CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Great Lakes Beaches are Disappearing Due to Rising Water Levels183
Scripps Institute Report Indicates Climate Change May Shift California Winds, Worsening Fire Risks184
Report Finds that California Has a Long Way to Go to Meet Its Long-Term Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets185
California Desalination Project Continues to Face Opposition186
One Nevada County Proposes the Novel Idea of Exporting Excess Floodwaters to the Parched Other Sections of the State188
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change190
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Finds Negligible Risk to Water Resources Posed by Hydraulic Fracturing in Portions of California193
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions195
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
U.S. Department of Justice Sues California to Stop International Trading of Emissions Credits197
Alaskan Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Climate Change Case Alleging the State Government is Endangering the Public Welfare198
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
D.C. Circuit Rules Suit Against EPA Regarding Vehicle Emissions Standards Is Premature—Provides Guidance for Final Rulemaking200
California by and Through Brown v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 940 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
Ninth Circuit Rejects Claim that Approval of Industrial-Scale Wind Facility the Violated the APA, NEPA, and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection
Act201
Protect Our Communities Foundation v. Lacounte, 939 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir. 2019).
