Election Roundup: How a Harris Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 25: Issues for Public Employers with Bertha Enriquez of Renewable Water Resources
Economics of the Energy Transition: Keith Fullenweider on Wharton Business Daily
Small Refinery Exemption Litigation Update
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects: Identifying and Avoiding Contractual, Economic, Legal, and Regulatory Pitfalls
Powering Anything, Anywhere With Alex Livingston, Joule Case — Battery + Storage Podcast
Flexible Real Estate Financing Solutions for Storage Projects With Laura Pagliarulo, SolaREIT — Battery + Storage Podcast
Overcoming Energy Conversion Challenges With Jason Barmann, EPC Power Corp — Battery + Storage Podcast
4 Key Takeaways | Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Investments in Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction
The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash - Energy Law Insights
The Capacity Crunch, Part Three: Unpacking the Power of the IRA: The Potential Game-Changing Opportunities for Utilities
The Capacity Crunch, Part Two: Public Utilities, Resource Planning & Deployment, and the IRA
Nuevos vientos para la energía eólica en Colombia, la apuesta Offshore
The Capacity Crunch, Part One: Reliability and Decarbonization in the Short Term
6 Key Takeaways | Legislative Developments in Decommissioning Requirements in North Carolina
Brad Gibbs Discusses the Intersection of Renewables and Oil and Gas in Emerging Surface Use Issues
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 15 - Climate Week NYC
Renewable Natural Gas and the Promise of a Cleaner Future
What is the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit? The Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit available through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is designed to increase the siting of, and access to renewable energy...more
A 10-page article by Holland & Knight’s Jennifer Hernandez, published this month by the Center for Jobs & the Economy/California Business Roundtable, documents that CEQA litigation targeted nearly 50,000 housing units –...more
Judge rejects lawsuit over California housing density bill (SB 10) Bullet Courthouse News Service – May 12 Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant held last week that the California Legislature has the...more
Audit: California too slow in offering surplus land for affordable housing - Bullet U.S. News & World Report – March 22 California has not effectively used surplus properties owned by the state to help alleviate the...more
As risks of climate change rise, investors seek greener buildings - The New York Times – October 26 - When the developer Lendlease opens its $600 million residential and office complex in Los Angeles, expected in...more
As previously reported, California Senate Bill (SB) 7, the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 20, 2021, and became effective...more
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez introduce ‘Green New Deal for Public Housing’ - The Hill – April 19 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have introduced a “Green New Deal for Public...more
With the end of the first quarter of 2021 approaching, we thought it timely to issue an update on selected recent developments and proposed changes in law and policy touching environmental, land use, and natural resource...more
New bill would fight homelessness by raising California’s corporate tax rates - The Mercury News – January 13 - New, higher tax rates on large corporations doing business in California would raise $2.4 billion to fund...more
U.S. government creates new programs for data center efficiency and research - Bisnow – January 10 - The $2.3 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act approved last month, which included $900 billion for coronavirus...more
New law aims to increase individual home ownership in California - Bullet SFGate – September 29 - A bill prompted by the Moms 4 Housing occupation of a vacant West Oakland home late last year and signed by Governor...more
California commercial real estate ramps up use of alternative energy sources - Bullet Bisnow – September 13 - Stem is one of a number of alternative energy companies seeing an increase in demand from commercial real...more
On February 20, 2020, the California Energy Commission approved its first community solar system under the 2019 Energy Code, which allows developers of new homes within Sacramento Municipal Utility District (“SMUD”) to meet...more
In this op-ed for pv magazine, David Lazerwitz and Linda Sobczynski of Farella Braun + Martel examine the levels of precaution necessary to ensure fire risk mitigation in project development. Originally published in...more
Wildfires pose an increasingly serious threat to the public and environment in California. So it should be no surprise that the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) amended Appendix G of California Environmental...more
The Nevada State Legislature’s 80th regular session made history with the first female majority in the nation. This session focused on issues such as healthcare, energy, construction, and employment. ...more
Zambia sets sights on yet more solar as another 34 MW is connected to grid - The 34 MW Ngonye solar photovoltaic plant, in Zambia, has been connected to the country’s grid and has started operations....more
• The California Energy Commission voted unanimously on May 9, 2018, to require solar panels on all new single-family homes and apartment buildings that are three stories or less starting in 2020. • The new regulations...more
One of President Trump’s early campaign promises was to dismantle the 2015 Clean Water Rule, the Obama administration’s regulation asserting federal power over navigable bodies of water and aiming to replace polluting...more