Appellate ruling may make it more difficult for CEQA practitioners to reconcile GHG analysis with state targets. >>read more

The Fourth District rules that San Diego County created a significance threshold for GHG emissions -- even though the threshold was supposedly a recommended method never adopted by the county. >>read more

The annual state planners' conference -- being held right now in Pasadena -- appears to be bigger than ever. >>read more

Papers on "Vibrant Communities" & VMT reduction hint at state policy direction. >>read more

Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order to establish a California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 - the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any government in North America to reduce dangerous carbon emissions over the next decade and a half. >>read more