Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law & Regulation Reporter
December 2017
Volume 10, Number 7
December 2017
FEATURE ARTICLE
183
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Governors Sign Regional Electric Vehicle Agreement Which Sets the Stage for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure188
California Details Its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Expenditure Plan for Fiscal-Year 2017-18189
Southern California Edison’s Blueprint to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Pollutants191
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change194
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions197
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Begins Express Repeal of Clean Power Plan with Proposed
Rule199
U.S. Department of the Interior Releases Its Report of DOI Bureau Actions that ‘Potentially Burden Domestic Energy’200
California State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Order on Long-Term Management of the Salton Sea202
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
D.C. Circuit Finds Sierra Club Lacks Standing to Sue EPA for Rolling Back Air Pollutant Regula-tions204
Sierra Club, et al., v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and E. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, 873 F.3d 946, (D.C. Cir. 2017).
Looming Rescission of Regulation Regarding Fracking on Federal Lands Deprived Tenth Circuit Court of Jurisdiction to Consider Appeal206
State of Wyoming v. Zinke, 871 F.3d 1133 (10th Cir. 2017).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
California Court of Appeal Determines that EIR Prepared by SANDAG for Its 2050 Regional Transportation Plan Violated CEQA209
Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. D063288 (4th Dist. Nov. 16, 2017).