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California’s Third District Court of Appeal Affirms State Water Board’s Authority To Regulate Unreasonable Use of Water During Severe Drought

Mon Jul 6th, On Environmental Law, Litigation, by

On June 18, 2020, in Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company v. State of California et al., the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the California State Water Resources Control Board’s (“State Water Board” or “Board”) authority to regulate what it considers “unreasonable use of water” through emergency regulations setting forth minimum instream flow requirements that protect endangered and threatened fish in times of severe drought.  The Court also affirmed the […]

State of California Sues Trump Administration To Save The Chinook Salmon

Fri Feb 28th, On Environmental Law, by

California Sues Trump Administration to Save The Endangered Chinook Salmon Last week, the Trump Administration increased, via a press memo, the amount of water that can be pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary in California. After pumping, this water is to be delivered to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California for agricultural, municipal, and industrial purposes. How and when water is pumped—and how much of it—from the Delta […]

DOT Releases One National Program Rule; EPA Revokes California’s CAA Waiver for Vehicle Emissions

Fri Sep 20th, On Environmental Law, by

The Clean Air Act allows California to impose its own greenhouse gas standards and zero emission vehicle program. This changed this week when the Trump Administration announced its “One National Program” Rule. The One National Program Rule (also known as the Preemption Rule) gives the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the right to set national fuel economy standards. These standards preempt any similar state […]

Trump Announces That EPA Will Revoke California’s Clean Air Act Waiver

Wed Sep 18th, On Environmental Law, by

President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that “The Trump Administration is revoking California’s Federal [Clean Air Act] Waiver on emissions in order to produce far less expensive cars for the consumer, while at the same time making the cars substantially SAFER.”  President Trump made the announcement while visiting California for fundraisers.  Trump further tweeted that  “Many more cars will be produced under the new and uniform standard, meaning significantly more JOBS, […]

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