ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Report Summarizes Factors Impacting Water Resources in the Western United States185
Miami Proposes Plan to Deal with Sea-Level Rise187
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Congress Introduces Bill to Coordinate River Restoration Efforts between the United States and Mexico and to Protect the Salton Sea188
As Climate Change Exacerbates Wildfire Risk, Western States Adopt and Introduce Legislation to Reduce Wildfire Risk189
California Legislators Propose Ban on Fracking191
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change193
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California State Water Resources Control Board Adopts New Order
Establishing Statewide Waste Discharge Requirements for Wineries196
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions198
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
D.C. Circuit Overturns EPA’s 2019 Affordable Clean Energy Rule204
American Lung Association v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 19-1140 (D.C. Cir. 2021).
D.C. Circuit Finds Flexible Ozone Offsets Program Not Authorized under the Clean Air Act206
Sierra Club v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 985 F.3d 1055 (D.C. Cir. 2021).
D.C. Circuit Vacates Federal Easement Awarded to Dakota Access Pipeline, Finding U.S. Army Corps Violated NEPA by Failing to Prepare an EIS208
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 985 F.3d 1032 (D.C. Cir. 2021).
District Court:
District Court Dismisses Clean Water Act Citizen Suit for Failure to Show an Environmental Injury to Establish Standing211
Glynn Environmental Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Sea Island Acquisition, LLC, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 2:2019-cv-00050 (S.D. Ga. Jan. 29, 2021).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
California Court of Appeal Finds California Water Boards Appropriately Considered Economic Factors When Issuing Clean Water Act MS4 Permit213
City of Duarte v. State Water Resources Control Board, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. G058539 (4th Dist. Jan. 28, 2021).
