May 2, 2018 | Environmental law, News
A Citizens’ group this week filed a Verified Petition challenging CARB’s 2017 Greenhouse Gas Scoping Plan, alleging that several provisions of the Scoping Plan were improperly promulgated and result in racial and financial discrimination.The Two Hundred v....
Apr 20, 2018 | Environmental law, News
The Fifth Appellate District affirmed a judgment from a trial court holding that Prop 65’s definition of hazardous chemicals as including substances identified as such by IARC, an agency of the United Nations does not constitute an improper delegation of...
Apr 10, 2018 | Environmental law, News
“The Office of Environmental Health HazardAssessment has adopted a No Significant Risk Level of 1100 micrograms per day forglyphosate. This means that exposures to glyphosate below 1100micrograms per day are not considered a significant risk of cancer for...
Apr 8, 2018 | Environmental law, News
A Superior Court Judge in the latest in a series of Prop 65 cases involving coffee industry has tentatively ruled that the Prop 65 warnings are required. CERT v. Starbucks.( LA Ct. NO. BC435759). The chemical at issue, Acrylamide, is formed in coffee beans during the...
Mar 20, 2018 | Environmental law, News
Read the article here. This memorandum addresses AB 617 Garcia (the Community Air Protection Program), Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017. There is also a short discussion of the recently released (2/7/2018) California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) “Concept Paper” and the...
Feb 26, 2018 | Environmental law, News
Under California Proposition 65, which requires that the public be provided warnings with regard to the exposure to certain identified chemicals, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California...