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NYDEC Expands its Jurisdiction over Wetlands

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Expansive changes to New York’s Freshwater Wetlands Permitting Program took effect on January 1, 2025, increasing regulated freshwater wetlands. The changes came after the New York State Department of Environmental...more

Cole Schotz

Blogs | Environmental Coming This Summer! NJDEP’s New Climate Regulations Will Affect More Than The Jersey Shore

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The New Jersey commercial real estate industry is preparing for big statewide permitting changes slated to come into effect this summer. Under its controversial Resilient Environments and Landscapes (“REAL”) Rule, aimed to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Wharf District Council “District Protection & Resiliency Plan”: There’s a Lot to Do

The Wharf District Council recently released its “District Protection and Resiliency Plan.”  My immediate reaction is just a quiet OMG regarding the size of the task.  Of course, that’s no excuse for inaction and I found the...more

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Muck Ado About Something

Susan Cooke’s recent post about the importance of peatland for carbon sequestration took me back to my law school days when I spent many hours mucking about Payne’s Prairie. This peat filled location in Alachua County,...more

Williams Mullen

Environmental Notes - July 2021

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Can you still build a bulkhead along the shoreline in coastal Virginia to protect your property? Well, it depends, but now the answer is more likely to be “no.” Major changes to how Virginia tidal waterfront property owners...more

Holland & Knight LLP

MEPA Office Issues Revised Protocols on Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation...

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After reviewing and responding to initial public comments, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) has issued its revised draft Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Interim...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - February 2021 #2

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EPA withdraws toxicity assessment of PFAS contaminant, citing political interference - Chemical & Engineering News – February 10 - Citing a January 27 presidential directive on scientific integrity and evidence-based...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Balado continuité – Environnement : nouveautés du régime d’autorisation québécois

Il y a environ cinq ans, le ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques a entrepris de modifier le régime d’autorisation environnementale du Québec. Les avocats Charles Kazaz, Anne Drost et...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - August 2020 #3

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Sea level rise could bring flooding to inland California - Bullet Los Angeles Times – August 17 - Sea level rise is more complicated than just waves breaking over seawalls and beaches disappearing. As the ocean moves...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2017

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Environmental and Policy Focus - Defying Trump, California forms climate alliance with two states - San Francisco Chronicle - Jun 1 - Moving quickly to fill a climate leadership vacuum opened by President Trump,...more

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