Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law & Regulation Reporter
January 2019
Volume 11, Number 8
January 2019
FEATURE ARTICLE
The Ebb and Flow of the Federal Clean Water Act—EPA Releases New
Proposed ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule Defining the Scope of the Act by John Sittler, Esq. and Paul Noto, Esq., Patrick, Miller & Noto, Aspen,
Colorado219
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
Royal Dutch Shell to Link Carbon Footprint Targets to Executive Compensation224
Public Health Report Provides Climate Change Impacts Warnings and Hope for the Future226
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change228
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions231
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations Submit Energy Storage Compliance Plans to FERC ahead of Party Comments234
California Public Utilities Commission Issues Decision Adjusting Calculation Methodology for Exit Fees Charged to Customers—Rehearing
Sought235
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
District of Columbia Moves Toward One Hundred Percent Renewables by 2032 with ‘Clean Energy Omnibus Amendment Act’237
California Legislature Passes New Greenhouse Gas Standards for Uber, Lyft and Other Ride-Sharing Platforms238
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
D.C. Circuit Assigns to Judicial Merits Panel, Motions in California’s Fight against Trump Administration’s Rollback of Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards240
California v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Case No. 18-1114 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 21, 2018).
District Court:
District Court Confirms the Rights of Citizens to Compel the Enforcement of the Clean Air Act When EPA Does Not Act242
Committee for a Better Avrin v. Andrew Wheeler, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 4:18-cv-05700 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 24, 2018).
District Court Concludes Federal Agencies’ Environmental Assessment of Coastal ‘Fracking’ Violated the ESA and Coastal Zone Act245
Environmental Defense Center v. U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. CV168418PSGFFMX (C.D. Cal. Nov. 9, 2018).
