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California law seeks to improve conditions for pigs

Inhabitat - Innovation

Which is why Californians overwhelmingly passed animal welfare initiative Proposition 12 in 2018. While eating meat is the norm in the U.S., many people wish farm animals a happier life pre-burger.

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We need stricter MOT tests to eliminate air pollution, says campaign group

Envirotec Magazine

In 2014 and 2018, regulations for DPFs have been updated as we uncovered more about their impact on dangerous emissions, but their effectiveness has been minimal as vehicles can typically pass the current MOT smoke test without DPFs and a visual test to check the existence of a filter is not fit for purpose. Update the law to save lives.

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I Was Targeted Under Louisiana’s Felony Trespassing Law for Reporting on Police Working for a Pipeline Company

DeSmogBlog

I’m an investigative journalist and I’d been arrested twice in 2018, both times for allegedly trespassing on what’s known as “critical infrastructure,” a felony under a then-new Louisiana law that — at the urging of the oil and gas industry — redefined pipelines and their construction sites as critical infrastructure.

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Top U.S. Law Schools Accused of Creating a Student ‘Pipeline’ into Firms Serving Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. LSCA, an organization of law students working to hold the legal sector accountable for its role in the climate crisis, has previously scrutinized the top ranked U.S.

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Germany’s Hobbled Wind Market Finally Looks Set for a Rebound

GreenTechMedia

As a result, community projects swept the board in Germany’s 2017 and 2018 auctions, which together saw 5.1 gigawatts in 2018 and 5.3 “The rise in installations is largely attributed to the auction projects awarded back in 2017 and 2018," Barla said. gigawatts of capacity awarded. megawatt turbines.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

For example, state records suggest that the Chevron Richmond Refinery, one of California’s largest emitters, released more greenhouse gases in 2017 and 2018 — the last years for which data are publicly available — than it has since 2008. And in several recent years, it emitted as much or more of certain air pollutants.

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Landmark sewage ruling means water companies could face legal challenges over spills

Envirotec Magazine

1 As not-for-profit Good Law Project explained, the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), backed by Good Law Project and represented by Hausfeld, brought an intervention in the hearing. Last year the company discharged untreated sewage 97,500 times for a duration of over 650,000 hours.

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