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California requires greenhouse gas emissions to be part of environmental impact calculus
Greenhouse gas emissions are officially factors to be considered in determining the environmental impact of local projects in California. On December 30, 2009, the California Natural Resources Agency adopted amended guidelines to aid public agencies and developers in complying with...
Lawsuit alleges California's cap-and-trade plan fails to minimize GHG emissions
A lawsuit by several environmental advocacy groups against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) (09-509562) continues to wend its way through the San Francisco Superior Court, with a scheduled hearing on the Environmental Defense Fund’s motion to file an intervening...
Wal-Mart’s plans to build a “supercenter” near Joshua Tree National Park have been put on hold pending revisions of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) submitted by the company. In a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a...
California OPR issues proposed amendments to CEQA guidelines regarding greenhouse gases
On April 13, 2009, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (“OPR”) submitted to the Secretary for Natural Resources its proposed amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions, as required by Senate Bill 97....
CARB unanimously approves AB 32 implementation plan
California’s top air agency – the California Air Resources Board (CARB) – unanimously approved a sweeping plan yesterday to implement the state’s law 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act (commonly referred to as “AB 32”), requiring dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas...
Lawsuit against mega-dairy in California's Central Valley seeks to reduce greenhouse gases
On October 15, 2008, the Center for Biological Diversity and California Rural Legal Assistance filed a lawsuit challenging the failure to consider global warming impacts in conducting the environmental review of a mega-dairy in the Central Valley of California. This...
The role of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), if any, in addressing climate change and greenhouse gas emissions ("GHGs") was the subject of debate in California after the passage in 2006 of the California Global Warming Solutions Act, often...
