Electric school buses, pesticides and oil wells: New environmental laws coming to California

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Newsom signs numerous bills over the weekend backed by environmental groups

Alberto Carvalho, right, superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District, checks out a new electric school bus at his district’s bus yard on Friday, July 29, 2022. Districts are using a combination of federal, state, local and private funds to replace diesel and gas-powered buses with electric models like this one. Gov.

Electric buses cost roughly twice as much as new diesel school buses. But supporters of the measure say the price tag is coming down, and they note that studies show districts save money over the life of the vehicles on maintenance and fuel costs., Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-San Ramon). A common class of chemicals called neonic pesticides will be illegal to sell at garden shops and other stores starting in 2025.

“Increasing the state’s battery storage is essential to reaching our clean energy goals,” Laird said. “But we also have to ensure that these facilities have safety systems in place to protect the health and well-being of workers and surrounding communities.”, Sen. Ben Allen, D-Redondo Beach). Under California’s complex water rights rules, landowners who have rights that were granted before 1914 to take water from rivers and streams have been exempt from many state rules.

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