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Category Archives: Air and Environmental Justice
California Supreme Court Rejects Greenhouse Gas Analysis for Newhall Ranch Development
By GGU Emeritus Prof. Alan Ramo The California Supreme Court in a key climate change case probably surprised a few observers in rejecting the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) greenhouse gas analysis of the giant Newhall Ranch development … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Our Children’s Earth Foundation v. CARB: Accommodating the Inherent Flaws of the Offset Provisions Under California’s Cap and Trade Program.
By Collin McCarthy, GGU 3rd Year Law Student On February 23, 2015, the First District Court of Appeal delivered its opinion in Our Children’s Earth Foundation v. California Air Resources Board, affirming the Superior Court’s ruling and upholding the offset … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
EPA Chief Seems Clueless on EJ Advocates’ Critique of Proposed Greenhouse Gas Power Plant Rule
By GGU Prof. Alan Ramo A report of the October 1st meeting of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee in Environment and Energy Publishing’s website caught my attention for two reasons. First, in the October 2nd, … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Supreme Court OKs Calif. Low Carbon Fuel Standard
By Alan Ramo The Supreme Court today refused to consider a petition requesting review of the Ninth Circuit’s approval of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The court provided no reasons. See our blog on the En Banc decision upholding the … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
CUEL Blog Predicts Accurately Supremes 5-4 decision in Greenhouse Gas case.
By Prof. Alan Ramo The US Supreme Court in an opinion today reversed in part US EPA’s greenhouse gas PSD program for greenhouse gases. While the press and many environmentalists may bemoan the decision, on March 6, 2014, in our … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Initial Analyis of EPA’s New Carbon Rule
By Professor Alan Ramo I have been reviewing the June 2, 2014, United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. E.P.A.) Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule for existing power plants and assessing some of the early commentary. I wanted to blog particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
The California Fracking Law: Ignoring all Impacts until January 1, 2015
By Joseph Lounsbury, GGU 2014 JD In November 2013, Jayni Foley Hein, Executive Director for Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, wrote a blog discussing the passage of California’s first law regarding well stimulation, SB 4. In her blog, … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Land Use
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments for EPA’s Carbon Dioxide Regulation: An Uncertain Future for PSD Program.
By Joseph Lounsbury, 3rd year GGU Law On Monday, February 24, 2014, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for a group of consolidated cases coined Utility Air Regulatory Group v. The Environmental Protection Agency, which will decide whether the United … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Behles and Ramo article on Mohave Generating Case
Professors Ramo and Behles have published a new article about the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic’s case about Just Transition and the Mohave Generating Station. Follow the link here. Read about how an alliance of Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Trust … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Environmental Citizen Suits in China?
One of our SJD students, Shufan Sung, a member of both the California and Taiwanese bars, has co-written an excellent article entitled “Can Citizen Suits Help China Battle Pollution” in the January 8, 2014 Los Angeles Daily Journal about the … Continue reading
Posted in Air and Environmental Justice