Rewriting the Rules: The Supreme Court's Landmark Decision on Clean Water Act Permits
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CCUS: Understanding The Class VI Permitting Process
Federal Contracting Overseas: Insider Tips for Ensuring Compliance with Host Country Laws
On-Demand Webinar | Charting a Course for Offshore Wind Energy in California
Wiley Webinar: Biotech Briefings – U.S. Department of Agriculture – Plant Pests and Importation Part 330
Jones Day Talks: Developments in Germany's Wind Power Regulations
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
How Trump's Infrastructure Plan Impacts the Energy Industry
The Koontz Decision: Limits Conditions a Government can Impose on Developers
Supreme Court Hands Landowners a Major Victory - Nossaman's Brad Kuhn
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California Lawmakers Making a Strong Push to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing
Several major data center projects were announced at this year’s “Choose France” summit, which comes on the heels of the announcement of a €109 billion investment at the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris....more
President Trump came into office pledging to speed up federal environmental permitting, and he has issued a series of executive orders that touch on some aspect of expediting environmental reviews....more
On May 9, 2025, fifteen democratic states (“Plaintiff States”) sued the Trump Administration in Washington District Court, claiming that President Trump’s executive order “Declaring a National Energy Emergency” (“Executive...more
The Defenders of Wildlife’s Center for Conservation Innovation announced the publication of a paper titled: Habitat conservation plans under the endangered species act: A comprehensive three-decade analysis (“Paper”)....more
Introduction - Le gouvernement de l’Ontario (le « gouvernement provincial ») a annoncé la refonte prévue de la législation relative aux espèces en voie de disparition de cette province. L’approche introduite par cette...more
Directs agencies to expedite all federal permitting, funding, and technical measures to block invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes, including advancing the Brandon Road Interbasin Project. It also urges Illinois to...more
For developers, adeptly navigating the intricate web of zoning laws and regulations is paramount to ensuring that projects not only comply with local ordinances but also align with community standards....more
California’s drive toward a net-zero carbon economy by 2045 is sparking innovative solutions to harmonize environmental conservation with infrastructure development. Assembly Bill (AB) 550, sponsored by Assembly Member...more
Key Takeaways - - EPA is evaluating the Texas Railroad Commission's formal primacy application. If granted, Texas will assume primary enforcement authority—or primacy—over Class VI wells. - Carbon capture and storage...more
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
In a watershed ruling, the El Paso Court of Appeals extends "waste" liability under the Nat. Res. Code to commercial disposal well operator—potentially increasing exposure for this critical wastewater industry—while...more
Introduction Ontario has announced a planned overhaul of the province’s endangered species legislation. The approach was announced on April 17, 2025, as part of Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025. If...more
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
Directs agencies to streamline environmental review and permitting processes for infrastructure projects by leveraging modern technologies. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) must establish an interagency Permitting...more
On April 3, 2025, Brazil’s Federal Environmental Agency for the protection of Conservation Units (“ICMBio”) published Normative Instruction No. 16/2025, modifying the procedures regulating its role as an intervening agency in...more
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
The Law Court recently issued a decision in Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative v. Board of Environmental Protection that contains an enlightening discussion of what an agency must consider—as opposed to what an agency may...more
The New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) has released materials outlining a proposed amendment to the city's zoning regulations to introduce a City Planning Commission (CPC) special permit intended to limit the...more
On March 25, a group of civic associations, elected officials, and individual petitioners filed a proceeding in the Supreme Court, Richmond County, under Article 78 of New York’s Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), seeking a...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Newly Weds Foods, LLC (“NWF”) entered into a March 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing and alleged violation...more
To follow up our prior Environmental Blog discussing the proposed amendments to the Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) 2.0, another significant change relates to the remedial action permit (RAP) framework, aiming to...more
The US has a massive disparity between domestic uranium production and demand, highlighting a critical dependency on foreign sources, particularly as nuclear energy development is expected to increase. Recent federal public...more
Harris County, Texas filed a March 10th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator related to the Lubrizol Corporation’s Deer Park Plant (“Plant”)....more
The “California Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform Final Report – March 2025” (the “Report”), published earlier this month, sounds an alarm bell regarding the need to overhaul the state’s “failed approach to...more
The Trump Administration has begun operationalizing its regulatory strategy for projects requiring evaluation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In this alert, we discuss two key actions being taken and key...more