After the courts squashed its first-in-the-nation natural gas ban, the city of Berkeley, California, has emerged with a new strategy to curb the planet-warming fossil fuel: taxing large buildings that ...
BERKELEY, Calif. - The city of Berkeley lost its latest legal battle to enforce a ban on natural gas pipes in new construction. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied ...
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order protecting 18 residents of the Eighth and Harrison Street encampment in ...
This story by Akielly Hu was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court decided not to revisit its earlier decision to strike down ...
The City of Berkeley, California, agreed to stop enforcing — and work to repeal — a landmark climate rule banning natural gas hookups in new construction, ending a nearly four-year court battle to ...
BERKELEY — The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that UC Berkeley can proceed with its controversial plan to build high-rise student housing on the site of storied People’s Park just south of ...
The California Supreme Court, on June 6, 2024, reversed the First District Court of Appeal’s decision regarding UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) EIR. The Supreme Court’s unanimous ...
A court decision overturning a ban on natural gas installations in new homes and buildings in Berkeley is scrambling attempts by communities in the San Diego area that enacted similar ordinances or ...