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CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
New York’s Green Bank Achieves $210 Million in Funding and Is Slated to Open in 2014253
New York City Bans Foam Containers and Packaging255
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change257
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Rule for Public Review Proposing 30-Year Take Permits For Eagles260
California Prepares for Climate Change with an Update to its Climate Adaptation Strategy261
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions263
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
California Supreme Court Grants Review to Address If CEQA Requires Analysis of How Existing Environmental Conditions Will Impact Future Project Users265
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA’s Clean Air Act Nonconforming Penalties Proposed after New Emission Standard Comes into Effect267
Daimler Trucks North American LLC v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-1433 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 11, 2013).
Los Angeles Superior Court Strikes Down Hollywood Community Plan Update and Associated Environmental Impact Report269
Fix the City, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Case No. BS138580 (Los Angeles Super. Ct. Dec. 10, 2013); La Mirada Avenue Neighborhood Association of Hollywood v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Case No. BS138369 (Los Angeles Super. Ct. Dec. 10, 2013); SaveHollywood.Org, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Case No. BS138370 (Los Angeles Super. Ct. Dec. 10, 2023).
New York Appellate Court Challenge to Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Program Fails amidst Procedural Shortcomings270
Thrun v. Cuomo, Case No. 516556 (N.Y.App.Div. Dec. 5, 2013).
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down State Law Which Sought to Eliminate Municipal Zoning Authority over the ‘Fracking’ of Oil and Gas272
Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Case Nos. 63 & 64 MAP 2012 (Pa. Dec. 19 2013).
