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Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, July 2025

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 8/1/2025

We are pleased to share the July 2025 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

American Biogas Council Data Shows Waste-to-Energy Potential

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/20/2025

On June 4, 2025, the American Biogas Council, a national trade association representing the U.S. biogas industry, released new data analyzing each state’s untapped potential to generate renewable energy by diverting organic...more

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, April 2025

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/30/2025

We are pleased to share the April 2025 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

California Dreaming Is Becoming a Reality: Solar Canals May Mean Having More Water As Well As More Solar Energy

(ACOEL) | American College of Environmental... on 4/28/2025

On March 25, 2025, the University of Southern California’s (USC’s) Public Exchange and independent advisor Solar Aquagrid announced the California Solar Canal Initiative, a seven-university project to assess the...more

Permitting Reform Ramps Up in California With Introduction of ‘Housing Package’

Paul Hastings LLP on 4/1/2025

For years, California has often been held up as the poster child for enervating environmental regulation. A primary target of this criticism has been the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the landmark legislation...more

AB 303 Targets Battery Energy Storage, Seeks to Reassert Local Control

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 2/4/2025

On Jan. 23, 2025, California Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 303, titled the “Battery Energy Safety and Accountability Act.” Broadly, AB 303, would impose siting restrictions on battery...more

California’s Offshore Wind Strategy Is Coming Into Focus

Bracewell LLP on 7/26/2024

California currently deploys almost 35 GW of renewable energy but expects another 148 GW of renewables will be needed to meet the state’s overarching 2045 clean energy goals. To fill this gap, California expects offshore wind...more

California Takes Next Step to Formally Impose Stricter Limits on RNG Projects Under the LCFS With Eventual Phaseout

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/15/2024

The California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) reviews the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (“LCFS”) program every five years as part of the broader scoping plan required under the California Global Warming Solutions Act. On...more

California Senate Passes the Climate Corporate Accountability Act

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/14/2022

Continuing its leadership in the battle against climate change, California takes a big step forward by requiring transparency concerning the carbon footprints of the nation’s largest corporations doing business in the state. ...more

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