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Gavin Newsom Halts Ronald Reagan’s Environmental Law

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Gavin Newsom Halts Ronald Reagan's Environmental Law

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order temporarily suspending landmark environmental laws to allow victims of wildfires to rebuild their destroyed homes and businesses faster. Newsweek has contacted Newsom’s office for comment via email. Why It Matters Wildfires have devastated communities across the Los Angeles area, burning through an area larger than San … Read more

Newsom suspends CA environmental law to eliminate ‘roadblocks’ for wildfire victims rebuilding homes

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Newsom suspends CA environmental law to eliminate 'roadblocks' for wildfire victims rebuilding homes

In response to concerns that environmental protection efforts might delay reconstruction in the coastal area, environmental laws that could have posed obstacles to rebuilding structures destroyed by the Southern California wildfires will be temporarily suspended. Houses along the scenic Pacific Coast Highway in California burned down in a monstrous fire that destroyed more than 10,000 … Read more