California Reaches 2020 Emissions Goal Ahead of Schedule But At Great Cost

On July 11, 2018 the Air Resources Board announced that California’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped below 1990 levels in 2016. At the time AB 32 was passed, the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 was to be achieved by 2020.

Governor Jerry Brown and other State officials said that the results prove the State’s ...Read More

Electric Vehicles Fueled by State Funds

On May 30, 2018, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) approved wide-ranging proposals from the State’s large investor-owned utilities to expand electric vehicle infrastructure and rebate programs with a total budget of over $738 million.

The order stems from the 2016 directive ordering investment owned utilities to propose projects that would advance the electrification of transportation. ...Read More

Feds Solicit Comment on Endangered Species Act Reform

On July 25, 2018, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (the “Services”) published three proposed rules to reform the Endangered Species Act. This opens a 60-day public comment period ending September 24, 2018.  The proposals respond in part to stakeholder comments submitted ...Read More

Breaking News: EPA Will Not Revisit Obama Ozone Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a court filing Wednesday that it “does not intend” to revisit a 2015 rule that tightened ozone standards, answering a lingering question that had both industry and environmental groups on edge.

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