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Editor’s Note By Julia Stein
California WaterFix: A Snapshot of the SWRCB Water Rights Change Hearings By Austin C. Cho
Public Interest Standing Under CEQA: Will We Ever Know What Types Of “Urgent Considerations” Outweigh a Petitioner’s Standing? By Jonathan E. Shardlow and Martin P. Stratte
Waves of Contentious Issues Still Batter the California Coastal Act at 40 Bby Angela Howe, Jana Zimmer, Jennifer Lucchesi, and John Erskine
Lessons on Regulatory Reporting in California By Sedina L. Banks and Brian E. Moskal
What Institutional Investors, Energy Companies, and You Should Know About Carbon Reporting By Aaron Ezroj
Deciphering the New CEQA Rules for Modified Projects After San Mateo Gardens By Marina Cassio
The 2016 Environmental Legislative Recap: An Unconventional Election Year Defending a Legacy by Gary Lucks
Editor's NoteBy Scott B. Birkey
California Groundwater Management: Laboratories of Local Implementation or State Command and Control?By David R.E. Aladjem and Meredith E. Nikkel
New Standards for CEQA Analysis of Greenhouse Gas ImpactsBy Dean Wallraff and Aruna Prabhala
Powering Down Chevron? Chevron Deference and the Clean Power Plan LitigationBy Julia E. Stein
California Chemicals Regulation After TSCA ReformBy Claudia Polsky
The Evolving Regulation of TCE VaporIntrusion IssuesBy Ben Clapp, Don J. Frost Jr. and Stacy E. Kray
Regulating Groundwater in California: How the Landscape Is Changing with SGMABy Wesley A. Miliband
Editor’s Note...by Scott B. Birkey
Reprise of Fireside Chat, Yosemite Environmental Law Conference, October 24, 2015By E. Clement (Clem) Shute, Jr.
CEQA’s “Unusual Circumstances Exception” in the Wake of Berkeley HillsideBy Nicole H. Gordon & Lauren K. Chang
The Clean Power Plan: Friend or Foe of California’s Climate Policy?By Elena Saxonhouse
How to Ethically and Effectively Talk to ReportersBy Matthew Preusch
Environmental Streamlining Measures in Title 41 of the FAST Act: What Will They Mean for Infrastructure Project Developers?By Laura Zagar, William Malley, and Stephanie Regenold
The New Federal Clean Water RuleBy David Pettit
The 2015 Legislative Recap: Settling in and Taking a BreathBy Gary Lucks
A Tribute to Joseph L. Saxby Antonio Rossmann
In Honor Of Joe Sax: Appreciating His Takings Scholarshipby Holly Doremus
Appellate Confirmation of State Water Board Administrative Jurisdiction to Prevent Illegal or Unreasonable Water Diversion and Use: Young, Millview, and Lightby Rebecca R. Akroyd and Andrew J. Ramos
Data Drought: Could Better Information HelpResolve Longstanding Conflicts Over Delta Water?by Colleen Flannery
Regulating Groundwater in California: Will the Landscape Change with GSA Formation?by Wesley A. Miliband
AB 32’s Pollution Markets: A Technology-Driven Solution or a Step Backward for Climate Change?by Suma Peesapati
While the Project May Change, the Standard of Review Should Remain the Sameby Linda C. Klein
The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan: An Impossible Task?by Arielle Harris and David Cameron
Editor's Note...by Scott B. Birkey
California's Efforts to Solve Its Water Shortage: Can They Succeed?by Edgar B. Washburn
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Implementing the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard and Cap-and-Trade for Transportation Fuels to Reduce Carbon Emissionsby William Westerfield and Anna Leonenko
Solar Energy and the Williamson Act: Legal Developments and Recent Trendsby Bradley Brownlow
Redevelopment Rewind: a Look at the Current Status of Public and Private Brownfields Redevelopmentby Mark E. Elliott and Amy E. Gaylord
