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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

I want to focus on the disingenuous way the Supreme Court deals with a previous ruling, and its implications for states. In 2011, in AEP v. Section 111 of the Act directs the EPA Administrator to list “categories of stationary sources” that “in [her] judgment. 410 (2011). 7411(b)(1)(B); see also §7411(a)(2). Post, at 20.

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CEQA Remedies Go Both Ways:  Fourth District Reverses Judgment Upholding San Diego County Board’s Decision Granting Project Opponents’ Administrative Appeal, Holds Board Erred In Finding CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Statutory Exemption Inapplicable And Ordering EIR Prepared for Exempt Industrial Project

CEQA Developments

In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. The Court of Appeal reversed. Hilltop Group, Inc., County of San Diego, et al. 2024) Cal.App.5th. Hilltop Group appealed.

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Recap of 2023 CEQA Amendments Now In Effect

CEQA Developments

We saw a continued focus on incentivizing affordable and infill developments on the condition that the project pay prevailing wages (AB 2011), reducing barriers for specified sustainable transit projects (SB 922), and amendments akin to “pet project exemptions” that are targeted to solving a narrower set of concerns (SB 118 and SB 886).

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First District Holds LA’s Water Allocations To Agricultural Lessees Were Authorized Under Existing Leases And Did Not Constitute Or Implement A Separate “Project” Subject to CEQA Review

CEQA Developments

The First District Court of Appeal filed on June 30, and later ordered published on July 26, 2022, its opinion in County of Mono v. acre feet per acre (2011-12) to zero acre feet per acre (2015-16). The trial court ruled in favor of the County. The City appealed and the Court of Appeal reversed. A162590) __ Cal.App.5th

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A “Capitol” Offense: Third District Holds State Capitol Building Annex/Visitor Center Project EIR Violated CEQA Due To Inadequate Project Description And Analyses Of Historical Cultural Impacts, Aesthetics, And Project Alternatives

CEQA Developments

In a published opinion filed December 6, 2022, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part the trial court’s judgment denying writ petitions in consolidated actions challenging the EIR for a major state government project affecting the Historic State Capitol Building and Annex in Sacramento.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry. and non-U.S. Pritzker , Nos.

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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

Law Columbia

The CEQA Guidelines have been revised to clarify the appropriate methodology for measuring and assessing the significance of GHG emissions, consistent with recent case law. GHG Emissions Analysis. See, e.g., Center for Biological Diversity v. of Fish & Wildlife, 62 Cal.4th