CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
‘Three-Regions’ Collaboative Process Produces Whitepaper on Ensuring Offset Quality95
Northeastern States Sign Transportation and Climate Initiative Agreement to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation97
Thinking Outside the Box: New Green Communities99
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
California Legislature Considers Requiring Public Land Trustees to Prepare Sea Level Action Plan101
Bill Proposed to Create Climate Action Team to Improve and Coordinate Climate Policy in California102
Vermont Enacts Renewable Energy Law103
West Virginia Is the Latest State to Enact a Truck Idling Law104
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies of Climate Change106
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions110
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Amends Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules as It Battles Legal Challenges112
Oregon PUC Rolls Out Residential Solar Incentives Pilot Program114
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Challenges to GHG Endangerment Finding Held in Abeyance as EPA Weighs Petitions for Reconsideration116
Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Case No. 09-1322, order (D.C. Cir. June 16, 2010).
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
California State Court Holds Additional CEQA Review to Address Impact of Redevelopment Project on Climate Change Is Not Required119
San Diego Navy Broadway Complex Coalition v. City of San Diego, 185 Cal.App.4th 924 (Cal.App.4th Dist. 2010).
Texas State Court Holds Environmental Group Lacks Standing to Challenge Curtailed Review of Wind Farm Projects121
Coastal Habitat Alliance v. Patterson, Case No. 09-50553 (Tex.App. June 17, 2010).
