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OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) today led a multistate coalition in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use its authority under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act to adopt stricter regulations to curb emissions from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide in their ability to trap heat over a twenty-year timeframe and the fastest growing source of emissions in the United States and the world. In today s petition, the coalition argues that, in order to address climate change and meet President Biden’s climate goals, it is critical that the EPA exercise its authority to regulate HFCs to the fullest extent and take bold action to cut emissions of this harmful super pollutant, including adopting regulations like California’s stringent HFC prohibitions.
AG Healey Pushes for Strict Regulations of Climate Super Pollutants
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Maine Becomes First State to Sign Extended Producer Responsibility Law for Packaging, Other States with Plastics and Packaging Bills May Follow Shortly Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Key Takeaways
What is Happening? On July 13, 2021, Maine became the first state to sign Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation into law for plastics and packaging materials, and Oregon may soon follow. This reflects a growing momentum towards EPR legislation nationwide. Several of these state bills require producers to pay for a portion of the costs of recycling materials that they put into the market.
Who Is Impacted? Producers, retailers, and manufacturers of single-use plastic, packaging materials, paper, and food service ware. This does not include producers of packaging material intended to be used for long-term storage or protection, beverage containers, or paint containers. There are also exceptions for producers of small amounts of packaging waste.
Del Norte Solid Waste Authority Finds Path to Accept Treated Wood Waste
In addition to supporting a piece of legislation making its The Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority will pursue an avenue for accepting treated wood waste. Photo: TS Eriksson, via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain
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About six months after it asked local builders to hold on to their treated wood waste until the state figured out a mechanism to dispose of it, the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority will pursue a variance enabling it to accept the material.
The joint powers authority is also supporting California Assembly Bill 332, which will supplant and replace the variance process, Director Tedd Ward said Tuesday.