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UC Davis study: roadkill declines as COVID-19 continues

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At a time when the state is considering permanent legal protection for the animals throughout California, 56% fewer mountain lions were killed between the 10 weeks before stay-at-home orders compared to the 10 weeks after. Before stay-at-home orders, 8.4 large wild animals per day were killed by vehicles in California.

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Senators Sanders, Boxer propose legislation to institute GHG price on large stationary sources and remove support for fossil fuel industries

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The Family Clean Energy Rebate Program would use 60% of the funds from the carbon fee and use the model developed by Alaska’s oil dividend to provide a monthly rebate to every legal US resident to offset potential energy price increases. International sources.

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Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

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Further, the US standard is highly unlikely to survive a legal challenge in the WTO under the exception for the environment, because the latter requires a measure that is necessary and least trade-restrictive, and not discriminatory or arbitrary (criteria that a sustainability standard does not meet).

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