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SUSTAINABLE IS ATTAINABLE
States have environmental regulations that
all businesses, including cannabis companies,
must abide by. Photo by stock.adobe.com/lovelyday12
CARROTS AND STICKS
States struggle to implement effective environmental regulations
By Omar Sacirbey
W
hen it comes to being
environmentally
friendly, there are
things cannabis businesses can do
voluntarily and things that states
mandate they do.
Like any type of business,
marijuana companies are required
to comply with environmental and
energy regulations laid out by their
respective states.
Such regulations can include how
to treat or dispose of wastewater
and adhere to energy-efficiency
standards that often require specific
lighting or heating, ventilation and
air conditioning (HVAC) equipment.
The cannabis industry's outsized
impact on the environment-
especially high energy and water
use-increasingly is catching the
attention of regulators, and some
states are developing marijuanaspecific
environmental regulations
in response.
" Energy efficiency was a bit of an
afterthought as states were putting
their rules together. It's just not,
frankly, a huge priority of regulators
or the commissions, " said Sam
Milton, principal of Portland, Mainebased
Climate Resources Group, a
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consultancy specializing in indoor
horticulture. " The environmental
stuff gets shunted aside. "
ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATIONS
States that have taken cannabisspecific
environmental action
include California, Illinois,
Massachusetts, Michigan and
New York. Some cities and towns
also have taken environmental
measures, such as Ann Arbor and
Grand Rapids in Michigan, Beverly,
Massachusetts, and Boulder,
Colorado.

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