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The Long Life and Sudden Demise of Federal Wetlands Protection

Legal Planet

EPA , the Court adopts the restrictive Scalia test, which had been rejected by a majority of Justices in the 2006 Rapanos case. Supreme Court strikes down a rule covers any wetland or pond used by migratory birds. In Rapanos v. US , Justice Scalia writes for four Justices to advocate a very restrictive test of federal jurisdiction.

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Fourth District Belatedly Publishes CEQA Opinion Upholding City of Newport Beach’s Approval of Multifamily-Housing Development Pursuant To Addendum To 2006 EIR For Larger Mixed-Use Development

CEQA Developments

Given that the City is fairly built out, there is a dearth of available sites on which to construct multifamily housing, and the City had identified the Center as a possible site for multifamily residential development circa 2006. Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2015) 62 Cal.4th

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Back to the Future: Waters of United States Reverts to Pre-2015 Definition

Environment Next

The 2020 rulemaking replaced a 2015 rule defining “waters of the United States” more broadly under the Clean Water Act. The court left open for further briefing and argument whether the 2019 regulatory action repealing the 2015 rule is valid. Supreme Court weighed in in 2006. 715 (2006). In 2015, the U.S.

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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2006 AB 32. 2015 SB350. California established first renewable portfolio standard (20% from renewables by 2010). AB 1493 (Pavley Act). Required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set standards for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) new vehicles. Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. 2016 SB 32. 2018 SB100.

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Evolving Air Quality Standards

Legal Planet

The annual standard — basically the worst day of the year — has gone from 260 μg/m³ in 1971, down to 150 μg/m³ in 1987, 65 μg/m³ in 2006, and 12 μg/m³ in 2012, where they have stayed ever since. ppm in 2015. Particulates (Soot) Particulate standards (basically soot) are measured in micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m³).

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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

2015 ; Connolly et al, 2021 ). And also, let’s be clear, this mysteriously justified temperature series has been created explicitly to demonstrate a connection to the HS93 solar reconstruction – that was the case in the Soon et al (2015) paper, the Connolloy et al (2021) paper and now in this new Soon et al paper.

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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Major Environmental Decision Narrowing the Scope of the Clean Water Act

The Energy Law Blog

715 (2006), which was issued 17 years ago but was not uniformly applied due to Justice Kennedy’s use of the “significant nexus” test in his concurrence. Brief Overview of “Waters of the United States” The Supreme Court previously considered the scope of “waters of the United States” under the CWA in 2006 in Rapanos. 715, 739 (2006). [3]