My testimony in a nutshell is that public policy on critical minerals should (1) Promote more circular economy approaches to the critical minerals challenge, (2) Develop robust take back and collection systems and recycling of electronics and electronically equipment…
The report aims to unpack what many folks are lumping into the permitting reform debate, identifying forces that are slowing decarbonization and electrification, and centering environmental justice principles and policy.
The first thing about “permitting reform” is the phrase is used to talk about very different things. I just listened to a podcast about interconnection queues and issues slowing those private contracts and both professionals kept calling for interconnection “permitting reform”!
The Pajaro Valley is also an environmental justice community, disproportionately burdened by pollution, particularly the Monterey County side of the river. experience.arcgis.com/experience/11d…
The river is the boundary between Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, and Santa Clara and San Benito counties, draining a few more counties; so has long been politically fragmented. It’s a case study in conflict over shared river basins, riparian political conflict.