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NEPA Reimagined: The Ongoing Overhaul of Federal Environmental Review

Over the past eight months, the legal framework governing environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has undergone significant upheaval—with additional changes still on the way. Here’s what’s...more

7/21/2025  /  Department of the Interior , Environmental Impact Statements , Environmental Policies , Executive Orders , Final Rules , Government Agencies , Judicial Review , NEPA , Regulatory Reform , Trump Administration

California Water Statute Cannot Overcome Constitutional Balancing—Even for Fish

California Fish and Game Code Section 5937 has long been a subject of scholarly debate with uncertainty in its application. In a published opinion filed on April 2, 2025, California’s Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate...more

4/14/2025  /  Appeals , California , Constitutional Challenges , Endangered Species , Environmental Litigation , Judicial Authority , Preliminary Injunctions , Statutory Interpretation , Water Pollution , Water Rights

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List Monarch Butterflies as a Threatened Species

After years on hold, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) is moving forward with a proposed rule to list monarch butterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). On Dec. 12, 2024, USFWS published...more

1/14/2025  /  Agricultural Sector , Climate Change , Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Pesticides , Public Entities , Renewable Energy , State and Local Government , US Fish and Wildlife Service

New CESA Candidate Species Impacts Project Permitting Requirements Throughout California

At its Oct. 9-–10, 2024, meeting in Sacramento, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) unanimously voted to make the western burrowing owl a “candidate” species under the California Endangered Species Act...more

11/12/2024  /  California , California Endangered Species Act , California Fish and Game Commission , Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Environmental Policies , Habitat Conservation Plan

CEQA News You Can Use - November 2024 - Volume 9, Issue 3

Welcome to “CEQA News You Can Use,” a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource to...more

11/5/2024  /  California , CEQA , CEQA Reform , Construction Project , Environmental Impact Report (EIR) , Environmental Policies , Public Projects , State and Local Government , State Legislatures , Urban Planning & Development
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