Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law & Regulation Reporter

FEATURE ARTICLE

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CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS

Climate Change and the Risk to California Agriculture—UC University Study Highlights the Challenges Ahead9

Local Land Subsidence and the Flood Risk for the San Francisco Bay; Ballot Measure for Foster City Will Address Levee Improvements11

Seattle Releases Climate Action Strategy Report12

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change15

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions18

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Relax Emissions Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles21

California Air Resources Board Proposes Amendments to Cap-and-Trade Regulation22

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Ninth Circuit Denies Writ Petition to Dismiss Climate Litigation24

In re USA, ___F.3d___, Case No. 17-71692 (9th Cir. Mar. 7, 2018).

EPA’s 2012 Final Rule Revising Regional Haze BART Alternatives and Disapproving Clean Air Interstate Rule-Based SIPs Survive D.C. Circuit Scrutiny25

Utility Air Regulatory Group v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 12-1342 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 20, 2018).

Federal Claims Court finds U.S. Not Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies under City’s Code to Challenge Stormwater Service Charges27

City of Wilmington, Delaware v. United States, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 16-1691C (Ct. Fed Cl. Mar. 14, 2018).

District Court Orders EPA to Promulgate Initial Area Air Quality Designations for Air Quality Standards29

In re Ozone Designation Litigation, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 4:17-cv-0936-HSG (N.D. Cal. Mar. 12, 2018).