Environmental, Energy & Resources

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Aug
4
2015
California: State Agencies Cannot Declare Mitigation of Project Impacts Infeasible Based Solely on the Lack of Legislative Appropriations Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
23
2015
New Legislation (AB 802) To Replace Existing Energy Use Disclosure Law (AB 1103) Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
18
2015
California Supreme Court Rejects Mandatory "Reverse CEQA" Analysis Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
28
2022
Drought Continues and Groundwater Regulations Heat Up in California Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
29
2016
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Helps Developers in Wetland Permitting [VIDEO] Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
25
2014
Supreme Court Upholds EPA's Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Large Stationary Sources – But Hammers EPA For Overreaching in Its Regulatory Approach Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
7
2014
Imposing The Corporate Death Penalty in California Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
14
2015
California Governor Brown Authorizes Streamlined Groundwater Basin Adjudications and Private Party Participation Under Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
25
2016
California Department of Water Resources Makes Progress in SGMA Implementation by Releasing Draft Regulations for Groundwater Sustainability Plans Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
17
2019
What to Expect Under California's "New" Dredged or Fill Discharge Procedures Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
28
2022
Section 2115's Peculiar Consolidation Rule Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
23
2016
California Supreme Court Rejects "New Project" Test for Modifications to Previously Approved Projects Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
5
2019
What Does The Governor's Proclamation Of Statewide Emergency Have To Do With the General Corporation Law? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
21
2017
California Supreme Court Reverses Court of Appeal Decision to Invalidate SANDAG's Regional Transportation Plan EIR for its GHG Impacts Analysis Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
1
2014
First District Court of Appeal Holds State Water Board May Restrict Beneficial Water Use by Senior Water Rights Holders, Relying on Public Trust Doctrine Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
12
2021
California Legislature Mulls Imposing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Requirements Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
2
2015
California Governor Brown Issues Executive Order Requiring Statewide Mandatory Water Restrictions Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
28
2015
EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Approve New Definition of "Waters of the United States" Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
25
2022
The SEC's Brobdingnagian Climate Change Disclosure Rule Proposal Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
16
2022
California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill Moves Forward Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
6
2013
California’s Future Uncertain as U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Postpones Oil and Gas Lease Auctions Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
5
2023
California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill Advances Despite Substantial Opposition And Constitutional Concerns Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
24
2015
CalPERS Board Member Contests Attorney General’s Conflicts Position Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
31
2017
Implications of Energy Use Disclosure Law on California Real Estate Transactions Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
23
2014
New Permit Requires Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids For Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in Southern California Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
11
2023
California Enacts Law Mandating Climate-Related Financial Risk Reporting Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
22
2018
Update to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
22
2015
What The Legislature Doesn’t Know About Bees Could Fill A Blog Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
9
2015
Nationwide Stay of EPA/Army Corps "Waters of the U.S." Rule Issued By Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
20
2015
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Amends Regional MS4 Permit Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
21
2022
Recent California Court Ruling Signals Victory for Advocates of Mixed-Use Neighborhoods and Greater Housing Density Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
19
2018
Does California Place Your Company At Risk? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
20
2018
Court Holds International Cancer Agency Is Not A Private Corporation Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
3
2015
Berkeley Hillside: New Supreme Court Decision Defines Limits of CEQA Exemption Challenges to Development Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
10
2020
Is Coal A Mineral And Why Ask? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
 

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