Focus - Narrowed definition of waters subject to Clean Water Act will reduce number of federally-regulated waterbodies in California - Los Angeles Times – January 23 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...more
Focus - Extreme storm could overwhelm Southern California dam and flood thousands - Los Angeles Times – November 6 - Federal engineers have found that the Mojave River Dam, protecting the high desert communities of...more
Focus - Sempra subsidiary agrees to $119.5 million settlement for Aliso Canyon methane leak — biggest in U.S. history - THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE - Aug 8 State and local officials on Wednesday announced a tentative...more
Focus - Supreme Court rules that WOTUS rule challenges should be heard by federal district courts - The Hill - Jan 22 The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that cases litigating the validity of an Obama-era...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - California Supreme Court ruling bolsters bullet train foes - ABC News - Jul 27 - Federal law does not completely preempt application of California’s strict environmental...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - U.S. Supreme Court allows pre-permit challenges to approved jurisdictional determinations - Allen Matkins - May 31 - In a major new legal development for the Clean Water Act's...more