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Proyecto de ley busca excluir la actividad minera del Paisaje Cultural Cafetero de Colombia

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Se radicó ante la Cámara de Representantes el 3 de noviembre de 2025, un proyecto de ley que tiene como objetivo excluir el desarrollo de actividades mineras en el Paisaje Cultural Cafetero de Colombia (PCCC) al modificar el...more

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How New York State’s Superfund Amendments are Expanding the Use of Environmental Liens

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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recently enacted budget bill for 2025-2026 includes several important changes to the New York State Superfund program. The Superfund was created to help enforce state hazardous waste regulations and to...more

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California climate disclosure laws: Ninth Circuit temporarily halts SB 261 and CARB provides new guidance

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On November 18th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted a motion for injunction on SB 261 (the "Injunction"). The Injunction, announced during the California Air Resources Board's ("CARB's") third virtual...more

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White House Issues “Genesis Mission” Executive Order on AI

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On November 24, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order launching the “Genesis Mission”, a national initiative led by the Department of Energy (“DOE”) to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery. This...more

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Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Solar Finance Under the Microscope — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast

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In this crossover episode of Payments Pros and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Jason Cover, Mark Furletti, and Andrew Thurmond return to unpack the complex landscape of residential solar finance. They highlight practical...more

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Practical IP Lessons From the Field Part One: Protecting Innovation in Oil & Gas - Energy Law Insights

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Join Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Greg Len and Charles Baker for a concise, practitioner-focused conversation on how intellectual property issues play out across the oil and gas value chain. Drawing on real litigation...more

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Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Solar Finance Under the Microscope — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros, Jason Cover, Mark Furletti, and Andrew Thurmond return to unpack the complex landscape of residential solar finance. They highlight practical...more

King & Spalding

Outlook and Opportunities in GCC Projects into 2026 and Beyond

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Strong Contract Award Values and Resilient Outlook - The GCC Projects market has continued to perform strongly against its ten-year average spend (around US$ 164b1) and is on track to perform at similar levels to 2023 and...more

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Clean Water/Drinking Water State Revolving Funds: Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Approves Projects Totaling $153 Million

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Commission approved $153 million for drinking water and wastewater related projects. 52 entities will receive the funds....more

Mayer Brown

MME Moves Forward With Structuring the 2026 Capacity Reserve Auctions

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INSIDE THE 2026 LRCAP - On October 24, 2025, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (“MME”) published Normative Ordinances No. 118/2025 and No. 119/2025, which establish the guidelines and procedures for the 2026 Capacity...more

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Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 18: The Triad’s Economic Momentum with Marvin Price of the Greensboro...

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Hosts Tina Emerson and Chris Kouri sit down with Marvin Price, Executive Vice President of Economic Development at the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce and a Board Member of the NC Economic Development Association (NCEDA). With...more

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Federal Agencies Unveil Revised WOTUS Rule That May Ease CWA Permitting

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On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a proposed rule to amend the regulatory definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio EPA Issues Draft General NPDES Permit for Data Centers

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Given the proliferation of data center activity in Ohio, the Ohio EPA has issued a draft general permit for discharges to waters of the state from data center facility operations. The Ohio EPA is holding a public hearing and...more

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De la politique à la pratique : L’évolution du droit de l’environnement au Canada en 2025

En 2025, le cadre de la réglementation environnementale au Canada a connu d’importants changements par suite de l’introduction, à l’échelle fédérale et provinciale, de réformes visant à accélérer l’approbation des grands...more

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Data Centers as Engines of Economic Growth

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The electric utility sector has long been shaped by the steady hand of regulation. For decades, utility commissions have balanced the needs of reliability, affordability and fairness against the realities of capital...more

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New AI Action Plan Executive Order For the Establishment of the Genesis Mission

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As part of the AI Action Plan, President Trump issued an executive order for the establishment of the Genesis Mission, an integrated artificial intelligence platform for Federal scientific datasets. Background Information...more

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Strategies for Mitigating Data Center Development Delays - Data Centers Series

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Picking up where they left off in Episode 1, Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Carl Bivens and Ben Henry discuss in Episode 2 of our Data Center series how smart contracts and sharper risk allocation can curb data center...more

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Net Metering/Solar-Energy Generating Facility: Arkansas Court of Appeals Addresses Agricultural Operations Challenge to Tariff

The Court of Appeals of Arkansas (“Court”) addressed in a November 19th Opinion an issue involving net metering. See Don L. Kittler, Jr. v. Entergy Arkansas, LLC, 2025 Ark. App. 567....more

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New York’s Nuclear Pivot: Implications for Advanced Manufacturing and Grid-Intensive Industries

New York has taken a significant step toward reintroducing nuclear energy as a core component of its long-term industrial and economic strategy. In June 2025, Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to...more

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EPA Grants Texas Primacy Over Class VI Injection Wells

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule approving the Texas Railroad Commission’s (RRC) application for primacy over Class VI injection wells. Class VI is a category of Underground Injection Control...more

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Efforts to Regulate California Data Centers Falter—For Now

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As the self-described epicenter of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, California has become home to one of the largest concentrations of existing data centers in the world, with more projects underway. However,...more

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DOE’s Misstep Didn’t Matter: COFC Says Errors Not Enough to Overturn $128 Million Award

In National Energy Security Operations, LLC v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 25-774 (Sept. 30, 2025, reissued Nov. 24, 2025), National Energy Security Operations, LLC challenged a $128 million Department of...more

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The Promise of an Energy Superpower: Canada and Alberta Sign Transformational MOU

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On November 27, 2025, the Governments of Canada and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) in which they agreed to collaborate, alongside Indigenous peoples, to develop energy infrastructure that supports...more

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Data Centre Opportunities: Alberta and Canadian Initiatives Advance a World-Class Industry

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As the increasingly broad application of artificial intelligence (“AI”) transforms business and society, Alberta is in a unique position to take the lead on developing and hosting the required infrastructure – generally...more

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The EN-7 Nuclear Policy Statement – Navigating the UK’s Nuclear Revival

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The UK Government's final draft of the National Policy Statement for nuclear energy generation (“EN-7”) introduces important changes to UK nuclear energy policy. Whilst further work is still required to give the nuclear...more

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