Remove category court-decisions
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

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. The leases had a term running from 2009 through 2013, with a holdover provision. The trial court ruled in favor of the County. The City appealed and the Court of Appeal reversed.

2010 83
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law Blog

In two companion cases, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided whether a federal district court could properly exercise jurisdiction over climate change suits brought against energy companies by cities and counties in California. In County of San Mateo et al. In City of Oakland et al. BP PLC et al.

article thumbnail

Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

Circle of Blue

Met needed the flexibility of extra Lake Mead storage for two reasons: a court decision limited California’s use of Colorado River starting in 2003 and its supply from reservoirs in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is quite variable. There have been far more ICS deposits than withdrawals. About half belongs to Met.

2007 363
article thumbnail

The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

A consent decree entered by the federal district court for the Northern District of Georgia required Home Depot U.S.A, ” The parties recommended that the court set a briefing schedule for the motion to remand, with the motion due on May 28. Litigation. Home Depot) to pay a $20.75 N:Neighbors for Envtl. 20-72091 (9th Cir.

2021 52
article thumbnail

9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

PA Environment Daily

Steingraber -- Public Health Crisis The summary conclusion of the 9th Compendium on natural gas development research is-- “The rapidly expanding body of evidence compiled here is massive, troubling and cries out for decisive action. million infants born in Pennsylvania between 2004 and 2013.

article thumbnail

The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

Preliminary 2020 TRI Dataset Shows “Seemingly Limited” Scope for PFAS Reporting. The court directed the parties to file an update on the progress of their negotiations by September 3, 2021. The lawsuit is pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. Regan, No. 1:20-cv-00762 (D.D.C.

2021 52