Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods v. Regents of the University of California

The California Court of Appeal held that challenges to the analysis of the environmental impacts of increased enrollment at the University of California, Berkeley, were moot because the Regents of the University of California had certified a new environmental impact report (EIR) and California had enacted legislation that restricted California Environmental Quality Act reviews of the impacts of increased enrollment. The new EIR’s analysis of the impacts of increased enrollment focused on seven categories, one of which was greenhouse gas emissions.

The court found that the university's environmental review was legally insufficient and that a reduced enrollment alternative should have been considered. Climate change issues were not discussed in the court's decision.