The Increasingly Steep Climb to Regulatory Closure for Contaminated Sitesby Keith B. Walker
Is the Endangered Species Act Constitutional? How the Utah Prairie Dog Case May Impact Californiaby Eric Biber and Elise O'Dea
A New Era: Consultation with California Native American Tribes and Consideration of Tribal Cultural Resources under CEQAby Andee Leisy
The 2014 Environmental Legislative Recap: An Election Year Droughtby Gary A. Lucks
California Modernizes Transportation Impacts Analysis under CEQA: Senate Bill 743 (Steinberg, 2013)by Christopher H. Calfee
Swing, Pendulum, Swing: California’s Historic Drought and Unprecedented Responsesby Paeter E. Garcia and Sarah Christopher Foley
Local Control of Oil and Gas Operations: Getting a Handle on Fracking and Cyclic Steaming Through Land Use Prohibitions, Moratoria, Discretionary Permits, and Citizen Initiativesby Heather Minner and Peter Broderick
California High Speed Rail: An Update for 2013-2014.by Kathryn Phelan and John Fox
The Temperature Rises: A Hot Summer in Greenhouse Gas Regulationby Julia E. Stein
Status of Stormwater Regulation in Californiaby Melissa A. Thorme
Scope of Materials, Including E-mails, in Administrative Records for CEQA Casesby Holly O. Whatley
As Jurisdictions Like California Sort Out Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing, NIMBY Approaches Pop Up in Other JurisdictionsBy Shannon S. Broome and Julia A. Miller
California Supreme Court Decision Expands Public's Right to Access Government-Held Digitally-Formatted DataBy Sabrina Venskus
Big Things Come In Small Packages: Ninth Circuit Issues Nation's First Decision on NanotechnologyBy Peter Hsiao and Andrew Stanley
Alternatives to Litigation to Address Climate ChangeBy Kiran Sahdev
California's "Magic" Number: Nine Goals for 2020 and Where We May Go From ThereBy Ryan Waterman and Parissa Ebrahimzadeh
Articles from the 2013 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite Panel "Dire Gyre: Is the Problem of Ocean Plastic Pollution Insoluble?By Angela T. Howe, Leila Monroe, Steven Moore, and Saskia Van Gendt
The 2013 Environmental Legislative Recap: A Break in the Perpetual GridlockBy Gary A. Lucks
MCLE Self-Study Article: Fracking: Expected LawsuitsBy Jean L. Bertrand and Lindsey N. Berg
Low Impact Development's Supersized Stamp on California Storm Water RegulationBy David M. Metres
The Tidal Shifts of the QSABy Mark J. Hattam and Kathryn D. Horning
Conservation EasementsBy Alicia Guerra and David Ivester
Piercing Armor: Using Legal Theories to Prevent Harm from Seawalls to the Coastal EnvironmentBy Angela T. Howe
Editor’s Note...by Alexander "Sandy" Crockett
Cry Me a Reservoir: Water Management and Climate Change Adaptionby Roger B. Moore, Katherine A. Spanos, Robert Wilkinson, Ph.D., and Paul Stanton Kibel
Indian Energy Development and the Lawby Darcie L. Houck
Transportation Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, and the Dormant Commerce Clauseby Mark W. Poole
California's Marine Life Protection Act Initiative: A Public Marine Protected Area Planning Processby Cindy Gustafson, Melissa Miller-Henson, Sarah Abramson Sikich, Hawk Rosales, and Thomas Gibson
The Emergence of Multi-Party Toxic Tort and Property Damage Litigationby Gary A. Meyer
The Art of the Deal: Strategies for Successful Negotiation in Environmental Casesby Danielle Teeters, Thomas M. Donnelly, Letitia Moore, Robert "Perl" Perlmutter, and Don Person
Editor’s Noteby Alexander “Sandy” Crocket
Message From the Chairby Robert “Perl” Perlmutter
Local Renewable Power for a Clean Energy Futureby Kevin M. Barker, Heather Raitt, and Robert B. Weisenmiller, Ph.D.
