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California Water Challenges Remain Despite Significant Precipitation in 2023

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State and federal officials move forward plans and policies for water conservation, conveyance, and climate resilience. The winter of 2022-23 brought historic levels of precipitation to California after years of deep...more

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LAO Issues Report Criticizing the “Make Conservation a California Way of Life” Framework – Are Changes Coming?

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On January 4, 2024, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) issued its statutorily-mandated report – “Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements” – analyzing the implementation of the “Make...more

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Conservation Easement/Endangered Species Act: Citizen Suit Action Challenges U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a December 4th Opinion an issue arising out of the federal Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v....more

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Se modifica la Ley 99 de 1993 sobre áreas de interés para acueductos en Colombia

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Se promulgó el 29 de agosto de 2023 la Ley No. 2320 que modifica el artículo 111 de la Ley 99 de 1993 en lo que se refiere a la adquisición, restauración, rehabilitación y recuperación ecológica de áreas de interés para...more

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Drought Continues and Groundwater Regulations Heat Up in California

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THE DROUGHT CRISIS - 2021 was the driest year California has experienced in a century. At the end of the water year, spanning October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, the State received only 11.87 inches of precipitation,...more

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Land & Water Conservation Fund Update

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A year ago, we blogged about the Senate-proposed Natural Resources Management Act (NRMA) which sought to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The proposed NRMA was developed largely due to the...more

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Missouri Conservation – Design for the Future: Missouri Department of Conservation FY 19-23 Strategic Plan

The October 1st edition of the publication Ozarks Water Watch references the development of a document denominated Missouri Conservation: Design for the Future. David Casaletto of Ozarks Water Watch (author of the article)...more

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Colombia Gobierno Sancionó la Ley de Páramos

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El pasado 31 de julio de 2018 el Presidente Juan Manuel Santos sancionó la Ley 1930 de 2018 (Ley de Páramos) cuyo propósito es establecer los páramos como ecosistemas estratégicos y fijar las directrices para su conservación,...more

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Massachusetts Land Court Applies New Article 97 Guidance and Denies Constitutional Protection to Land Purchased for Water Resource...

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We recently reported on a new analytical framework created by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the case of Smith v. City of Westfield for conducting analyses to determine whether Article 97 state constitutional...more

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California Supreme Court Holds Groundwater Pumping Charges Are Not Property-Related Charges Subject to Proposition 218 - Case May...

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The California Supreme Court concluded recently that a local water agency’s groundwater pumping charges are not property-related charges subject to the substantive and procedural requirements of California Constitution...more

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Energy Bill Goes to Conference

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On September 8, House and Senate conferees met for the first time to consider the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016, the comprehensive energy reform bill that has slowly been making its way through...more

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Latin American Environmental Regulatory Tracker

This month’s tracker reflects key initiatives from June 16 - July 15, 2016. Brazil’s proposal to establish the region’s first comprehensive chemical regulatory program is the top story of this issue. Elsewhere, Chile...more

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Senate Hears Testimony on Senator Feinstein’s Emergency Drought Relief Bill

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On May, 17, 2016, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Water and Energy held hearings on a number of pending bills, including S. 2533, sponsored by Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA). The...more

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Renewable Energy Update - October 2015 #4

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Environmental and Policy Focus - Governor Brown authorizes streamlined groundwater: Allen Matkins - Oct 13: On Friday, October 9, 2015, Governor Brown signed a suite of bills that has the potential to significantly...more

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2015 Summary of Key Maine Environmental Legislation

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The Pierce Atwood Environmental and Land Use Practice Group is pleased to provide the 2015 Summary of Key Maine Environmental Legislation enacted or carried over in the First Regular Session of Maine's 127th Legislature...more

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. General Effective Date Clarification - Around 6 pm on Thursday, July 16, the First Regular...more

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2015 Florida Legislative Update: Environment, Growth Management and Water

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The Florida Legislature concluded its 2015 regular session on May 1, 2015. However, for all practical purposes, the session ended on April 28, when the House unexpectedly adjourned three days early after it became clear the...more

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Swing, Pendulum, Swing: California's Historic Drought and Unprecedented Responses

Most know by now that California is facing one of its driest years in recorded history. Yet droughts are not new to California, and to put things in context we can be thankful that current drought conditions are only as bad...more

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RAD expansion and “Pay-For-Success” Utility Demonstration among the innovations included in the Senate’s mark of the T-HUD...

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The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved its draft Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2015. While the bill generally falls short of the funding...more

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Court Upholds Approvals for the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project

Trial Court Validates Agreements and Plans for Large Public-Private Water Project and Approves CEQA Review - The Orange County Superior Court last week issued rulings rejecting all six challenges to the environmental...more

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Dry Times: How to Deal with the Impact of California’s Drought on Critical Commercial Agreements

On January 17, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a “State of Emergency” in California due to the severity of drought conditions across the State. Since then, the California drought continues to be severe and...more

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Should Corporations Conserve Water Because A Shareholder Believes It’s The Right Thing To Do?

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Last month, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) sent a letter to its California real estate and private equity managers asking that they take a number of steps to conserve water. I found CalPERS’...more

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Conservation Groups Petition EPA To Require Stormwater Permits At Existing New England Sites

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The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and other environmental groups recently filed petitions urging EPA New England, along with other EPA offices in the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest, to use EPA’s Residual Designation Authority...more

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Texas Railroad Commission Amends Fracturing Fluid Recycling Rules to Encourage Water Conservation

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Under rules adopted by the Texas Railroad Commission (Commission) on March 26, 2013, effective April 15, 2013, Texas hydraulic fracturing operators may recycle fracturing fluids on their own leased or owned land used for...more

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Northern California House Members Introduce Bill To Raise A Hurdle To Bay Delta Conservation Plan

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Recently, House Representatives John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton, CA), Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento, CA), George Miller (D-Martinez, CA), and Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena, CA) introduced H.R. 6484...more

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