Center for Biological Diversity v. City of Pittsburg

Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) challenge to the City of Pittsburg’s approval of development plan for a 76.38-acre site. The three-phase project would include a data center and two warehouses. CBD alleged that the environmental impact report (EIR) failed to disclose or adequately analyze impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, and to identify and adopt feasible mitigation measures and to consider reasonable alternatives. Regarding greenhouse gas emissions, CBD alleged that the EIR failed to include and fully analyze all of the project’s greenhouse gas emissions and to incorporate all feasible mitigation and avoidance measures, and also used an inappropriate significance threshold. Other alleged climate change-related deficiencies included failure to consider climate change impacts on water supply.