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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Build More, Faster? Newsom Signs Infrastructure and Budget Legislation 

On July 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills intended to accelerate critical infrastructure projects across the State aimed at achieving monumental climate and clean energy goals while...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CEQA to Project Proponents: ‘Why Can’t You Do Solar?’

What Happened - A mammoth case out of Lake Tahoe affirms a new environmental review obligation for project proponents: Why can’t you do solar? Upending what traditionally was a relatively straightforward analysis regarding...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - June 2020 #3

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Proposed California law would fast-track environmentally sustainable transit - San Francisco Chronicle – June 15 - Transportation projects focused on public transit, bikes, and pedestrians would get fast-tracked for...more

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California’s New Climate Change Laws Tighten Limits on GHG, Increase Legislative Oversight of CARB

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California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law last week two controversial anti-climate change bills that will tighten greenhouse gas (GHG) limits by 40% and increase legislative supervision of the California Air Resources...more

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Energy Sector Alert Series: Hot Topics in California

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Important energy issues continue to arise at the intersection of law and policy in California. Here are eight hot topics that require the attention of entities with interests in California's energy sector....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California's New Climate Era: SB 350 and Beyond

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Two out of three ain’t bad. Climate change policy advocates may find themselves quoting Meat Loaf with the enactment of Senate Bill (SB) 350, which California’s Legislature passed last month and which Governor Jerry...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2015

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Environmental and Policy Focus - California Senate approves landmark legislation to combat climate change: San Jose Mercury News - Jun 3: The California Senate on Wednesday approved a sweeping package of climate change...more

Morgan Lewis

California Energy Legislation Year in Review 2014

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INTRODUCTION - In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Brown called for an ambitious expansion of the State’s renewable energy goals to 50% by 2030, a policy direction that may drive the State’s...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Is A 16% Reduction in GHG Emissions From "Business-As-Usual" Enough Under CEQA?

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Our previous post on the Second District Court of Appeal’s decision in Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife, No. B245141 (Mar. 20, 2014), highlighted the court’s holdings on California...more

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