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CEQA Reform is Here: California Prioritizes Common Sense Development Policies Over Paper-Pushing

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Part one of a three-part series - Governor Gavin Newsom signed two sweeping budget trailer bills, Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130) and Senate Bill 131 (SB 131), into law on June 30, 2025, enacting meaningful changes to the...more

Jones Day

ESRS Simplification: Updated Timeline and Expectations

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The European Commission has extended the deadline for the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) to submit its technical advice on simplifying the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Commission Consults on CBAM Extension and Announces Plans to Protect EU Exporters

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On 1 July 2025, the European Commission (Commission) released a call for evidence regarding the potential to extend the scope of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Regulation (CBAM) to cover certain downstream...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks (Trump EO Tracker)

Directs the Department of the Interior (DOI), in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), to raise entrance and pass fees for foreign visitors to national parks while improving affordability and access for U.S....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Establishing the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission (Trump EO Tracker)

Establishes the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission to coordinate federal conservation efforts and expand outdoor recreation access. The Commission is directed to promote natural resource stewardship, reduce...more

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Georgia House Special Committee to Shape Long-Term Energy and Water Policy

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On May 22, 2025, the Georgia House of Representatives convened the inaugural meeting of the Special Committee on Resource Management, a group charged with examining how Georgia will manage the long-term demands of population...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

California Proposes Listing Microplastics Under Safer Consumer Products Program

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has taken a step toward regulating microplastics. On June 20, 2025, DTSC proposed to add microplastics to its Candidate Chemical List (CCL) under the state’s Safer...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 7.7.25

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On June 30, 2025, Governor Newsom signed two budget trailer bills into law: Assembly Bill 130 and Senate Bill 131, which reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) effective immediately. As explained by the...more

Cooley LLP

Corp Fin Revises Two (And Withdraws One) Legal Proceeding Disclosure CDIs

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A few weeks ago, Corp Fin revised two – and withdrew one – of the Legal Proceedings CDIs under Item 103 of Regulation S-K. These CDI changes are catching up to the reorg of Item 103 that the SEC made five years ago when the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

EU Sustainability Reporting Unpacked: Latest Developments on the Omnibus Package and ISSB Interoperability

The Omnibus Simplification Package, launched by the European Commission in February 2025, aims to substantially reduce the compliance burden for corporate sustainability in the EU. The package focuses on amending the...more

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Wave of Enforcement Actions Initiated under California’s Prop 65 Targets Thermal Receipts at California Stores

In the first half of 2025, two private enforcers have targeted over 200 companies operating in the state for purported exposure to Bisphenol S (BPS) from retail store thermal receipts provided to customers in California. The...more

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Tax Bill Enacted on July 4, 2025 Contains Scaled-back Renewable Energy Provisions

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act into law, which scales back renewable energy tax provisions. The final bill did, however, contain more favorable renewable energy tax provisions...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

APHIS Amends Regulations to Conform to Vacatur of SECURE Rule

On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a final rule making technical amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) to conform the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

California Enacts Landmark CEQA Reforms to Accelerate Housing and Infrastructure Development

AB 130 focuses on streamlining the approval of urban-infill housing. SB 131 complements AB 130 by removing CEQA hurdles for a broader range of project types and land use decisions. CEQA exemptions do not override local zoning...more

Bracewell LLP

Another Big Week for NEPA: New Federal Procedures and a Big Beautiful Bill Benefit

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The week of June 30, 2025, will go down in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) history as another one for the books — federal agencies have begun their efforts to overhaul their NEPA procedures and Congress has...more

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2025 War Eagle Creek Stewardship Award: Beaver Watershed Alliance Recognizes the Tuberville Family

The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced the presentation of the 2025 War Eagle Creek Stewardship Award (“Award”). The Award was presented to Josh and Claliegh Tuberville....more

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Mold/Common Law Action: Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Negligence/Nuisance Claims

The Appellate Court of Maryland (“App. Ct.”) addressed in a June 27th Opinion issues arising out of alleged mold exposure. See Candace McCarthy v. Board of Commissioners for Frederick County, Maryland, 2025 WL 1778818....more

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Recent Ninth Circuit Decision Suggests Effluent Limitation Guidelines Across Multiple Industry Categories May Be Changing Soon

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In its recent decision in Waterkeeper Alliance v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 23-636 (9th Cir. June 18, 2025), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to...more

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Ontario’s Special Economic Zones: Key Features of the New Legislation

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On June 5, 2025, Ontario’s Special Economic Zones Act, 2025 (“SEZA”) came into force. This legislation gives the Ontario cabinet regulatory authority to designate special economic zones (“SEZs”) in which designated proponents...more

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It’s Been Decided, In Texas the Mineral Lessee, Not the Surface Owner, Owns Produced Water

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In Cactus Water v. COG Operating, the Supreme Court affirmed that mineral lessee COG, not water rights owner Cactus (who derived it rights from the surface owner), has the right to possession, custody, control, and...more

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Key Takeaways from California’s New CEQA Housing Development Reform Laws

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Two newly enacted California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reform laws (AB 130 and SB 131) would significantly impact California’s infill housing sector. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group unpacks what...more

Perkins Coie

Major Reforms Enacted to the California Environmental Quality Act

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Key Takeaways - - AB 130 and SB 131 were recently passed by the California Legislature and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, enacting the most significant reforms to CEQA in recent years. - AB 130 establishes a new statutory...more

A&O Shearman

EU 2040 climate target and carbon credits—what’s changing?

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Today, the European Commission proposed an amendment to the EU Climate Law reviewing the 2040 climate targets that first enshrined climate neutrality by 2050—and with it, a structural shift in how climate action will be...more

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UK Government consults on measures to support UK sustainable finance

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The UK Government's Department for Energy Security & Net Zero has published a series of three consultations on proposals to help UK-regulated financial institutions and large companies to develop climate transition plans. The...more

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Returning to the 1970s: Agency NEPA Regulations Replaced by Guidance

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A chain of events that started on Inauguration Day culminated with the June 30, 2025, withdrawal of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that have, since the 1970s, structured decision-making processes at the...more

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