CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
President Trump’s Idea to Buy Greenland Shines a Light on Climate Change’s Potential to Impact Overseas Military Operations155
California’s Environmental Battle against the Trump Administration
Rages on Amidst Clash between the Federal and State Environmental Protection Agencies156
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change158
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Obama Administration-Era Clean Water Rule Repealed, Additional Changes to Waters of the United States Definition in Store161
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Adopts Rulemaking to Overhaul Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1987162
California Department of Transportation Publishes Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments for Several of Its Districts164
California Public Utilities Commission Hosts Workshop to Evaluate Autonomous Vehicle Pilots166
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions168
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Ninth Circuit Holds ‘Anti-Backsliding’ Provision in Energy Conservation Law Requires Department of Energy to Submit Obama-Era Regulations for Final Publication171
National Resources Defense Council v. Perry, ___F.3d___, Case No. 18-15380 (9th Cir. Oct. 10, 2019).
D.C. Circuit Holds EPA is Required to Set Clean Air Act Emission Reduction Deadlines for Upwind States173
State of Wisconsin et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., 938 F.3d 303 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
State:
California’ Fourth District Court Upholds Conditions Imposed by California Coastal Commission on Coastal Development Permit174
Lindstrom v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. D074132 (4th Dist. Sept. 19, 2019).
California’s Fifth District Court Finds CEQA Challenge to Hydroelectric Dam Relicensing Process is Preempted by Federal Power Act176
County of Butte v. Department of Water Resources, 39 Cal.App.5th 708 (5th Dist. 2019).
