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Environmental

May 1, 2007

A Legal Step Back for Environmental Activist

A trial judge has turned back a demand to halt a large housing development in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta until planners study the potential impact of global warming on the area. But this is only the first legal battle over forcing planning authorities to take account of climate change analysis. It won't be the last.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists might have a tougher time than they anticipated in forcing planning authorities to consider climate change when they review development projects.
      Last week, in what is believed to be the first legal test applying state environmental laws to the issue of global warming, a Sacramento Superior Court judge turned ba...

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