FEATURE ARTICLE
Upgrading Water Conservation Pricing, California’s Proposition 218, Smart Meters and the Step Beyond Tiered Rates by Bryan Barnhart, Miller, Axline 191
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
International Civil Aviation Organization Agrees to Develop a Global Market-Based Measure Scheme for Aviation197
West Coast Government Leaders Announce Landmark Climate Policy
Accord198
Boston Releases Climate Readiness Plan One Year after Hurricane Sandy Devastates Northeast200
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change202
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Rejects a Portion of Florida’s Ozone Implementation Plan205
California Public Utilities Commission Adopts First in the Nation Energy Storage Policy206
California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Update to AB 32 Scoping
Plan208
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions210
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Review EPA’s Authority under the Federal Clean Air Act to Regulate Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Stationary Sources212
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Environmental Groups Lose Bid in Tenth Circuit to Halt Construction of a Portion of the Keystone Xl Pipeline213
Sierra Club, Inc. v. Bostick, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-6201 (10th Cir. Oct. 9, 2013).
Ninth Circuit Court Finds that Environmental Groups Lacked Standing to Compel Washington State to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act214
Washington Environmental Council v. Bellon, 73 F.3d 1131(9th Cir. 2013).
