Topic
Climate Action Plan
27 published works
Environmental and Climate
Trial Court’s Jurisdiction over CEQA Case is Lost after Writ is Satisfied by Rescission of Project Approvals
By Andrew M. Skanchy, Megan V. Unger, Merry Iseley
In McCann v. City of San Diego (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 284 (McCann II), the Fourth District Court of Appeal held the trial court exceeded its jurisdiction by failing to discharge…
Eye on ESG
Climate Action and Banks: Review of Climate Action Plans Released by US Federal Reserve
By Matthew Bisanz, Sam Eastwood, Tim Baines
In January 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released a report that reviews the climate action plans of global systemically important banks (“G-SIBs”) and summarizes the…
Louisiana Law Blog
The Winds of Change & Louisiana’s New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan
In August of 2020, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued an executive order establishing emission reduction goals of reaching net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, putting the state…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
All Projects—Including Non-Occupancy Structures—Require Climate Action Plan Consistency Analysis to Benefit from Streamlined GHG Review under CEQA
By Taylor Jones
The City of San Diego’s approval of underground utility lines was incomplete because its Climate Action Plan checklist improperly allowed certain non-occupancy projects to avoid greenhouse gas emission (GHG) consistency…
Administrative and Regulatory
Fourth District Finds Failure to Evaluate Consistency with CAP Rendered MND Incomplete Despite no Fair Argument of Inconsistency; Rejects Piecemealing, Project Description, and Aesthetic Impacts Claims, and Others as Barred by a Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
In McCann v. City of San Diego (2021) 70 Cal.App.5th 51, the Fourth District Court of Appeal found that the Plaintiff, Margaret McCann (McCann), was barred from bringing a judicial…
CEQA Developments
Third Time Is Not The Charm: Fourth District Affirms Judgment Setting Aside San Diego County’s Climate Action Plan And Related Supplemental EIR Approvals Due To CEQA Violations
In a mammoth 132-page published opinion (with an additional five pages of appendices) filed on June 12, 2020, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Division One) mostly affirmed the trial…
Law & The Environment
Boston’s Climate Action Plan Update: The Time Has Come For Buildings!
By Seth Jaffe
Last week, Boston released its Climate Action Plan 2019 Update. The Update identifies “priority actions” for the next five years necessary to put Boston on a trajectory towards carbon neutrality…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Village of Great Neck Plaza Leading The Way – Climate Change
The Village of Great Neck Plaza (“the Village”) may be small in size (about a third of a square mile) but it is leading the way on climate change on…
PipelineLaw
BLM Proposes Sweeping Rules to Curb Methane Emissions
Consistent with President Obama’s “Climate Action Plan,” the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently released proposed rules intended to significantly curb emissions from new and existing oil and gas production wells…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Climate Change Gets Fashionable: The Fashion Industry Embraces The President’s Climate Change Initiative
The fashion industry has recently been using its clout and cachet to combat climate change. Who else has a heavy hand in the fight against climate change? The answer, while…