The Ninth Circuit Decides the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard Case
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey , reversing a District Court opinion that held that California’s low...
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No Free Pass For Fracking In California
We are (regrettably) used to seeing end-of-session hijinks in Sacramento when “gut and amend” bills and other special interest tricks get rolled out. But today...
Challenges with environmental laws in China
NI hao. NRDC has a China office in Beijing that has within it an environmental law program, headed by a very talented lawyer, my friend Yan Wang. I'm on my...
Take Me Out To The Ballgame By Public Transit
I'm in Washington D.C. preparing for tomorrow's Supreme Court argument in the ATA v. City of Los Angeles port trucking case . While here, I've taken in two...
In LA, the Army Corps of Engineers Bulldozes a Wildlife Refuge
The San Fernando Valley, now the home of more than 1.75 million people, is a 260 square mile basin northwest of downtown Los Angeles. In the 1930s and 40s, the...
California's Landmark Environmental Law in Action - It Works
There is a growing debate over whether and how to “modernize” California’s bedrock environmental review law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)...