FEATURE ARTICLE
Sacramento Area Council of Governments Receives Comments on Draft Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy for 2035 Pursuant to SB 375 by Andrea K. Leisy, Remy Moose Manley, LLP, Sacramento, California251
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
First Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Project in the U.S. Gets under Way in Illinois256
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change258
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions261
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Releases 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards263
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Australia’s Senate Give Final Approval to National Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan265
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
California Superior Court Requires Rescission and Environmental Review of San Francisco Bay Area Air District’s CEQA Thresholds and Guide-
lines267
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. District Court in California Rules that State’s Low Carbon Program Is Unconstitutional—Halts Enforcement270
Rocky Mt. Farmers Union v. Goldstene, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No.1:09-CV-02234-LJO-DLB (E.D. Cal 2011).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Loses Challenge to State Regulation of Emissions272
U.S. v. Minnkota Power Coop., Inc.,
___F.Supp. 2d___, Case No. 1:06-CV-34 (D. N.D. Dec. 21, 2011).
U.S. District Court Finds the Doctrine of Successor Liability Applies in a Clean Air Act Suit273
U.S. v. Louisiana Generating, LLC, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 09-100-JJB-CN (M.D. La. Dec. 1, 2011).
U.S. District Court Finds State’s Clean Air Act SIP Requires Agencies to Apply Reasonably Available Control Technology to GHG Emissions from Refineries275
Washington Environmental Council v. Sturdevant, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C11-417 MJP (W.D. Wash. Dec. 1, 2011).
California Court of Appeal Finds No Vested Right to Emit Air Pollution—Holds State Air Programs Not Preempted by Clean Air Act277
Hardesty v. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. C065784 (3rd Dist. Dec. 27, 2011).
