FEATURE ARTICLE
The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District Adopts
Stringent CEQA Thresholds of Significance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Tiffany Wright, Remy, Thomas, Moose and Manley, Sacramento,
California63
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Electric Vehicles Reaching Highway Speeds Thanks to Federal Incent-
ives69
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Climate Change Accountability Act Passes the Canadian House of
Commons71
China Enacts Amendments to Its Renewable Energy Law, which Focuses on Increased Efficiencies and Incentives to Reduce Waste72
U.S. Senate Votes Down Murkowski Resolution Seeking to Strip EPA of Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act74
U.S. Senate Democrats Weigh American Power Act against Other Climate Proposals76
California Legislature Considers Expanding Eligible Recipients of Sustainable Communities Funding to Special Districts, JPAs and Other Land Use Authorities78
Maine Enacts Package of Energy Bills, Including Enabling Legislation for PACE Financing79
Oklahoma Legislature Passes Wind Energy Development Act81
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies of Climate Change83
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Issues Final ‘Tailoring Rule’ Establishing
Permitting Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions86
EPA’s Final Greenhouse Gas Rule Requires Biomass Facilities to Obtain Permits for Their CO2 Emiss-
ions88
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Virginia State Court of Appeals Upholds Decision to Issue Permit for Coal-Fired Power Plant90
Appalachian Voices, et al. v. Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board, et al., Case No. 2199-09-2, 2010 (Va.App. May 25, 2010).
