Communities for a Better Env't v. Richmond, City of
ELR Citation: ELR 20126 No(s). 08-1429 (Sup. Ct. Cal. Jun 4, 2009)
A California trial court held that a city's environmental impact report for a major expansion of an oil refinery in Richmond, California, violated the California Environmental Quality Act's new greenhouse gas requirements. Although the city identified a standard of no net increases in greenhouse gas...