By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Christopher W. Garrett The strongly worded opinion in Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Case Number B245131)(CBD v. CDFW) by the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District has confirmed that analyzing a project’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) … Continue Reading
By Andrew H. Meyer The United States has no comprehensive climate legislation for regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But in recent years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has acted under its existing Clean Air Act (CAA) authority to regulate GHG emissions from mobile sources, and is in the process of formulating and finalizing a number of … Continue Reading
By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Christopher W. Garrett In Friends of Oroville v. City of Oroville, 218 Cal. App. 4th 1352 (2013) (Friends of Oroville), the Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, recently confirmed that analyzing a project’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) via a threshold-of-significance derived from … Continue Reading
Please join us today (Wednesday, November 14) at 11:30am pacific/1:30 pm eastern for a discussion of the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, November 13, by the California Chamber of Commerce seeking to invalidate ARB’s auction of allowances under AB32. There will be an opportunity for participants to submit questions via the webcast. SpeakersJean-Philippe Brisson, New YorkClaudia O’Brien, … Continue Reading
By Joshua T. Bledsoe As discussed in our May 24, 2011 entry, California’s proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) cap and trade program suffered a setback on May 20, 2011 when a San Francisco Superior Court issued a writ of mandate enjoining the California Air Resources Board (ARB) from any further cap and trade rulemaking until ARB … Continue Reading
By Robert A. Wyman, Jr., Daniel V. Van Fleet, and Aron Potash California’s proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) cap and trade program suffered an expected setback on May 20 when a San Francisco Superior Court issued a writ of mandate enjoining the California Air Resources Board (CARB) from any further cap and trade rulemaking until CARB complies … Continue Reading
