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Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law & Regulation Reporter

August/September 2010

Volume 3, Number 4 August/September 2010

CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS

‘Three-Regions’ Collaboative Process Produces Whitepaper on Ensuring Offset Quality95

Northeastern States Sign Transportation and Climate Initiative Agreement to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation97

Thinking Outside the Box: New Green Communities99

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

California Legislature Considers Requiring Public Land Trustees to Prepare Sea Level Action Plan101

Bill Proposed to Create Climate Action Team to Improve and Coordinate Climate Policy in California102

Vermont Enacts Renewable Energy Law103

West Virginia Is the Latest State to Enact a Truck Idling Law104

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

Recent Scientific Studies of Climate Change106

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions110

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

EPA Amends Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules as It Battles Legal Challenges112

Oregon PUC Rolls Out Residential Solar Incentives Pilot Program114

LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING

Challenges to GHG Endangerment Finding Held in Abeyance as EPA Weighs Petitions for Reconsideration116

Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Case No. 09-1322, order (D.C. Cir. June 16, 2010).

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

California State Court Holds Additional CEQA Review to Address Impact of Redevelopment Project on Climate Change Is Not Required119

San Diego Navy Broadway Complex Coalition v. City of San Diego, 185 Cal.App.4th 924 (Cal.App.4th Dist. 2010).

Texas State Court Holds Environmental Group Lacks Standing to Challenge Curtailed Review of Wind Farm Projects121

Coastal Habitat Alliance v. Patterson, Case No. 09-50553 (Tex.App. June 17, 2010).