Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law & Regulation Reporter
October 2018
Volume 11, Number 5
October 2018
FEATURE ARTICLE
127
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Report Shows California’s Emissions Policies Can Create a Win-Win Situation for the Environment and the Economy132
Colorado’s State, County, and Local Water Officials Respond to Record Drought133
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
California Adopts Legislation to Implement 100 Percent Renewable Electric Load and Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2045—Governor Brown Issues Executive Order135
California Adopts Wildfire Prevention and Emergency Response Legisla-
tion136
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change139
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Proposes Rule to Replace Obama Administration’s Clean Power
Plan142
California Natural Resources Agency Publishes State’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment143
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions145
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
D.C. Circuit Blocks EPA’s Use of Rulemaking Authority to Delay Effective Date of Clean Air Act Accidental Release Regulations Beyond Statutory Limitations150
Air Alliance Houston v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 17-1155 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 17, 2018).
State:
California Superior Court Jury Finds Pipeline Company Guilty of Felony and Eight Misdemeanor Charges in Relation to Oil Spill152
The People of the State of California v. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., James Colby Buchanan, Case No. 1495091 (Santa Barbara Sup. Ct. Sept. 2018).
