FEATURE ARTICLE
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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
President Biden Issues Major Executive Orders on Climate Change157
Criminal Charges Filed against Former Michigan Governor Stemming from Flint Drinking Water Crisis158
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Convenes Industry Leaders into Climate and Sustainability Consortium159
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change161
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations for Aircraft Engines164
U.S. EPA Publishes the Clean Air Act Cost-Benefit Rule Amidst Opposition and the End of the Trump Administration165
U.S. EPA Finalizes Guidance on Implementation of U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘Functional Equivalent’ CWA Test in County of Maui Case167
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions169
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Reject’s District Court Holding
that Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact for Road Project Violated
NEPA175
Bair v. California Department of Transportation, 982 F.3d 569 (9th Cir. 2020).
Ninth Circuit Finds Federal Agencies Violated NEPA and Endangered Species Act in Approving Offshore Oil Facility177
Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt, 982 F.3d 723 (9th Cir. 2020).
Eleventh Circuit Finds Mere Allegations of a Hydrological Connection are Insufficient for a Criminal Conviction under the Clean Water Act179
United States v. Coleman, Unpub., Case No. 19-15127 (11th Cir. Dec 21, 2020).
District Court:
Monsanto PCB Clean Water Act Class Action Settlement Rejected by the District Court180
City of Long Beach v. Monsanto Company, et al., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. CV 16-3493 FMO (C.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2020).
