CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
California Holds Most Successful Cap-and-Trade Auction in Its Five-Year History91
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change92
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions95
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Reverses Decision to Extend Air Quality Deadline after 15 States Sue98
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Is Paused Pending Ninth Circuit Review of DOJ Petition; Case May Be Booted before Trial100
D.C. Circuit Pauses Clean Power Plan Litigation for Two More
Months101
Litigation Rising with the Seas: California Communities Sue Oil Companies for ‘Knowingly Contributing’ to Climate Change102
Farm Groups’ Suit Requests to Set Aside Federal Rule Designating over 1.8 Million Acres of Critical Habitat103
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Court of Appeals:
D.C. Circuit Rejects EPA’s Use of Surrogates in Place of New Regulations of Hazardous Air Pollutants under the Clean Air Act106
Sierra Club and California Communities Against Toxics v. Environmental Protection Agency, 863 F.3d 834 (D.C. Cir. 2017).
District Court:
District Court Addresses United States Sovereign Immunity when Acting as Trustee for the Navajo Nation in the Context of CERCLA Liability108
El Paso Natural Gas Company LLC v. U.S., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. CV-14-08165-PCT-DGC (D. Az. June 2/Aug. 15, 2017).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
California Supreme Court Reverses Court of Appeal—Upholds Greenhouse Gas Threshold Analysis in Regional Transportation Plan111
Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments ___Cal.5th___, Case No. S223603 (July 13, 2017).