EPIC v. Department of Forestry & Fire Protection: Is the California Supreme Court Putting the Public Trust Genie Back Into the Bottle?by Jan Stevens
Navigating Water Use and Fracking in a Water-Scarce Worldby Julia E. Stein
Proposition 65 and Foods: Are Warnings Really Required?by Carol J. Monahan-Cummings
Editor’s Noteby Alexander “Sandy” Crockett
A Renewable Future: Jerry Brown’s Environmental Agendaby Cliff Rechtschaffen & Ken Alex
Regulatory Takings: Looking Back, Looking Forwardby Daniel L. Siegel & Professor Joseph L. Sax
CEQA and Infill Development: Can We Be Smarter in Our Approach to Smart Growth?by Chris Calfee & Meea Kang
Implementing "Best Available Control Technology" Requirements For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act: What Have We Achieved, What More Can We Expect?by Alexander “Sandy” Crockett, Kevin Poloncar & Joanne Spalding
Salt of the Earth: Will California Go the Way of Ancient Sumeria Without Salt and Nutrient Regulation in Surface and Groundwater?by Frances Spivy-Weber, Adán Ortega, Jr. & Tracy J. Egoscue
The California Coastal Commission: An Insider’s Guideby Jamee Jordan Patterson
Editor’s Noteby William D. Wick
Exacting Conservation Easements in Californiaby Jessica Owley
Whale of an Opportunity: Using the Coast Guard Port Access Route Study as a Tool to Reduce Ship Strikes within Santa Barbara Channelby Brian P. Segee
The Ninth Circuit Provides Guidance on Managing Complex Multi-Party Toxic Tort Litigationby Pedram Mazgani
The History of Reducing Toxic Air Emissions and Exposures in California Through Proposition 65 Enforcementby Michael Freund
Message from the Chairby Marilee Hanson
Law to the Rescue!by David Brower
The Making of Environmental Lawby Richard Lazarus
Civic Law and Natural Value: Enforcing Environmental Ethicsby Dr. Holmes Rolston III
Reflections on Environmental Lawby the Honorable Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, Jr.
On the Importance of Pursuing Environmental Justiceby Margie Eugene-Richard
Dropping the “S” Wordby Mark Dowie
Shades of Green: Buying and Selling Environmental Protectionby Peter M. Douglas
Joseph Sax, Lucas, and the Economy of Natureby Michael Hingerty
The 25-Year Legacy of Friends of Mammothby Antonio Rossman
A New Water Ethicby John Garamendi
The Power of Placeby Tom Stienstra
Thoughts from Epitaph for a Peachby David Mas Masumoto
Consumer Products Face Extensive Green Chemistry Regulationby Eric R. Newman
Recollections on the Birth of CEQAby Justice Ronald B. Robe
CEQA Turns 40: The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Sameby Lisabeth D. Rothman
Pioneering Approaches to Citizen Enforcementby Jamee Jordan Patterson
What We Should Learn From the BP Spillby Jaclyn Lopez
Apportionment at the Burlington Northern Trial and Implications of the Case for Demonstrating a Reasonable Basis to Apportion CERCLA Liabilityby Marc A. Zeppetello
Editor’s Note(page 1) by William D. Wick
Message from the Chair(page 1) by Dana P. Palmer
Capturing Cost-Effective GHG Emission Reductions under AB 32 (page 4) by Kristin Eberhard
Another Hot Year: Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Impacts under CEQA(page 7) by Alexander “Sandy” Crockett, Beth Collins-Burgard and Matt Vespa
Opportunities and Challenges Await Implementation of California’s Green Chemistry Initiative(page 21) by Edward L. Quevedo and John R. Till
Who’s Regulating Emissions from California Trains and Railyards?(page 24) by Gideon Kracov
Does Save Tara Clarify When a Public Agency Must Start the CEQA Process?(page 28) by Cyndy Day-Wilson
How Save Tara Affects the Standard of Review in CEQA Lawsuits(page 32) by Arthur Pugsley
Environmental Mediation: In a League of Its Own(page 34) by David Nawi, Catherine Yanni, Bret Stone and Maureen Dear
Superstrict Superfund and the Supremes: The Impact of Burlington Northern(page 36) A Panel Discussion with David Buente, Bruce Gelber and David Jung; Moderated by Michael Hingerty
Message from the Chairby Kristen Castaños
The One-Cleanup Program – Faster, Cheaper, Betterby Richard G. Opper
California Case Triggers Supreme Court Ruling on Joint and Several Liability and Arranger Liability Under CERCLAby Michael Johnson
The Benefits of a Risk-Based Approach to Selecting Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Measuresby Sigrida Reinis
What to Do When the Economy Calls Your Handby Bret A. Stone
Buyer Beware: Recent California Decision Limits the Type of Damages You May Recover for Contaminated Propertyby Annette Stella
Message from the Chairby Jodi Smith
Time to Measure This Social Experiment’s Resultsby David Roe
Prop. 65—Still an Agent for Change?by Pamela King Palitz, JD
Ten Things I Think I’ve Learned About Proposition 65 by Edward G. Weil
A Perspective on the First 20 Years of Proposition 65: A Long, Strange Trip Indeedby Jeffrey B. Margulies
Message from the Chairby Sean B. Hecht
Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Related Air Pollution Issuesby William W. Carter Esq. and K. Ryan Hiete, Esq.
