CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Climate Change Scientists Draft Consensus Statement to Identify Key Ways Humans Are Damaging Global Life-Support Systemss67
Scientists Develop Method to Measure the Vulnerability of Fish to Climate Change69
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on the Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment71
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change73
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Interior Department Issues Updated Draft Rule for Fracking on Indian
Lands76
California Air Resources Board Conducts Third Auction of Carbon Credits as Part of its Cap-And-Trade Program78
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions79
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Kansas, Montana and West Virginia File Amicus Brief in EPA Greenhouse Gas Clean Air Act Case83
Series of Environmental Lawsuits Filed against Los Angeles World Airports and the City of Los Angeles Regarding LAX Improvements85
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s Revised Clean Air Act Emissions Standards for Secondary Lead Smelting Facilities87
Association of Battery Recyclers v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-1129 (D.C. Cir. May 28, 2013).
D.C. Circuit Dismisses Utility’s Appeal of a Remand Order for Lack of Jurisdiction Stopping Approval of Facility Expansion for Coal-Fired Energy Plant89
Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-5095 (D.C. Cir. May 28, 2013).
District Court Finds Los Angeles Must Comply with Clean Air Act Particulate Matter Emissions Controls Related to Water Use from Owens Valley90
City of Los Angeles v. Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 1:12CV1683 AWI SAB (E.D. Cal. May 2, 2013).
State:
California Court of Appeal Upholds CEQA Environmental Impact Report for Marin County Desalination Project93
North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Marin Municipal Water District, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case Nos. A133821, A135626 (1st Dist. May 21, 2013).
