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www.npr.org
1 month ago
Law

Supreme Court will hear challenge to EPA's 'good neighbor' rule that limits pollution

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge on the 'good neighbor' provision aimed at reducing smog and air pollution.
The case involves the dispute over the Clean Air Act's 'good neighbor' provision intended to protect people from cross-border air pollution.
therealdeal.com
2 months ago
LA real estate

LA Pulls About-Face on ED1 With Appeal of Sawtelle Project

Generation Real Estate Partners faces a delay in starting construction on an affordable housing project in Sawtelle due to an appeal under state environmental law.
The delay raises concerns about the effectiveness of LA Mayor Karen Bass's initiative to streamline the approval process for affordable housing.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
OMG science

A solution to the climate crisis: mining the moon, researchers say

Proponents of a moonshot idea to deal with global heating have been handed a new, very literal, interpretation by researchers who have proposed firing plumes of moon dust from a gun into space in order to deflect the sun's rays away from Earth.The seemingly outlandish concept, outlined in a new research paper, would involve creating a solar shield in space by mining the moon of millions of tons of its dust and then ballistically eject[ing] it to a point in space about 1m miles from Earth, where the floating grains would partially block incoming sunlight.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Climate Groups Decry Schumer's Plan to Force Vote on Manchin's "Dirty Deal"

Environmentalists say the permitting bill would expedite harmful fossil fuel projects and weaken environmental laws.Sen. Joe Manchin looks to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after U.S. President Joe Biden signs The Inflation Reduction Act in the State Dining Room of the White House, on August 16, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Drew Angerer / Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he intends to force a floor vote as soon as this week in a bid to ram through Sen. Joe Manchin's fossil fuel industry-friendly permitting bill, a ploy that climate groups and progressive lawmakers condemned and vowed to defeat.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

This GW Law Program Aims to Strengthen Animal Rights

Animal lawyer Kathy Hessler was vegetarian until 1988, when a PETA booth on the National Mall convinced her that dairy cows are often mistreated."I thought I had already made a good decision to become vegetarian, but I was still complicit without realizing," she says.That experience made her go vegan.
Futurism
1 year ago
Environment

White House Researching Combating Climate Change By Spraying Particles Into the Atmosphere

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BBC News
1 year ago
UK politics

More UK environment laws to be reviewed after Brexit

There are more EU era environmental laws to review after Brexit than had been previously known, the environment secretary has suggested.Therese Coffey told peers around 1,100 such laws existed.This is roughly double the number identified by the most recent official audit.Under government plans, most EU-derived laws will expire after December 2023, unless specifically kept or replaced.
Berkeleyside
2 years ago
Education

State lawmakers pass fix to get UC Berkeley out of enrollment freeze

State lawmakers have approved a legislative fix they say will get UC Berkeley out of its enrollment jam and limit a judge's ability to slap public colleges with similar orders to cap their enrollment if they blow past their student population targets.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe politics

Environment Agency told to protect wetlands in landmark court case

The high court has ordered the Environment Agency to reduce water abstraction and protect England's rare wetland habitats, in a landmark case that confirms that European nature conservation laws remain enforceable despite Britain having left the EU.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe politics

EU faces legal challenge over plan to fast-track gas projects

An EU plan to fast-track funding and permits for 30 gas projects is facing a legal challenge from NGOs including ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth Europe.
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