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Offshore Wind Backers Push California To Add $1 Billion To Climate Bond

Some California lawmakers and offshore wind power advocates are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and legislative leaders to add $1 billion to proposed climate bond legislation to pay for seaport infrastructure projects needed to build first-time wind farms off the northern and central coasts, after failing to advance their own bill.

EPA Revises Funds For States’ LSL Replacements Following ‘Needs’ Debate

EPA has released long-awaited state-level allotments of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds earmarked for replacement of lead service lines (LSL), based in part on new data states provided last year following a backlash against an earlier proposal that many officials said would have been out of line with their actual LSL burdens.

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9th Circuit Panel Grants DOJ Push To End Youth Climate Suit Before Trial

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is granting the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request to dismiss youth plaintiffs’ long-running constitutional climate case against the federal government before a lower court can hold their long-sought trial, dealing a major blow to the plaintiffs.

GOP States Urge Justices To Send SIP Denial Suits To Regional Courts

A coalition of 17 mainly GOP-led states is asking the Supreme Court to back Utah and Oklahoma’s argument that regional appeals courts must hear challenges to EPA denials of states’ plans for curbing interstate ozone, escalating a legal fight with broad implications for Clean Air Act litigation over state implementation plans (SIPs) in general.

EPA Finalizes Rule To Protect Tribal Treaty Rights In State Water Standards

EPA has released its final rule requiring states to consider tribal treaty rights such as fishing in their Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards (WQS), though with looser versions of some proposed mandates that Trump-era officials warned could draw legal challenges from state governments as “quintessential federalism issues.”

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