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Connecting The CEQA Dots? Supreme Court Holds Friant Ranch Project EIR’s Air Quality Impacts Discussion Insufficiently Relates Pollutant Data To Specific Adverse Human Health Effects

In a unanimous 33-page opinion authored by Justice Ming Chin and issued on December 24, 2018, the California Supreme Court addressed the standard of review for claims challenging the legal sufficiency of an EIR’s discussion of environmental impacts, and also CEQA’s … Continue reading

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Green Straws, Dots, Aprons, and Letters?

Starbucks is moving away from green straws, actually any plastic straws, to live a little more green. So, we’re unlikely to see any straw trademark filings, despite decent look-for advertising. While Starbucks appears to have drawn the short straw at the … Continue reading

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David Brooks's unwillingness to connect the dots

David Brooks has a column  in today’s NYTimes entitled “One Reform to Save America.”  Briefly, he calls for the adoption of the (uncited) FairVote proposal to get rid of single-member congressional districts in favor of multi-member districts elected with proportional representation, … Continue reading

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On the DOTs Tentative Approval for Continental to Join Star

Last week the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a Show Cause Order for the Star Alliances Joint Application for a grant of authority and antitrust immunity for Continental to be added to the alliance. See Dkt. No. OST-2008-0234, Order 2009-4-5… … Continue reading

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