Environment Reporter: Current Developments Index-Summary

JAPAN

– Electric vehicle battery development, In Brief, 930
– Green initiative to reduce GHG emissions, create jobs, 929
– Kyoto Protocol successor agreement, modest emissions reduction target sparks criticism, 1360
– Military facilities, government proposal requires U.S. to clean up environmental contamination on its bases, 2194

JURISDICTION

– Class actions

– – Air toxic exposure of school children, case belongs in federal court (N.D. Ind.), 2497
– – Denial of certification does not deprive court under Fairness Act (W.D. La.), 337

– Navigable waters

– – Clarification of EPA jurisdiction

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 787

– – EPA jurisdiction, better definition needed, Jackson says, 831
– – EPA water nominee cites as challenge, 1125
– – Pond's proximity to creek and river insufficient to establish as intrastate lake (D. Or.), 2578
– – State associations urge House panel to approve clarifying legislation, 1002

– Wetlands

See WETLANDS

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Environment and Natural Resources Div., Obama to nominate Moreno, In Brief, 1139; Moreno cites experience at Senate confirmation hearing, 2141