CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
U.S. Geological Survey Releases Study Suggesting Colorado River Streamflow Reductions Are Associated with Atmospheric Warming319
Southern Nevada Water Authority Does Not Appeal Denial of Groundwater Pipeline Applications for Climate-Parched Las Vegas320
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change322
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Klamath River Project Interim Plan, Which Provides Additional Water for Endangered Species325
California Department of Water Resources Reports Groundwater Levels Rebounding, But Not Yet at Pre-Drought Conditions327
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions329
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
D.C. Circuit Holds Clean Air Act Rulemaking Reconsideration Petition Is Proper Where Final Rule Was Not a ‘Logical Outgrowth of Proposed
Rule’334
Chesapeake Climate Action Network v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 952 F.3d 310 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 13, 2020).
Ninth Circuit Makes Clear that the Administrative ‘Finality’ Requirement under Williamson County for Federal Land Use Takings Claims Remains Intact336
Pakdel v City and County of San Francisco, 952 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2020).
Allegations of RICO Violations in ‘Clean Diesel’ Litigation Survive Motion to Dismiss at the District Court338
Albers v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, et al., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 16-881 (D. N.J. Mar. 25, 2020).
State:
Protecting Sensitive Coast Lines: California Court Upholds Coastal Commission’s Certification of a
Local Coastal Program340
Mountainlands Conservancy, LLC v. California Coastal Commission, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B287079 (2nd Dist. Apr. 1, 2020).
