CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 13 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: Last week, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) finalized its proposed changes to Proposition (Prop) 65 short-form warning requirements. In the final proposal, OEHHA includes "safe harbor language" for recreational marine vessel parts, easing the regulatory burden on the industry, and providing clarity and consistency for Prop 65 wa  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: San Francisco, CA Earthjustice, representing the Yurok Tribe, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, the Center for Environmental Transformation, and the Consumer Federation of America, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging its 2024 rule on decaBDE, a toxic flame retardant linked to cancer, reproductive issues, and harm to children's brain development  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 7 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * 19 Students and Community Members Arrested at University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Meeting * * * Today, 19 students and community members were arrested during a protest at the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting. The demonstration was a response t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 14 -- Consumer Watchdog issued the following news release: * * * Dispute Erupts Between Commissioner Lara and Chief Administrative Law Judge Who Finds Department of Insurance Is Not Ensuring Rate Cases Are 'Fundamentally Fair' * * * Consumer Watchdog recently reached a settlement in a matter involving a proposed 23.4% rate hike requested by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, resulting in total savings of over $325 million for California policyholder  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 14 -- Consumer Watchdog issued the following news release: On December 5, 2024, Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to California's Office of Administrative Law ("OAL") objecting to the Department of Insurance's ("the Department") use of the Administrative Procedure Act's "ratemaking" exemption in connection with its "catastrophe modeling" regulations. Normally, when a state agency is promulgating official regulations, the final step before the regulations become effec  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 14 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: Edmonds, Washington; December 12, 2024: Nathan Rimmer, an Edmonds property owner, is celebrating after a Washington court ruled the City violated his constitutional property rights by refusing to issue a building permit for a new home unless he agreed to plant two trees and maintain them forever on his own property. The court held the City may not condition its issuance of a permit on Rimmer agree  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Hoy, Earthjustice, en representacion de la tribu Yurok, Alaska Community Action on Toxics y el Centro para la Transformacion Ambiental, presento una demanda contra la Agencia de Proteccion Ambiental (EPA) impugnando su norma de gestion de riesgos de este ano con respecto al decaBDE, un peligroso grupo de sustancias quimicas que lleva por nombre "retardantes de llama" y que esta vincula  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 14 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following statement on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * Today, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority announced grant funding for future Trust for Public Land efforts to restore and conserve portions of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Statement from Trust for Public Land's Vice President Pacific Region, California State Director, Guillermo Rodriguez: "Trust for Public Land is honored to receive support from the San Franci  more