CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Your Carbon Footprint Is Making Me Sick: Report Details the Cost of Climate Change on Human Health35
Consumers Union Issues Study Concluding that California Climate Policies Have Resulted in Substantial Consumer Savings37
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Major California Natural Gas Leak Leads to Introduction of New Legislation Impacting All Natural Gas Production Facilities Statewide38
Post-2020—California Legislative Counsel Opines that Greenhouse Gas Reductions Will Not Be Authorized Pursuant to the Global Warming Solutions Act39
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change41
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California’s Targets Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Next Phase of Attack on Climate Change43
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions46
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Environmentalists Continue Attacks on Mega Solar Project in Panoche Valley49
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
D.C. Circuit Finds States Lack Standing to Challenge EPA’s Clean Air Act Vehicle Emissions
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State of Kansas et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, unpub. dec., Case No. 14-1268 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 15, 2016).
District Court Grants Motion Bringing Defendant Back into MTBE Contaminated Groundwater Litigation Years after Initial Dismissal53
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Shell Oil Co., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 1:07-cv-10470 (S.D. N.Y. Apr. 15, 2016).
District Court finds Clean Air Act Claims Did Not Arise in Isolation of State Law, Subjecting Them to Burford Abstention Treatment55
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. River Cities Disposal, LLC, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15-47-DLB-EBA (E.D. Ky. Mar. 29, 2016).
State:
Massachusetts High Court Finds Real and Enforceable Teeth in Its Global Warming Solutions
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Kain v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Case No. SJC-11961 (Mass. May 17, 2016).
