CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Confidential Draft World Bank Report Recommending Reductions in Fossil Fuel Subsidies Leaked155
World Health Organization Releases Air Quality Data for More than 1,000 Cities157
Controversial Pipeline Project Highlights Difficulties Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pose under the National Environmental Policy Act159
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Japan Passes Feed-in Tariff Law for Renewable Electric Energy161
U.S. House of Representatives Pass the TRAIN Bill Limiting Clean Air Act Protections162
New California Legislation Deals with Wind Energy Projects, Incidental Take Permit Application Review, and Law Regarding Conservation Easements and Endowments164
New Texas Law Streamlines Permitting Process for Cogeneration Sys-
tems166
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies of Climate Change168
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions171
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Unoccupied Habitat as Critical for Tidewater Goby in California173
California Air Resources Board Adopts Final Cap-and-Trade Program Regulation174
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
California Supreme Court Declines to Grant Order Enjoining CARB from Implementing Cap and Trade Program Pending Additional CEQA Review177
California Air Resources Board v. Association of Irritated Residents, ___Cal.4th___, Case No. S195112 (Cal. Sept. 28, 2011).
U.S. District Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Claim against Development of Solar Energy Plant for Lack of Standing179
California Unions for Reliable Energy v. U.S. Department of the Interior, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. CV-10-9932 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 22, 2011).
Virginia Supreme Court Rules Insurance Policy Does Not Cover Claims for Damages Based on Climate Change.181
The AES Corp. v. Steadfast Ins. Co., Virginia Supreme Ct., Case No. 100764 (Va. Sept. 16, 2011).
