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Climate Change Law & Policy Reporter

March 2020

Volume 12, Number 9 March 2020

FEATURE ARTICLE

Water Scarcity in California—Groundwater Sustainability Plans Emerge for the State’s ‘Critically Overdrafted’ Basins by Derek Hoffman, Esq., and Chris Carrillo, Esq., Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, PC, San Bernardino,

California263

CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS

‘Getting to Neutral’ Report Finds California Can Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2045 for less than $10 Billion Per Year269

University Report Out of Australia Addresses the Efficacy of Forest Hazard Reduction Burning in Forest Management Practices270

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change272

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

In the Face of Arid Nevada Water Scarcity, State Engineer Is Implementing Modern-Day Methodology to Determine Water Supply and Water Rights

Allocations275

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions277

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Federal:

Challenge to Oil Pollution Act Debt Collection Proceeding Dismissed by the District Court for Improper Venue281

Water Quality Insurance Syndicate v. National Pollution Funds Center, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 19 Civ. 6344 (S.D. N.Y. Jan. 27, 2020).

State:

California Court of Appeal Dismisses CEQA Challenges as to Greenhouse Gas Emissiosn Analysis for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies282

Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance v. City of Los Angeles, Unpub., Case No. B294231 (2nd Dist. Jan. 28, 2020).

Washington State Supreme Court Invalidates Department of Ecology Rule on Greenhouse Gas Emissions284

Association of Washington Business, et al. v State of Washington, Department of Ecology, Case No. 95885-8 (Wash. Jan. 16, 2020).