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The Scottish Parliament has passed a revised Climate Change Bill that reshapes Scotland’s approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a decisive vote of 105 to zero, Members of the Scottish Parl...

County planning staff told the Schools Advisory Council that a preferred land-use alternative has been selected and that the comprehensive-plan update will drive a 20‑year capital‑facilities update; staff asked districts for inputs for a countywide 20‑year outlook ahead of planning commission and council review.

Ithaca's Common Council voted to push its energy-code supplement adoption from July 1 to Oct. 1 to await a Court of Appeals decision in litigation over the state's fossil-fuel provisions; staff will brief council in advance of the new deadline.

Solar power is forecast to overtake coal as the world's biggest source of electricity next year, and its growth shows no signs of slowing down. Behind its success is a little-known Australian inventor...

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The City of Santa Barbara presented the Local Government Climate Alliance and asked for county membership; the committee voted to send the membership recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. Packet materials list an annual fee of $6,500 but the motion recorded an inconsistent figure in the transcript.

Officials proposed scrapping the “linchpin” of climate legislation earlier this year in a move which environmentalists say would have “ripped the heart” from climate governance. Files released under freedom-of-information (FOI) laws show Department of Public Expenditure (DPER) officials approached their counterparts in the Department of Climate with a proposal to entirely revoke section 15 of the Climate Act. The section requires public bodies, in so far as is practicable, to perform their functions in a manner consistent with the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, the most recent climate action plans, long-term climate action strategy and the furtherance of the national climate objective. It was described by the Supreme Court as a “climate sense check” to ensure decisions fit within national climate policy. Environmentalists have described it as “the most important accountability mechanisms in the Climate Act”. The move to scrap it was made as work was under way on the Critical Infrastructure Act, which ultimately disapplied this section to some large infrastructure projects only. The infrastructure Act was designed to speed up the delivery of big public projects. Records show that Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien was briefed by his officials about an approach from DPER “at short notice”, asking...

County planners told the Clark County Council they reorganized the transportation chapter to comply with state climate legislation and the Growth Management Act, added active-transportation level-of-service standards and an ADA transition plan, and flagged updates to the Arterial Atlas and bicycle-pedestrian plan for future action.

Climate and environmental advocacy groups say Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a record of pushing for policies to mitigate climate change in his state.

Amateur Riders Motorcycle Association increases registration fee to support grant funding for trails.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed a series of climate-focused bills into law, marking a significant step towards addressing the state's environmental challenges. However, the move has been met with resistance from some quarters, including ongoing legal disputes and public disagreement over the specifics of the legislation, raising questions about the extent to which political tensions influenced its passage and what this may mean for the state's future environmental policies.

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