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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

White House Directs Modernization of NEPA Permitting to Accelerate Environmental Reviews

The Trump administration’s directive instructs the Council on Environmental Quality to implement technological reforms and establish a unified federal system to conduct environmental reviews and evaluate permits....more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 4.25.25

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Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing to lay the groundwork for building a $20-billion water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta before his term expires, and state water regulators are considering whether to grant a...more

Dickinson Wright

Federal Agencies Ordered to Streamline Infrastructure Permits

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On April 15, 2025, a Presidential Memorandum was issued directing agencies to leverage technology to evaluate environmental permitting decisions and to streamline the review process. The Memorandum directs executive...more

Jones Day

EU Commission Pushes for Simplification of Permitting Procedures

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The European Commission hosted an event on April 10 on “Implementation Dialogue on Environmental Assessments and Permitting”. The purpose of these types of meetings is to simplify and reduce regulatory and administrative...more

DLA Piper

Chile: Resumen de las Circulares División de Desarrollo Urbano Emitidas por el Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo Durante Febrero...

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Todos los meses, el Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo emite Circulares de la División de Desarrollo Urbano (DDU). A continuación, presentamos un resumen de los aspectos principales de las DDU de los meses de febrero y marzo....more

Hogan Lovells

Infrastructure in the UK: Can the Planning and Infrastructure Bill help clear the way for speedy infrastructure delivery?

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The government’s flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill is central to its plans to deliver economic growth by streamlining the delivery of new housing and critical infrastructure. The first article in our three-part...more

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Chile: Urban Planning Regulations Apply to Projects Contemplating Pure or Isolated Energy Storage Systems Through Batteries

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Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urbanism issued the Circular of the Urban Development Division, Circular Ord. No. 101, DDU 522 on March 14, 2025. This order establishes the urban planning regulations applicable to projects...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Key Takeaways | Renewable Energy Developers’ Perspectives

On February 27, 2025, Partner Allison Perlman moderated a panel during Infocast’s ERCOT Market Summit 2025 that examined ongoing changes to the renewable energy development landscape within the Electric Reliability Council of...more

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America Builds/Clean Water Act Permitting/Project Delivery/ U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and...

The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a February 11th hearing titled: America Builds: Clean Water Act...more

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Expedited Wetland Permitting/U.S. Army Corp of Engineers: 690 Permits Reclassified as Energy Emergencies (Including 3 Arkansas...

Pursuant to Executive Order 14156, the United States Army Corp of Engineers (“Corps”) has reclassified 690 Clean Water Act Section 404 Wetland Permits as Emergency Actions. Executive Order 14156 is entitled “Declaring a...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Trump Administration Seeks Permitting and NEPA Reform

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On January 20, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and memorandums that will have significant implications for projects seeking federal permits and subject to review under the National Environmental...more

K&L Gates LLP

Proposed Texas Senate Bills Have Potential Negative Impacts on Wind and Solar

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Renewable energy developers should be aware of the proposed legislation in Texas that, if passed, will significantly impact existing wind and solar facilities as well as development-stage projects. Senate Bill 819 (SB 819)...more

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Massachusetts Enacts New Climate Law to Promote Clean Energy

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Following climate laws passed in 2021 and 2022, Massachusetts has again enacted a new piece of climate-focused legislation. On November 21, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed into law “An Act Promoting a Clean Energy Grid,...more

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NEPA Practice Without CEQ Regulations

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By directing the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to propose rescinding CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, President Donald Trump’s executive order on “Unleashing American Energy” affects not...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Addressing Inefficiencies in the Energy Sector: The Proposed Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024

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The permitting process has been identified by numerous commentators as a major cause of delays in the development of energy, infrastructure, and mining projects in the United States. ...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

If I Were Energy King For A Day

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During recent Senate hearings pertaining to energy and appointment made by the Biden administration to the United States Department of Energy, some of the most interesting questions have been asked by Senator John Kennedy of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Permitting Perils: Navigating Zoning Law Challenges for Battery Energy Storage Projects

While the technology of battery energy storage has advanced rapidly, the law surrounding the permitting and siting of such systems has often been slow to catch up. As a consequence — whether due to local caution or local...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules Are Out: Let's Start Building

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued Order No. 1920, which adopts specific requirements for transmission providers to conduct long-term planning for regional transmission facilities and determine how to...more

Hinckley Allen

Streamlining Clean Energy Project Development in Massachusetts: A Call for Reform

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In a significant move towards encouraging and strengthening clean energy initiatives, on March 29, 2024, the Massachusetts Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting (the “Commission”) published a comprehensive...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Permitting Reform in the United States

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This article is part of Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled Striking the Balance: Permitting Reforms for Mining and the Energy Transition. In this series, we’ll explore the...more

A&O Shearman

Infrastructure delivery for the route to Net Zero

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Are regulations across the lifecycle of a low-carbon infrastructure project helping or hindering the transition? What structures helping the route to Net Zero have been introduced so far? In which fields is work still to be...more

Downey Brand LLP

“It just so happens that [Governor Newsom’s Sweeping New Plan to Accelerate Infrastructure Projects] is only mostly dead.” –...

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Governor Gavin Newsom announced proposed major new infrastructure permitting reforms on May 19, 2023 in an effort to create thousands of jobs and build California’s clean energy future. The eleven-bill package seeks to...more

Mintz

A renewable energy project is on the verge of having all the permits it needs, after SEVENTEEN years. What's next?

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting on the time it takes to permit an infrastructure project in these United States and what might be done about it. The average time it takes for National Environmental Policy Act review,...more

Nossaman LLP

Upcoming CPUC Rulemaking to Streamline Transmission Line Permitting

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The California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) has uploaded a proposed Order Instituting Rulemaking(OIR) that would revamp the permitting process for siting of electric transmission infrastructure within the state of...more

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NSIP Action Plan: What does it mean for project promoters?

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The Government’s Action Plan on how it proposes to improve the NSIP planning process has some good ideas, most of which amount to fine-tuning rather than a fundamental change. Whilst some of the changes may increase the cost...more

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