CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
World Bank Issues Report—‘Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Age-
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Endangered Species Coalition Issues Report Identifying ‘Top Ten Places to Save for Endangered Species in a Warming World’252
Climate Change Will Significantly Alter Oregon’s Natural Resources According to New Report254
Pew Research Center Study Urges Evolutionary Approach to Confront Climate Change255
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies of Climate Change258
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions261
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Delays the Reporting of Key Data Elements under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program of the Clean Air Act263
Federal Agencies Issue Draft Environmental Study Identifying Solar Energy Zones In the Western United States to Fast Track Solar Energy Produc-
tion265
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Important Climate Change Case267
American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. State of Connecticut, Case Nos. 05-5104, 05-5119, (2nd Cir. Sept. 2009); cert. granted, Dec. 6, 2010, Case No. 10-174, U.S. Supreme Ct.
Texas’ Reprieve from EPA’s GHG Rules Is Short-Lived268
State of Texas v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Case No. 10-1425 (D.C. Cir.).
Battle on the Prairie—Kansas Property Owners Challenge Local Regulation of Commercial-Scale Wind Energy Projects as Possible Regulatory Taking270
McClelland, et al. v. Bd. of County Commissioners, Case No. 10-1335, amended, Nov. 30, 2010 (D. Kan.).
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
D.C. Circuit Holds EPA Final Rule on Renewable Fuel Standard Did Not Violate the Energy Independence and Security Act and Was Not Impermissibly Retroactive272
National Petrochemical & Refiners Association v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 10-1070 and 10-1071 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 21, 2010).
