Posts Tagged: federal preemption
USA Herald, Marivic Cabural Summers, September 21, 2019- A coalition of 24 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for preventing states to set their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards to combat climate change. The cities of Los Angeles and New York as well as the California Air …
Truthout.org, Ben Price, July 31, 2019- In 2015, the City of Berkeley, California, passed an ordinance requiring cellphone shops to inform customers that carrying a cellphone in certain ways can expose them to radio-frequency radiation that exceeds Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards. Retailers would be forced to put up a …
WAGM News, Staff, July 24, 2019- Attorney General Aaron M. Frey, along with 11 other state Attorneys General, sent a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting that they withdraw their rollback of federal Clean Car Rules. “Maine has been proactive in establishing stringent vehicle emission standards in …
San Francisco Business Times, Wyatt Kroopf, July 11, 2019- In a partisan battle, the FCC preempted part of a unique San Francisco ordinance that increased internet service options for the city’s apartment tenants by fostering broadband competition. Read the post
Ars Technica, Jon Brodkin, June 27, 2019- The US House of Representatives has voted to block Ajit Pai’s attempt to kill a San Francisco ordinance designed to promote broadband competition in apartment buildings. As we reported last week, the Federal Communications Commission chair has scheduled a July 10 vote on a …