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California Continues to Promote Clean Energy Transition Despite Federal Backstepping on Clean Energy and Hydrogen Funding

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The first quarter of 2025 has been marked by a turbulent transition between presidential administrations as indicated by regulatory course reversals, and clean energy regulations have been no exception. On January 20, 2025,...more

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Legislature’s Report Captures California’s Permitting Reform Zeitgeist and Creates the Launchpad for More Than 20 New Housing...

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In the summer of 2024, the State Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform began convening public hearings, interviews, and forums to understand how to reform land use permitting to address California’s ongoing “housing...more

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Offshore Wind: New California Law Aims to Simplify and Expedite Offshore Wind Energy Development

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California recently enacted two laws—the Offshore Wind Expediting Act (SB 286) and the California Offshore Wind Advancement Act (AB 3)—to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy that could have significant...more

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The Final Content of California's Budget-Revised Infrastructure and CEQA Reform Trailer Bills

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As stated in Holland & Knight's recent alert detailing Gov. Gavin Newsom's package of 11 bills to amend the venerable California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), meaningful reforms to CEQA have eluded all past governors in...more

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Build More, Faster? Newsom Signs Infrastructure and Budget Legislation 

On July 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills intended to accelerate critical infrastructure projects across the State aimed at achieving monumental climate and clean energy goals while...more

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California Legislature Passes Landmark Legislation to Bolster Offshore Wind Energy

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The California Legislature on Sept. 9, 2021, approved landmark state legislation to facilitate California's offshore wind energy potential. Assembly Bill (AB) 525 requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to prepare a...more

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Environmental Leadership Development Project (ELDP) Eligibility Criteria: A Checklist

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As previously reported, California Senate Bill (SB) 7, the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 20, 2021, and became effective...more

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California’s New Climate Change Laws Tighten Limits on GHG, Increase Legislative Oversight of CARB

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California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law last week two controversial anti-climate change bills that will tighten greenhouse gas (GHG) limits by 40% and increase legislative supervision of the California Air Resources...more

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California's New Climate Era: SB 350 and Beyond

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Two out of three ain’t bad. Climate change policy advocates may find themselves quoting Meat Loaf with the enactment of Senate Bill (SB) 350, which California’s Legislature passed last month and which Governor Jerry...more

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California Governor Signs Legislation Establishing Significant New Energy Goals

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Law Sets Standards Aimed at Addressing Climate Change - Today, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 350 into law, setting two ambitious climate change-related goals: a 50 percent increase in building energy efficiency, and a...more

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