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SB 219 Makes Important Changes to California’s Climate Disclosure Laws
On September 27, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 219 (SB 219) into law, amending two sweeping climate disclosure acts passed just last year—the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261). Together, these acts require a wide array of entities doing business in the state to calculate and publicly disclose their carbon footprint and climate risks. SB 219 combines these Acts (now collectively known as the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act or CCDAA) and makes important updates regarding their implementation.
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Judging Java: California Reverses Need for Proposition 65 Warnings on Coffee
California’s coffee industry breathed a collective sigh of relief earlier this month when the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the agency charged with implementing Proposition 65, finalized a regulation that exempts c...
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Proposition 65—Under Construction
California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, otherwise known as Proposition 65, continues to be amended to address errors and omissions in the original regulations. Proposition 65 applies to all businesses in the chain of com...
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Buzz Kill: Coffee Companies Roasted by Court Over Warning Labels
Chances are that if you live in or have visited California, you have seen conspicuously placed “WARNING” signs notifying you that a product you are consuming or a location you are entering “contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause...
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