FEATURE ARTICLE
Challenges to Permitting Desalination Plants in California by Joe Monaco, AICP, Dudek, Encinitas and Scott Birkey, Esq., Cox, Castle 283
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
New Report Highlights Threats of Climate Change to U.S. Coasts and Coastal Ecosystems289
Concerns Raised about New York’s Green Tax Incentives291
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Approves Feed-In Tariff for Renewable Energy293
Sacramento Approves Privately Funded Clean Energy Upgrade Program for Residential and Commercial Property Owners294
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change296
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Releases Strategic Report to Address Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources299
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Releases Fiscal Year 2012 Enforcement Results301
California State Water Resources Control Board Approves Amendment to Add Monitoring Requirements for Constituents of Emerging Concern302
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions304
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
D.C. Circuit Holds EPA’s Projection of Cellulosic Biofuel Production Was in Excess of the Agency’s Authority under the Energy Policy Act306
American Petroleum Institute v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-1139 (D.C. Cir. Jan 25, 2013).
District Court Denies Sierra Club Challenge on
ESA and NEPA Issues—Clears the Way for Wind
Project307
Sierra Club, et al. v. Kenna, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___,
Case No. 1:12-cv-1193 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 11, 2013).
State:
California Superior Court Upholds Emissions Offset Component of California’s Cap-and-Trade
Program309
Citizens Climate Lobby v. California Air Resource Board, Case No. CGC-12-5195544, Jan. 25, 2013 (San Francisco Super. Ct.).
