Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law & Regulation Reporter
April 2015
Volume 7, Number 11
April 2015
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
California Seeking to Transform Its Transportion System to Zero- and Near-Zero Emissions299
California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Kicks in Prompting the Formation of Local Sustainability Agencies to Avoid Direct Sate Management300
SolarCity Files Complaint—Accuses Arizona Utility of Unfair Competi-
tion302
New Developments in California Solar303
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change305
EGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Enters into Consent Decree with the Sierra Club Which Will Lead to the Approval or Disapproval of 24 State Clean Air Act Implementation
Plans308
California Air Resources Board Holds First Cap-and-Trade Auction of the Year309
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions311
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Ninth Circuit Finds Petitioner Was a Prevailing Party with Some Degree of Success in Suit Challenging a Coal Mining Permit to Justify Award of Its Attorney’s Fees314
Black Mesa Water Coalition v. Jewell, ___F.3d___ Case No. 12-16980 (9th Cir. 2015).
District Court Remands Searchlight Wind Energy Project to Federal Agencies for Further Administrative Record Development and Supplemental Environmental Analysis315
Bundorf v. Jewell, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 2:13-CV-00616-MMD-PAL (D. Nev. Feb. 3, 2015).
District Court Refuses to Dismiss Endangered Species Act Claim Challenging Export-Import Bank’s Financing of Natural Gas Projects in Australia317
Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Export-Import Bank of the United States, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. C 12-6325 SBA (N.D. Cal. Feb. 20, 2015).
Pennsylvania Natural Gas Operator Prevails in Compressor Station Aggregation Suit318
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future v. Ultra Res., Inc., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 4:11-CV-1360 (M.D. Penn. Feb. 23, 2015).
District Court Holds the Clean Air Act Does Not Authorize a Collateral Attack on a Facially
Valid State Permit320
Nucor Steel-Arkansas, et al. v. Big River Steel, LLC, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 3:14cv00193 JLH (E.D. Ark. Feb. 25, 2015).
State:
California Court of Appeal Rejects Challenges to State Air Resources Board’s Cap-and-Trade Regula-
tions322
Our Children’s Earth Foundation v. California Air Resources Board, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A138830 (1st Dist. Feb. 23, 2015).
