FEATURE ARTICLE
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5°C is a Crucial New Benchmark by Dr. David T. Kim, Shaena B. Ulissi, Malini Nambiar and Libby Koolik, Ramboll, San Francisco, California159
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
The Future is in Renewables in Arizona: The Impact of the Anticipated Navajo Power Generating Station’s 2019 Closure164
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Senate Bill Seeks to Mandate Public Companies’ Climate Risk Disclosures166
New California Law Requires Public Retirement Systems to Consider
Climate-Related Financial Risk167
California Governor Brown Signs into Law SB 700 which Extends Energy Storage Program Subsidy Through 2025168
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
IPCC Issues Special Report Cautioning Against the Impact of Global Warming above 1.5 Degrees Celsius170
New Proposed Rule and Pending Supreme Court Case Have Potential to Limit Designation of Unoccupied Areas as Critical Habitat under Federal Endangered Species Act171
California Amends Vehicle Emissions Regulations in Response to Trump Administration’s Proposed Rollback of Federal Standards173
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions175
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Deepening a Circuit Split, Tenth Circuit Holds Six-Year Statute of Limitations Applied to Many Federal Environmental Statutes Is Subject to Equitable Tolling179
Chance v. Zinke, 898 F.3d 1025 (10th Cir. 2018).
Ninth Circuit Finds EPA Properly Approved Montana’s 2015 State Implementation Plan181
Montana Environmental Information Center v. Thomas, 902 F.3d 971 (9th Cir. 2018).
State:
California Court of Appeal Invalidates County’s CEQA Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Impacts. .183
Golden Door Properties, Inc. v. County of San Diego, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. D072406, (Cal.App. Sept. 28, 2018).
‘Necessity Defense” to Environmental Crimina Acts—Minnesota Court of Appeals Upholds Lower Court’s Ruling Allowing Use of that Def-
ense185
State of Minn. v. Klapstein, et al., Case Nos: A17-1649, 1650, 1651, 1652. Unpub. (Minn. App. 2018).
