On-Demand Webinar | Regulatory Uncertainty and Linear Infrastructure Projects: Where Are We and What’s Ahead?
CCUS: Understanding The Class VI Permitting Process
Federal Contracting Overseas: Insider Tips for Ensuring Compliance with Host Country Laws
On-Demand Webinar | Charting a Course for Offshore Wind Energy in California
Wiley Webinar: Biotech Briefings – U.S. Department of Agriculture – Plant Pests and Importation Part 330
Jones Day Talks: Developments in Germany's Wind Power Regulations
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
How Trump's Infrastructure Plan Impacts the Energy Industry
The Koontz Decision: Limits Conditions a Government can Impose on Developers
Supreme Court Hands Landowners a Major Victory - Nossaman's Brad Kuhn
Do you know the restrictions for a probationary driver in New Jersey?
California Lawmakers Making a Strong Push to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing
Governor Gavin Newsom announced proposed major new infrastructure permitting reforms on May 19, 2023 in an effort to create thousands of jobs and build California’s clean energy future. The eleven-bill package seeks to...more
Last week, a trio of bills related to last-mile warehouses were introduced by Council Member Alexa Avilés, and co-sponsored by Council Members Jennifer Gutiérrez (District 34, Williamsburg), Sandy Nurse (District 37,...more
La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) de México publicó en el Semanario Judicial de la Federación la tesis de jurisprudencia 1a./J.83/2022 (11a.) (Jurisprudencia) el 17 de junio de 2022. Este criterio establece...more
Join Bricker energy attorneys Kara Herrnstein and Dylan Borchers as they review changes to the utility scale permitting process as a result of Ohio Senate Bill 52. This webinar is the first of a multi-part series of...more
On May 6, 2021, members of Nossaman’s Coastal Development and Environment & Land Use Groups along with some special guest speakers discussed current proposals and pending regulations concerning offshore wind development along...more
Effective as of January 1, 2021, the Virginia State Corporation Commission adopted Regulations Governing the Deployment of Energy Storage (the “Storage Rules”). The Storage Rules were promulgated pursuant to the Virginia...more
Please join members of Nossaman’s Coastal Development and Environment & Land Use Groups on May 6, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT as we present “Charting a Course for Offshore Wind Energy in California” to discuss...more
The Upper Tribunal has, reluctantly it is fair to say, found that telecoms operators in situ under agreements granted under the old Code but which expired before the new Code came into force have no Code protection and are...more
In a recent special alert addressing Northern Plains Resource Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, we reported that the federal district court for Montana vacated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Nationwide Permit...more
Mr. Jimmy Rogers undertook a webinar presentation for the Arkansas Environmental Federation titled: Section 404 Permitting – Today & Tomorrow (“Presentation”) - Mr. Rogers is an environmental scientist with FTN...more
Cancelled Teck Oil Sands Project Underscores Global Climate-Energy Policy Tension - "The Frontier project became the latest casualty in oil-producing countries with robust environmental movements agitating to cut...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Southland Improvement District (“SID”) entered into a December 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
Supreme Court Showdown Set Over Pipeline Crossing of Appalachian Trail - "Led by Dominion and Duke Energy, the company contends that 'long-standing precedent' allows pipelines to cross the 2,000-mile national scenic...more
Electric utilities in the U.S. historically have been buyers and sellers, but not producers, of renewable energy. Largely due to tax and accounting constraints, vertically integrated, regulated utilities traditionally have...more
In Aptos Residents Association v. County of Santa Cruz, the court of appeal upheld Santa Cruz County’s use of a CEQA exemption to approve a distributed antenna system (often referred to as a DAS) for the provision of cell...more
In February 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) issued a draft Engineering Circular (“EC”) outlining proposed policies and procedures regarding how it will address third-party requests to alter civil works...more
• The Trump Administration released an ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018 – a plan that includes many provisions focused upon encouraging the reuse of contaminated brownfields and Superfund sites. ...more
The Supreme Court of South Carolina considered the constitutionality of the registration provisions of its Surface Water Withdrawal Act (“Act”). See Jowers v. South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, 2017 WL...more
Virginia Agency Takes Unexpected Step that Could Delay Gas Pipeline Project - "The State Water Control Board approved permits for the $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which is backed by Dominion Energy, but took the...more
Large-scale solar development is big business, and solar EPC Contracts are big business by association. In Q2 2017, the U.S. solar market installed 2,387 MWdc, an 8% increase year-over-year, and the largest second quarter...more
Modifications and updates to the general permits will impact both new and ongoing projects, including in energy, mining, transportation, and construction sectors. Key Points: - Nationwide Permits 12 and 14, which...more
On Monday, June 22, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency where it affirmed EPA’s authority to impose limits for greenhouse gas (GHG)...more
Focus: Supreme Court upholds EPA's power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from large stationary sources – but scolds EPA for overreaching in its regulatory approach - Allen Matkins - Jun 24: On...more
Most Californians are well aware of the restrictions currently being placed on water use throughout the state. The ongoing drought and dwindling water supplies in California are dramatically affecting those with rights to...more
Since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) June 2, 2014 revelation of its Clean Power Plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil-fuel powered electric generators (the “Plan”), it has garnered much...more