CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
The U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Concerning the Ability of the Port of Los Angeles to Continue its Clean Truck Program255
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Summary Coverage of State Climate Change-Related Bills257
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change259
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Final Rule Strengthening Fine Particulate Matter Standard262
EPA Provides Progress Report for Ongoing Study of Hydraulic Fracturing’s Impacts on Drinking Water263
NOAA Issues Proposal to List 66 Coral Species under the Endangered Species Act—Ocean Temperature Rise and Acidification Implicated265
California Releases Draft Hydraulic Fracture Mining Regulations266
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions268
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Colorado Oil and Gas Industry Sues City of Longmont over Their Voter-Approved Hydraulic Fracturing Ban270
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Supreme Court:
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Temporary or Recurrent Flooding Is Not Categorically Exempt from Constitutional Takings Clause Liability272
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. U.S., Case No. 11-597, 568 U.S. ______ (U.S. 2012).
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Second Circuit Finds Continuing-Coverage Provision in Insurance Policies Obligates Excess Insurer to Indemnify Insured for 21 Years of Contamina-
tion274
Olin Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co., ___F.3d___, Case No. 11-4055-CV (2nd Cir. Dec. 19, 2012).
Ninth Circuit Defers to EPA Environmental Appeals Board’s Construction of the Scope of the Clean Air Act’s Reach to the Outer Continental Shelf276
Resisting Environmental Destruction On Indigenous Lands v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-70518, (9th Cir. Dec. 26, 2012).
