-acid battery recycling facility in the Vernon area of Los Angeles, researchers found excessive lead levels in soil samples collecte...

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legal-planet.org /2 weeks ago

Scrap Yards, Scrapped Enforcement?

This post was co-written by UCLA Law student Kate Inman (J.D., 2026). Throughout California’s Senate District 20, roughly thirty scrap metal recycling facilities sit in the industr...

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

California Climate Leadership

California has been a leader in climate change action for decades.  And, that leadership has made an impact.  A few examples:  AB 32 (2006) was one of the first comprehensive clima...

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jdsupra.com /1 week ago

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.22.26

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday proposed two rules rolling back certain regulations limiting per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) levels under the Sa...

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

‘Smog and Sunshine’: Achieving Clean Air in California

Los Angeles is famous for both sunshine and smog. Turns out the two are related. Ozone pollution is caused by the interaction of sunlight and the chemicals that come out of vehicle...

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legal-planet.org /2 weeks ago

The Other Half of Climate: Policy, Capital, and the Race to Scale Superpollutant Solutions

Methane and other short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) are responsible for nearly half of today’s net global warming. Because they exit the atmosphere quickly, reducing them can...

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

California Has a Neighborhood Decarbonization Law. How Does It Work?

By Sooji Yang, Lauren Dunlap, Elias van Emmerick, and Gregory Pierce The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is currently navigating a wide array of questions from stakeh...

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legal-planet.org /2 weeks ago

Reforming CEQA Part 1

The qualification for the November ballot of the California Chamber of Commerce ballot initiative rewriting CEQA does create an opportunity, if the legislature is so inclined, to s...

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latimes.com /1 day ago

Union invokes California's landmark environmental law to challenge Newsom's return-to-office mandate

A union representing California legal workers employed by the state invoked CEQA, the state's landmark yet oft-criticized environmental law to challenge a return-to-office mandate.

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

The Story of California’s Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation

California has been a global pioneer on electric vehicles, and that leadership extends to zero-emission trucks. To address the pollution and disproportionate impacts on disadvantag...

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

BACA makes the ballot

It looks like the California Chamber of Commerce has enough signatures to put on the November ballot their initiative that would drastically change the California Environmental Qua...

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of U.S. Environmental Law

This Earth Day, environmental advocates are looking backward as well as forward. With the U.S. federal government so dramatically overhauling environmental policy, history shows ho...

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jdsupra.com /3 weeks ago

California Publishes Long-Awaited Regulations for SB 54

On May 1, 2026, California approved and filed the final regulations for the state’s packaging EPR law, SB 54. California’s SB 54, or the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging...

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legal-planet.org /2 weeks ago

Reforming CEQA Part 5

This is the fifth in a series of blog posts on reforming the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  The first post, discussing different paradigms for CEQA, is here.  The se...

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legal-planet.org /2 weeks ago

Reforming CEQA Part 6

This is the sixth in a series of blog posts on reforming the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  The first post, discussing different paradigms for CEQA, is here.  The se...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

California Supreme Court Reviews CEQA Exemption Scope in Sunflower Alliance Case

On April 6, 2026, the California Supreme Court heard oral argument in Sunflower Alliance v. California Department of Conservation (Case No. S287414). The case addresses two key Cal...

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

New Issue Brief: Community Engagement in Equity-Oriented EV Planning

As federal support for the EV transition recedes, state and local planning processes are playing an increasingly central role in shaping equitable access to clean mobility infrastr...

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legal-planet.org /2 weeks ago

Reforming CEQA Part 3

This is the third in a series of blog posts on reforming the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  The first post, discussing different paradigms for CEQA, is here.  The se...

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legal-planet.org /1 month ago

Community Benefits Aren’t Impossible – They Just Take Work

For California is to reach its climate goals, including a target of net zero GHG emissions by 2045, a variety of private- and public-sector approaches are necessary; among them is...

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wattsupwiththat.com /3 weeks ago

California’s Climate Overreach

“The Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act (SB 982) would impose liability on fossil fuel companies for ‘climate-attributable damages,’ expected to be assessed in billions of dolla...

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audubon.org /1 month ago

Audubon California’s 2026 State Legislative Priorities

Audubon California’s top priorities at the state Capitol this year include ensuring birds have the water and lands they need, celebrating fifty years of the California Coastal Prot...

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natlawreview.com /1 week ago

California Air Resources Board Advances CCUS Program with Draft Concepts for Potential Regulations

On May 7, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced “Concepts for Potential Regulations for Establishing the Carbon Capture, Removals, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Pro...

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natlawreview.com /3 weeks ago

Hot Topics in Product Stewardship- Key Regulatory Developments to Watch

Key Takeaways State‑driven regulation continues to shape product stewardship requirements, with California setting standards that may influence compliance strategies nationwide. C...

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