California’s First Step to Limit Emissions of Greenhouse Gases: Implementation fo SB 1368 by the Public Utilities Commissionby William Westerfield
The Design of a Carbon Market for California: Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Leadershipby Michael W. Wara
Tax Implications of the CSI. Go Solar this Year!by Kimberly Chew
Global Warming I: Developing Cap and Trade Programs to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Global Warming II: Climate Change—Scenarios for Survival Climate Change Linksby Monica A Schwebs
Message from the Chair(page 1) by Sherri M. Kirk
Plenary Session Address (2005): The Making of Environmental Law(page 5) by Richard Lazarus
Plenary Session Address (2004)(page 13) by District Attorney Paul Gallegos
Plenary Session Address (2004): Civic Law and Natural Value - Enforcing Environmental Ethics(page 18) by Holmes Rolston III
Keynote Address (2004)(page 23) by Margie Eugene-Richard
Plenary Session Address (2004)(page 28) by Mayor Jerry Brown
Editor’s Introduction(page 1)by JoAnne L. Dunec
The Endless Quest: Pursuing the Elusive Administrative Record in CEQA and Related Mandamus Proceedings(page 5)by Tim Taylor and Daniel Kelly
CEQA and Urban Aesthetics: Need There be an Ocean View?(page 13) by Susan Brandt-Hawley
Preservation as Mitigation Under CEQA: Ho Hum or Uh-Oh?(page 18) by David C. Levy and Jessica Owley Lippman
Judicial and Public Enforcement CEQA Remedies: Are NGOs Working with a Statutory Lion King or a Toothless Tiger?(page 25) by Stephen M. Miles
Message from the Chair(page 1) by Jane B. Kroesche
Plenary Session Address (page 5)by Wayne Nastri
Plenary Session Address (page 9)by Tal Finney
Keynote Address(page 13)by Tom Stienstra
Plenary Session Address(page 15)by Professor Thomas O. McGarity
Smart Growth: Whither Goest California?(page 23)
Message from the Chair (page 1) by JoAnne L. Dunec
The Evidence of Environmental Injustice (page 3) by Clifford Rechtschaffen
Environmental Justice Grows Up(page 15)by Antonette Benita Cordero and Carol J. Monahan
Environmental Justice in California Power Plant Siting(page 19) by Jonathan P. Scoll
Patrick O’Hern Memoriam(page 27) by Marc Mihaly
Message from the Chair (page 1)By Richard M. Frank
Plenary Session Address(page 5)By John C. Cruden
Shades of Green: Buying and Selling Environmental Protection (page 11)By Peter M. Douglas
Keynote Address(page 19)By David Mas Masumoto
Plenary Session Address(page 25)Craig Manson
2003 Student Environmental Negotiations Competition(page 29)By Brett Morris
Michael H. Remy Memoriam(page 31)
Sprawl and “Paper Water”(page 3)by Barry H. Epstein & Paul S. Kibel
Show Me the Water(page 11)by Randele Kanouse
SB 221: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?(page 15)by R. Clark Morrison & Daniel D. Doporto
Whose Water Is It?(page 21)by John H. Minan
Sewage Happens(page 27)(a panel discussion)
Defense of the Commons(page 4)By Mark Dowie
Thoughts from the 2001 Environmental Law Conference(page 8)By Bill Lockyer
Water in the 21st Century(page 10)By Peter H. Gleick
Readers Forum(page 16)
The Power Plant Building Boom: Will Quick Fixes Make Big Problems?(page 3)By Anne E. Simon
2001: A Spaced Oddity(page 7)By Kathleen Walsh and George T. Poppic Jr.
