FEATURE ARTICLE
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CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change71
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Issues Aggressive New Rule Calling For a 30 Percent Reduction in Carbon Emissions from Existing Power Plants by the Year 203074
Sanctions Clock Stops for California After State’s Planf for Clean Air Act Attainment of Ozone Emission Standards Is Amended76
California Air Resources Board Approves First Update to 2008 Climate Change Scoping Plan78
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions81
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
D.C. Circuit Holds that Scientific Uncertainty Is a Valid Justification for EPA Delaying An Update to Ambient Air Quality Standards Pursuant to the Clean Air Act83
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-1238 (D.C. Cir. May 27, 2014).
D.C. Circuit Denies Petition for Review Challenging EPA’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards84
Monroe Energy, LLC v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 13-1265 (D.C. Cir. May 6, 2014).
D.C. Circuit Strikes Down EPA Directive Applying a More Stringent Clean Air Act Test Outside the Sixth Circuit86
National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 13-1035 (D.C. Cir. May 30, 2014).
D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s Refusal to Issue Rule Regulating Coal Mines as Stationary Sources under the Clean Air Act88
WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , ___F.3d___, Case No. 13-1212 (D.C. Cir. May 13, 2014).
State:
Landfill Expansion Decision by the California Court of Appeal May Affect the Standard for Economic Infeasibility90
SPRAWLDEF et al. v. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission et al., ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A137619 (1st Dist. certified May 28, 2014).
