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Resilience: Unlocking Private Debt for Energy and Infrastructure | Episode 6

In the newest episode of Resilience, Pillsbury’s Shellka Arora-Cox and Brookfield Asset Management’s Brian Callahan discuss one of the most dynamic corners of the energy and infrastructure market: private debt....more

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Large Load Integration on Alberta’s Electricity Grid: The AESO’s Proposed Approach for Data Centre Connections

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The growing data centre industry continues to be a focal point of the Alberta Government’s economic diversification strategy. Policy work aimed at attracting data centre investment to the province is ongoing and interest in...more

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A Primer on U.S. Non-Continuous Domestic Trade

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The U.S. inland waterway system is a critical and underutilized component of the domestic supply chain that serves intrastate commerce and non-contiguous markets originating in or destined for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S....more

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Trump Paves Way for Coal Renaissance and Targets State Climate Change Efforts

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In early April, President Trump issued several energy-related presidential actions aimed at reviving the coal industry. These actions could boost the domestic coal industry, including by rolling back environmental regulations...more

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What Are the Key Takeaways From Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review and Who Will be the Biggest Winners?

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Rachel Reeves, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, has revealed the Government’s Spending Review 2025 (SR25) setting out departmental budgets until 2029 and capital investment until 2030. The SR25 is in line with the...more

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Ohio Passes Bill to Encourage Energy Infrastructure Development

Ohio Governor DeWine recently signed Substitute House Bill 15 (HB 15) which will take effect on August 14, 2025. HB 15 contains many provisions intended to encourage the development of Ohio electric generation facilities and...more

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NEPA, Supreme Court base here. The Eagle (County) has landed.

On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court—minus recused Justice Neil Gorsuch—decided Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, the first major NEPA dispute before the Court in 20 years. It’s a really big deal—coverage...more

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Supreme Court Ruling Speeds Environmental Reviews, Limits Legal Challenges to Energy Projects

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On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, a case concerning the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that limits judicial review of...more

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Clauses de règlement des différends dans les contrats d’infrastructure publique : point de vue de l’avocat plaidant

Les grands projets d’infrastructure publique font généralement intervenir plusieurs parties prenantes et nécessitent un ensemble complexe de contrats et de sous-contrats. Une approche réfléchie de la négociation et de la...more

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UK: Infrastructure planning – summer round-up

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Summer’s on the way and we’re closing in on the first anniversary of Labour’s 2024 election victory. In our previous infrastructure planning round-up we closed 2024 by looking forward to the introduction of the Planning and...more

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The Dispute Resolution Clause in Public Infrastructure Contracting — A Litigator’s View

Large public infrastructure projects typically involve several stakeholders and a complex array of contracts and subcontracts. A thoughtful approach to the negotiation and drafting of contractual dispute resolution clauses...more

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Investing in Data Centers

It seems like such a simple question. Who owns data centers? Ownership structures in the digital economy are more varied than might appear on the surface. While the largest computing and cloud service providers, such as...more

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Course Correction: Supreme Court Steers Toward Greater Predictability in NEPA Reviews

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On 29 May 2025, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that a “course correction” was needed for cases under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), holding that a law originally meant to be a procedural check to inform...more

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Supreme Court Mandates Substantial Deference to Agency Decisions Under NEPA in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle...

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Overview - On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, 605 U.S. __ (2025), clarifying the scope of judicial deference to agencies’ procedural...more

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Australia’s New Ransomware Payment Reporting Law Takes Effect, Covering Both Critical Infrastructure and Other Entities

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On May 30, the ransomware payment reporting requirements of Australia’s Cyber Security Act 2024 (CSA) took effect. The new requirement applies to a broad range of entities and cyber security incidents, requiring reporting...more

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Department of Commerce Restructures BEAD Program

Nearing five months into the Trump administration, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a Notice changing the requirements in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the...more

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Bridging Cultures, Avoiding Disputes: Why Construction Needs Partnering Dialogue More Than Ever

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Not long ago, I spoke with a general contractor on a multinational infrastructure project. “We had five nationalities on-site,” he said, “and six different ways of interpreting the same deadline.” He wasn’t exaggerating. ...more

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Supreme Court Decision in Seven County Advances Permitting Reform

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In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court made a major “course correction” to the law governing federal environmental reviews and permitting decisions for infrastructure and other projects under the National...more

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Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County: Top Points

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Supreme Court aims to provide predictability by narrowing the scope of NEPA review - The Supreme Court’s latest ruling in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County marks a significant “course correction” in how...more

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SCOTUS Unanimously Limits Scope of NEPA in Major Infrastructure Ruling

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Seven County Infrastructure Coalition et al. v. Eagle County, Colorado, et al. The U.S. Supreme Court recently clarified the scope of federal agency review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)...more

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Ontario's Bill 40 Proposes Expediting Regulatory Approvals for Energy Infrastructure Projects

On June 3, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 40, the Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025, to expedite regulatory approvals, allowing Ontario to build and deliver an affordable,...more

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Broad Street Brief Special Edition: Council Approves FY26 City Budget

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On the evening of Thursday, June 5, the Philadelphia City Council granted preliminary approval to several bills related to Mayor Cherelle Parker’s $6.8 billion FY26 City Budget with minimal changes to the initial proposal,...more

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Supreme Court Reduces Burden of National Environmental Policy Act Review

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In a highly unusual unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on May 29, 2025 that federal agencies are entitled to “substantial judicial deference” with respect to how they review projects subject to the National...more

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Supreme Court Decision Limits the Opportunity for NEPA to Derail Projects

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 8-0 ruling limited the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the national environmental law that mandates federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed...more

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Senate Bill 6 & Upcoming Changes to Texas Electric Regulations: What Data Centers and Large Power Users Need to Know

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Texas has long been a magnet for manufacturing and data center development, thanks to its business-friendly climate, abundant land, and low-cost energy infrastructure. But as the state’s electric grid faces new challenges...more

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