CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
White House Announces Draft Proposed Program for Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing271
In Amicus Brief Utilities Urge Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to Strike Down Minnesota Emissions Law272
Miami-Dade County’s Commissioners Wake Up and Smell the Sea Level Rise in Florida274
California Legislative Update: California to Continue Leading the Charge on Climate Change276
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change277
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA to Publish Proposed Methane Rule for Oil and Gas Sector in Summer 2015281
EPA Places Burden on States to Meet Their Clean Air Act ‘Good Neighbor’ Obligations to Curb Interstate Transport of Ozone-Forming Air Pollu-
tion282
State Department of Conservation Releases Draft Environmental Impact Report for Fracking284
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions286
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Sixth Circuit Finds Coal Mine Complying with Clean Water Act General Permit Is Shielded from Liability for Pollutant Discharges Not Explicitly Addressed in the Permit287
Sierra Club v. ICG Hazard, LLC, ___F.3d___, Case No. 13-5086 (6th Cir. Jan. 27, 2015).
District Court Finds Solar Project Owner May Intervene in Tribal Challenge to Blythe California
Project289
Colorado River Indian Tribes et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 5:14-cv-02504 (C.D. Cal Jan. 2, 2015).
District Court Finds Potential CERCLA Liability
for Discharge of Aerial Emissions in Canada Resulting in Pollutants Contaminating U.S. Water
Bodies290
Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. CV-04-256-LRS (E.D. Wash. Dec. 31, 2014).
District Court Precludes County’s Attempt to Prohibit Application of Supremacy Clause and Preemption Doctrine to Ban Certain Oil and Gas Mining—Including Fracking293
Swepi, LP v. Mora County, N.M., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. CIV 14-0035 JB/SCY (D. N.M., Jan. 19, 2015).