Time for Real Energy Policy(page 13)By Daniel M. Kammen
Readers Forum(page 17)
“Critical Habitat” Under the Endangered Species Act: Meaningless Designation or Effective Regulation?(page 3)By David E. Moser and Peter Morrisette
NWF v. Babbitt: Victory for Smart Growth and Imperiled Wildlife(page 7)By John Kostyack
Endangered Species and Natural Resource Management:Proposed ESA Listings Drive Ecosystem Planning in Sierra National Forests(page 15)By Erin Noel
Imposing Significant Consequences for Inflicting Significant Impacts(page 22)By Brett J. Morris
Members on the Move(page 24)
Message from the Chair(page 2)By Bruce S. Klafter
Plenary Session Address(page 3)By Philip Angelides
Plenary Session Address(page 8)By Barry E. Hill
Plenary Session Address(page 13)By David Hayes
Members on the Move(page 17)
Greetings from the Editors(page 3) by Jane B. Kroesche and Marta J. Burg
Message from the Chair Emeritus(page 5) by Peter Hsiaor
The Emergence of Smart Growth( page 7) by Matthew D. Francois
Members on the Move(page 11)
A Different Approach to Resolving Environmental Contamination Litigationby Thomas P. Guarino(page 13)
The Newhall Ranch Decision and Its Implicationsby Antonette Benita Cordero(page 18)
Private Enforcement of Environmental Law: Introduction(page 4) by Tara Mueller & Margarita Padilla
Message from the Chair(page 6)
Citizen Suits in the Federal Courts: Pre-Litigation Considerations(page 7) by Helen Kang
Standing in the Wake of Laidlaw(page 12) by Rick R. Rothman and Michael J. Stiles
Using Proposition 65 to Battle Water Pollution(page 18 ) by Frederic Evenson
Defense Strategies in Proposition 65 Litigation(page 23) by William Funderburk, Jr.and Peter Muthig
California' Unfair Competition Law: The Biggest Hammer in the Tool Box?(page 38) by James Wheaton
Attorneys' Fees from the Natural Resource User Perspective (page 52) by Gregory K. Wilkinson
Members on the Move(page 60)
Sections Environmental Negotiations Competition Draws Students from Across the State(page 61)
Editors' Introduction: Highlights from Yosemite 1999(page 3)
Message from the Chair(page 5) by Peter Hsiao
Address of the California Attorney General(page 7) by the Honourable Bill Lockyer
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation in the Era of Globalization(page 12) by Greg Block
Sea Change: Selected Excerpts(page 19) by Dr. Sylvia Earle
upcoming Events(page 24)
Announcements(page 27)
Members on the Move(page 28)
Sponsors of the Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite Earn the Gratitude of Their Colleagues(page 30)
Message from the Chair(page 3) by Mark Spalding
Guest Editor's Introduction: Current Environmental Issues in California Indian Country(page 5)by Marta J. Burg
Map: Indian Trust Land and Unterminated Rancherias(Revised Version from Vol. 9, No. 1)(page 8)
Environmental Regulation and California Indian Gaming(page 10) by Joanne Willis Newton and Lawrence R. Stidham
Tribal Environmental Protection Activity Under EPA-Administered Programs(page 18) by Daniel J. Pingaro
Tribal Water Issues(page 22) by James B. Cooney
Socioeconomic Inequity in California Indian Country(page 28) by Michael Connolly
Members on the Move(page 35)