California suspends environmental laws to speed rebuilding of utilities after LA fires
In a continued effort to expedite rebuilding after Los Angeles' devastating firestorms, Gov. Gavin Newsom this week suspended ...
Los Angeles Times19d
How the EPA’s environmental about-face could upend California’s climate efforts
The Trump administration threatens to unwind environmental policies that could impact air and water quality standards, electric vehicle initiatives and efforts to curb planet-harming greenhouse ...
Reason23d
Trump and California Are Set To Duke It Out Over Environmental Policy Again
Then-California Attorney General Xavier Becerra also led a coalition of 22 states in challenging the Trump administration's final rule to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
California GOP’s plan to cut gas prices is squashed, backers say
California Senate Republicans’ goal of slashing gasoline prices by stopping recent environmental regulations – a centerpiece ...
Senate environmental quality committee rejects bill to reverse 65-cent gas tax increase
California drivers may soon face higher prices at the pump after a Senate bill aimed at reversing a 65-cent gas tax increase ...
JD Supra1d
Permitting Reform Ramps Up in California With Introduction of ‘Housing Package’
For years, California has often been held up as the poster child for enervating environmental regulation. A primary target of this criticism has ...
Will this bill be the end of California’s housing vs environment wars?
For years California has been stuck in a recurring fight between legislators who want the state to turbocharge new home ...
Policies, not price gouging, to blame for California’s soaring gas prices, study finds
As Californians continue to wonder why they suffer disproportionately at the pump compared to other states, a new study from ...
Wall Street Journal5d
California’s War on Oil Finally Prompts a Response
California officials love to blame oil companies for wildfires caused by bad government policies ... California environmental nonprofits, a major law firm and Attorney General Rob Bonta engaged ...
Los Angeles Times5d
California suspends environmental laws to speed rebuilding of utilities after L.A. fires
Gavin Newsom this week suspended California environmental laws for utility ... permanent the California Coastal Commission, lays out regulations for coastal development and protection.