CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
IPCC Report Casts Dire Predictions for the Future as a Result of Climate Change3
Drought and Subsidence Draw Attention to the Growing Need to Better Manage California’s Groundwater Supply4
Exxon Sees Little Risk to Business from Climate Change7
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change9
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions12
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Releases Tier 3 Regulations Establishing Stricter Emissions Standards for Cars and Trucks15
EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board Rejects Challenge to Clean Air Act Greenhouse Gas BACT Determinations16
New California Climate Credit Program Will Reduce Some Californians’ Utility Bills19
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Texas Appeals Court Refuses to Dismiss Takings Claim Resulting from Landfill Related Flooding21
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
District Court Finds that Kentucky Distillery Is Subject to State Law Air Quality Claims Despite Being in Compliance with the Federal Clean Air
Act23
Merrick v. Diageo Americas Supply, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 3:12- CV-334-CRS (W.D. Ky. Mar. 19, 2014).
District Court Adopts ‘Majority Rule’ that Failure to Obtain a Clean Air Act PSD Permit Is a One-Time Violation24
Sierra Club v. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 13-CV-356-JHP (E.D. Okl. Mar. 4, 2014)
State:
California Court of Appeal Finds City’s Reliance on California Building Code and ‘Green Building Standards’ Did Not Obviate CEQA Requirements for Energy Impacts26
Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife, ___CalApp.4th___, Case No. (Cal.App. Mar. 20, 2014).
Supreme Court of Wyoming Reverses and Remands Decision Refusing to Require Disclosure of ‘Fracking’ Chemicals29
Powder River Basin Resource Council v. Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 320 P.3d 222 (Wy. Mar. 12, 2014).
