What Two Recent California Supreme Court Rulings Mean for Analysis of Environmental Impact at Project Sites and Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Protected Species

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The California Supreme Court recently issued two important decisions involving the interpretation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The first finds that agencies generally are not required to evaluate the impacts of the environment on a project and the second invalidates the CEQA analysis for a major housing project near Los Angeles on the basis of how greenhouse gas emissions were considered in determining whether the project will have a significant impact. Each is briefly described herein.

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