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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 4)

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. And the land began to sink.

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Pricing the priceless

Business Green

There is something faintly ridiculous about any attempt to suggest clean air or forests or soils are worth £xbn a year, when without them civilisation is essentially doomed. Philosophical debates about the merits and pitfalls of putting a price on nature are unlikely to be resolved any time soon.

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Recycling firm fined £20k following illegal export of household waste from Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

Saica Natur UK Limited pled guilty on 21 September 2021 at Airdrie Sheriff Court to transporting waste collected from households (code Y46) to China in contravention of Article 36(1) of the Waste Shipment Regulation (EC1013/2006) and Regulation 23 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 (the Waste Shipment Regulations).

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

Some of you may recall the boom-and-bust cycle of clean tech from 2006–2011. The number of companies voluntarily reporting on environmental risk is rapidly increasing and regulations making this type of disclosure mandatory are beginning to be written into law. More on the CI landscape and market opportunity below.)

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'Wake-up call': The green economy reacts to the Dasgupta Review on biodiversity

Business Green

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said: "I welcome the publication of the Dasgupta Review which like the Stern Review on the climate in 2006 represents a landmark contribution to our understanding of the relationship between nature and our economy.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

Regenerative agriculture seeks to restore natural habitats and reverse climate change by restoring soil health and improving its ability to store carbon. Jan Dutkiewicz, Policy Fellow, Harvard Law School. It shouldn’t be seen as two equal interlocutors presenting equally valid opposing opinions.”