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  2. Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008

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    Senate Bill 375 was introduced as a bill in order to meet the environmental standards set out by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). Since its implementation in 2006, AB 32 has facilitated the passage of a cap-and-trade program in 2010 which placed an upper limit on greenhouse gas levels emitted by the state of California.

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions

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    Carbon emissions per capita, 2020 Carbon emissions per 1000 square miles, 2020. This is a list of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions for energy use, [1] [2] as well as per capita [3] [4] and by area.

  4. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    Data is accumulating that air pollution exposure also affects the central nervous system. [243] Air pollution increases the risk of dementia in people over 50 years old. [244] Indoor air pollution exposure during childhood may negatively affect cognitive function and neurodevelopment. [245] [246] Prenatal exposure may also affect neurodevelopment.

  5. California Privacy Rights Act - Wikipedia

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    The GDPR is the strictest data privacy law in the world, with few exceptions and hefty fines. In California, these concerns manifested as the California Consumer Protection Act somewhat modeled on the EU’s GDPR. [11] The CCPA’s initial drafting and placement on the 2018 ballot was led by Alastair Mactaggart. [12]

  6. Personal data - Wikipedia

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    Personal data, also known as personal information or personally identifiable information (PII), [1] [2] [3] is any information related to an identifiable person. The abbreviation PII is widely used in the United States , but the phrase it abbreviates has four common variants based on personal or personally , and identifiable or identifying .

  7. Air pollution measurement - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution measurement is the process of collecting and measuring the components of air pollution, notably gases and particulates. The earliest devices used to measure pollution include rain gauges (in studies of acid rain ), Ringelmann charts for measuring smoke , and simple soot and dust collectors known as deposit gauges . [ 1 ]

  8. Exhaust gas - Wikipedia

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    The California Air Resources Board found in studies that 50% or more of the air pollution in Southern California is due to car emissions. [citation needed] Concentrations of pollutants emitted from combustion engines may be particularly high around signalized intersections because of idling and accelerations. Computer models often miss this ...

  9. List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions - Wikipedia

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    The data only consider carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and cement manufacture, but not emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry. [ n 2 ] Over the last 150 years, estimated cumulative emissions from land use and land-use change represent approximately one-third of total cumulative anthropogenic CO 2 ...