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10/02/2008	SB 375 Becomes Law, Pushing Greenhouse Gas Reduction to the Forefront of California Transportation, Economic and Land Use Planning
09/04/2008	Product Recall Requirements Under the New Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
08/26/2008	Climate Change Bill Imminent: Lawyers Published with permission of Portfolio Media, Inc. © 2008. Originally published in Enviromental Law360.
08/26/2008	California Presses Its Green Chemistry Initiative
08/19/2008	President Bush Signs Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Imposing Sweeping New Safety and Enforcement Standards for Children’s Products
08/06/2008	Building a Greener San Francisco
07/24/2008	Green Buildings: Coming to a Location Near You!
07/21/2008	Stayin’ Alive: California Legislature Grants Automatic One-Year Extension to Subdivision Map Act Approvals
06/26/2008	The Scoop on California’s Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases – Golden State to Require Cap-and-Trade, Wind-Solar-Geothermal, Green Buildings and Clean Cars California’s Greenhouse Gas Plan
06/02/2008	New Federal Policy Means More Cleantech For Contractors
05/12/2008	Developers Beware: Significant Changes in Store for General Storm Water Permits for Construction Activities
05/07/2008	New Ninth Circuit Decision Confirms that Parties Who Undertake Soil and Groundwater Cleanups Voluntarily or at the Request of State Agencies May Seek Recovery of Costs Via Superfund Lawsuits
05/06/2008	Morrison & Foerster Takes Up ABA/EPA “Law Office Climate Challenge,” a Call to Firms to Be Better at Being Green Climate Challenge complements firm’s long-standing community service contributions, comes on the heels of its new Cleantech practice
02/14/2008	New EPA Reporting Requirements for Lead in Children’s Products (Ages 14 and Under)
02/08/2008	A Dispatch from the Water Wars -- The Georgia Front
01/07/2008	Governor Schwarzenegger Takes the EPA to Court
12/20/2007	On the Road to New Fuel Efficiency Standards
10/19/2007	California Legislature Widens Control Over Hazardous Substances in Electronic Products and Furthers Energy Efficiency to Protect Climate – Lighting and Lamps
09/14/2007	Vermont Court Gives the "Green Light" to California's Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Automobiles
08/23/2007	Landmark CEQA/Climate Change Settlement
06/27/2007	EPA Tailors Incentives to New Owners of Facilities and Businesses under its Audit Policy
06/11/2007	Supreme Court Upholds Private Right of Action Under CERCLA Removes any doubt about a private party's right to sue for environmental response costs under federal Superfund
06/06/2007	New Guidance Narrows Federal Regulation of Some Wetlands, Streams and Ditches
04/30/2007	Composite Wood Products “Across-the-Board” Face New California Limits on Formaldehyde
04/10/2007	Ninth Circuit Decides CERCLA Case Regarding Defenses to Joint and Several Liability
04/09/2007	“One Bite at the Apple” - CEQA Statute of Limitations Runs from First Discretionary Approval
04/03/2007	Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks—The Supreme Court Decides in Massachusetts v. EPA that the Decades-Old Clean Air Act May Regulate Greenhouse Gases
04/03/2007	“Duking” It Out – Supreme Court Decides Major Clean Air Act Case Regarding Modification of Facilities Supreme Court Decision in Environmental Defense, et al. v. Duke Energy et al. April 2, 2007
03/22/2007	The Dirt – Winter 2007: Land Use, Environmental, Natural Resources and Consumer Products Law and Regulation The Dirt, Volume 2, No.1 Winter 2007
03/21/2007	Leading Water to the Horse: Practical Guidance for CEQA Water Supply Analysis in the Wake Of Vineyard Area Citizens
03/21/2007	Court Rejects Direct Challenge to SB 610 Water Supply Assessment
03/21/2007	Private Plaintiffs Attempt to Usurp Attorney General’s Role under Proposition 65
03/21/2007	California Adopts Significant Electronic Recycling and Waste Control Regulations
03/21/2007	New Proposed Rule Expands Use of Conservation Easements to Protect Mitigation Areas under Clean Water Act
03/21/2007	Green Construction Standards Continue to "Build" Momentum
03/21/2007	Environmental Plaintiff Dealt a Blow in Storm Water Case
03/21/2007	Supreme Court Round-up: Environmental Cases Figure Big on this Year's Docket
02/09/2007	Hot Water for New Development! Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rancho Cordova
12/14/2006	The Dirt -- Fall 2006; Land Use, Environmental, Natural Resources and Consumer Products Law and Regulation The Dirt, Volume 1, No. 2 Fall 2006
12/14/2006	New Climate Change Law – Kyoto in California?
12/14/2006	Courts Uphold the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Program, Providing Important Guidance for Future Planning in California
12/14/2006	Trade Group's Declaratory Relief Action Against Private Enforcer Found Not to be a "Slapp" Suit
12/14/2006	Applicability of Voting Rights Act to Initiatives and Referenda Remains Uncertain Following Ninth Circuit Decision
12/14/2006	When Does a Moratorium Become a Mortuary? The Death of a Vesting Tentative Map Under Ailanto Properties, Inc. v. City of Half Moon Bay
12/14/2006	Court Dismisses "Altamont" Case, Rejecting Claims Based on Public's "Ownership" of Birds

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