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...tighten greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, starting with 2009 models, eventually leading to a 30% reduction in overall global warming emissions by model year 2016. Sixteen other states, both red and blue, have moved to adopt California's standards since, but to implement the legislation, Sacramento needed a routine waiver from the federal Environmental Protection Agency...
...should have been simple - such a waiver has been granted to the nation's most populous state more than 50 times in the past. But for nearly two years, the EPA has delayed making a decision. The federal agency says it needs more time to make the right call; its critics claim the Bush Administration is playing politics. Finally today California ran out of patience, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state Attorney General Jerry Brown announced from the steps of the state Capitol that they would sue the EPA, demanding immediate action on the waiver. "California is ready to implement...
Some may argue that parents sign a waiver that describes the services rendered by the clinic before their child can access it. But by pairing the distribution of contraception with access to quality medical care, the school board is forcing parents to make a cruel all-or-nothing choice...
...clinic at a local middle school to distribute prescription-strength birth control pills without parental permission. Any student wishing to receive the pills will have to undergo counseling and be examined by a physician or nurse who can prescribe the drugs. And parents do have to sign a waiver to give their children access to any of the clinic’s services. But the decision to prescribe the pill without notifying parents has sent shockwaves through the local community and garnered the attention of the national press...
...start building in Allston, Harvard was required to submit an Environmental Notification Form (ENF) to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA). Even though the City considers the first 20 years of building in Allston as a single project, Harvard’s Allston Development Group successfully sought a waiver to divorce the Science Complex from that grouping and file a unique ENF. This move was not without its controversy; during the public comment period, many Allston residents wrote letters to MEPA Secretary Ian. A Bowles expressing concern that piecewise approval of individual Allston projects would prevent a comprehensive understanding...