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DEC Policy Addresses Projects in Disadvantaged Communities

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently issued a final policy titled Permitting and Disadvantaged Communities under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, DEP-24-1. The policy...more

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President Biden Announces Executive Actions to Combat Climate Change

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President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions to combat climate change during a July 20, 2022, speech in Somerset, Massachusetts, from the base of a former coal-fired power plant where offshore wind energy...more

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Houston Highway Tests Biden’s Promise of Equitable Infrastructure

The Biden Administration has acknowledged the racist history of the U.S. interstate highway system and its ongoing negative impacts on many Black neighborhoods. Presidential Memorandum on Redressing Our Nation’s and the...more

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Environmental Justice in the Biden Administration

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The Biden Administration is seeking to advance “environmental justice” (EJ) through its policy and regulatory priorities in a way that no administration has before. Environmental justice - which seeks to address...more

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PublicCEO: BB&K Municipal Law Team Discusses New Public Agency Laws - Part 2

Land Use, Telecommunications, Environmental and More - As noted in Part I of this two-part series, California lawmakers passed a number of new laws last year that greatly impact how public agencies serve their...more

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Four New California Cap and Trade Bills Fund Programs

$900 million in appropriations for fiscal year 2016-17 - With California’s cap and trade program suffering from legal challenges, decreasing auction revenue and general criticism of the program’s effectiveness, Gov....more

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