10.03.22
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to replace the "significant nexus" test for whether a wetland is jurisdictional under the federal Clean Water Act, focusing instead on a long-standing and equally long-debated statutory qualifier of "adjacency."
06.24.22
A California bill requiring large U.S. companies doing business in California to publicly report all of their worldwide greenhouse gas emissions moved one step closer to Governor Newsom's desk.
04.11.22
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a sweeping new disclosure requirement relating to registered companies’ climate-related information.
03.16.22
A mammoth case out of Lake Tahoe affirms a new environmental review obligation for project proponents: Why can’t you do solar?
01.26.22
The Idaho family that upended the Obama administration’s wetlands regime in the Supreme Court is back, much to the dismay of the Biden administration.
12.16.20
Sprinting to finalize yet another significant species regulation while still in power, the Trump administration today finalized its adoption of a regulatory definition of “habitat” for purposes of species protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
12.04.20
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the release of a new regional Stay-at-Home Order in response to increases in rates of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths across the state.
11.12.20
With the 2020 election now called, though yet to be conceded, questions abound as to what the environmental regulatory landscape may look like under a Biden/Harris administration.
09.29.20
Yesterday, Governor Newsom signed AB 1561 (Garcia/Greyson) extending most residential entitlements for 18 months.
06.01.20
On April 6, 2020, the Judicial Council of California (Council) adopted a court rule that tolled statutes of limitations for all civil causes of action until 90 days after the Governor declares that the state of emergency is lifted.