By Saira Rhodes on Posted in Climate Change,Development,Environmental,Land Use,Water LawOur Climate, Energy, & Air Update is intended as a general summary of major policy developments that we judge to be of interest to a broad range of our clients and friends. This month’s edition features discussion on the following: The D.C. Circuit invalidates the cellulosic biofuel volume requirements for the 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard … Continue Reading
By Saira Rhodes on Posted in Environmental,Water LawIn Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., No. 11-460, decided January 8, 2013, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that the flow of water from an improved portion of a navigable waterway into an unimproved portion of the same waterway does not qualify as a “discharge of a … Continue Reading
