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Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Riverside

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / California
Year
2018
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Riverside

About this case

Filing year
2018
Status
Notice of appeal filed by Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and San Bernadino Valley Audubon Society.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → California
Docket number
RIC1800517, RIC1800722
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → California Superior Court (Cal. Super. Ct.)
Case category
State Law Claims (US) → State Impact Assessment Laws (US)
Principal law
United States → California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
At issue
Challenge to environmental impact report for master-planned community in Riverside County, including for failure to consider how climate change would exacerbate the project's impacts.
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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05/11/2020
Notice of appeal filed by Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and San Bernadino Valley Audubon Society.
Appeal
10/22/2018
Consolidated opening brief filed by petitioners.
Brief
01/09/2018
Petition for writ of mandate filed.
Three environmental groups challenged the environmental impact report (EIR) prepared for a master-planned community in Riverside County that included 8,725 dwelling units and 1,380,000 square feet of commercial uses on 2,883 acres. The petitioners alleged, among other things, that the EIR failed adequately analyze how climate change would exacerbate the project's impacts, including impacts on water resources. They also said the EIR failed to properly disclose conflicts with state and local climate change laws and policies.
Petition

Summary

Challenge to environmental impact report for master-planned community in Riverside County, including for failure to consider how climate change would exacerbate the project's impacts.

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Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance