Environmental and Natural Resources

The Law of the Colorado River: An Opportunity for Change

The Department of Interior announced on Monday, May 22, 2023 an agreement with the Lower Basin states to conserve 3 million acre-feet (“MAF”) of water in Lake Mead for the next four years, with 2.3 MAF paid for with funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. The balance of 700,000 acre-feet will need to be conserved […]

May 23, 2023 | 10 min read | Tagged: Arizona, Bureau of Reclamation, California, Climate Change, Drought, Drought Contingency Plan, Interim Guidelines, Nevada

Fred Breedlove Counsel

John D. Burnside Counsel

John Habib Associate

L. William Staudenmaier Partner

Who Will Climate Change Advocates Begin Suing Next?

by Mitchell J. Klein As most people are aware, various public and private entities have filed lawsuits against fossil fuel producers alleging a variety of claims that seek to enjoin behavior and obtain damages as a result of the defendants’ contributions toward climate change. But the question arises as to whether the plaintiffs will be […]

March 18, 2021 | 3 min read | Tagged: American Petroleum Institute, Climate Change, Climate Change Lawsuits, fossil fuels, FTC, gasoline, oil

Mitchell J. Klein Of Counsel

Colorado Announces GHG Reduction Road Map

By Patrick J. Paul On January 14, 2021, Colorado published its Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap, representing the most substantive planning process the state has ever undertaken on climate leadership, pollution reduction and clean energy transition. The Roadmap is a testament to the efforts of numerous state agencies including the Colorado Energy Office and the Departments of […]

February 3, 2021 | 2 min read | Tagged: Climate, Climate Change, COVID-19, Greenhouse Gas, Polis

Patrick J. Paul, P.C. Partner

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Youth Climate Change Suit

by Patrick J. Paul On January 17, 2020, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1, thirty-two page decision, authored by Arizona’s former Vice-Chief Justice Andrew Hurwitz, dismissed a climate change lawsuit brought by 21 plaintiffs aged 8 through 19 against the federal government for violating their right to a […]

January 21, 2020 | 4 min read | Tagged: Climate Change, Eve of Destruction, Greta Thunberg, Ninth Circuit

Patrick J. Paul, P.C. Partner

Renewables Sector May Reap Windfall from Paris Climate Summit

by Erik G. Nielsen On November 30, 2015, world leaders converged in Paris for COP 21—the United Nations conference on climate change. This is the 21st year that countries from around the world have come together with the goal of reducing the impacts of global climate change. While negotiations are still ongoing, it is expected […]

December 4, 2015 | 2 min read | Tagged: Climate Change, COP21, Renewables, solar, wind

Erik G. Nielsen Former Associate

CEQA Lawsuit to Enforce Climate Change Mitigation Measure Prevails

By: Katherine A. McKitterick and Sean M. Sherlock On October 29, 2014 the California Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s judgment enforcing a mitigation measure adopted by a county in its program environmental impact report (PEIR). As of the date of this blog post, this case is unpublished. Therefore, this case does not […]

November 13, 2014 | 3 min read | Tagged: CEQA, Climate Change, Mitigation Measures

Katherine McKitterick Nessan Associate

Sean M. Sherlock Partner