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Next on the Supreme Court docket: farm animal welfare

Next on the Supreme Court docket: farm animal welfare

Oral arguments begin next week in a case targeting California’s Proposition 12, a law that bans the sale of pigs raised in confinement. The ruling has implications for a wide range of other environmental and public health laws.
There’s a lot less pollution but climate change is still getting worse
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There’s a lot less pollution but climate change is still getting worse

These studies are not going to make you feel better about the pandemic’s effects on warming.
COVID-19 lockdowns have led to a 17% drop in daily CO2 emissions

COVID-19 lockdowns have led to a 17% drop in daily CO2 emissions

The recovery can try to make structural changes to preserve these gains without economic devastation—or we can just go back to normal.
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