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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Monday March 17, 2025 ( 4 items )  

EPA's Transportation Regulation Rollbacks Would Cause Lasting Economic Harm
PASADENA, California, March 15 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * EPA's Transportation Regulation Rollbacks Would Cause Lasting Economic Harm On Wednesday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin issued a statement announcing the agency will weaken two federal vehicle emissions standards impacting both cars and trucks (Multi-Pollut  more

EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth's Electrojets
LAUREL, Maryland, March 15 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth's Electrojets Under the nighttime California sky, NASA's Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, taking off at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, California. The EZIE mission's trio of small satellites will fly in a pea  more

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Condemns Ecuador for Violating Rights of Tagaeri-Taromenane People Living in Voluntary Isolation in Yasuni National Park
OAKLAND, California, March 15 -- Amazon Watch, an organization that says it protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, issued the following news release: * * * Inter-American Court of Human Rights Condemns Ecuador for Violating Rights of Tagaeri-Taromenane People Living in Voluntary Isolation in Yasuni National Park Landmark ruling calls for concrete measures to guarantee their survival Quito, Ecuador - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights   more

Resources for the Future: 'Offset Reform Could Drive Investments in Nature-Based Climate Solutions'
WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following issue brief (No. 25-02) on March 13, 2025 by Dallas Burtraw and Nicholas Roy entitled "Offset Reform Could Drive Investments in Nature-Based Climate Solutions." Report Suggests Offset Reform to Boost Nature-Based Climate Investments A new issue brief from Resources for the Future (RFF) proposes reforming California's carbon offset program to drive greater investment in nature-based climate solutions. Authored by Dal  more