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California Courts of Appeal

Aug. 9, 2011

Courts offer little clarity on CEQA cases

Local governments across California are looking at the climate change impacts on everything from housing developments to oil refinery expansions to county land use plans. But the question over how far to go remains up for debate.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Local governments across California are looking at climate change impacts on everything from housing developments to oil refinery expansions to county land use plans. But the question of how far to go remains up for debate.


Lawyers have been seeking answers in the courts, trying to nail down the details of what the California Environmental Quality Act requires when it comes to heat-trapping gases. Som...

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