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Environmental

Jun. 10, 2010

Board Sets Emissions Standards

Lawyers analyzing the climate change impacts of their clients' projects have had little legal guidance. Bay Area air quality regulators have now issued a comprehensive guide.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Lawyers analyzing the climate change impacts of projects such as new housing developments or road building have so far had little legal guidance to rely on. But that could change now that Bay Area air quality regulators have issued the first comprehensive guide to determine when a project needs to act to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

For decades, the California Environmental Quality...

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