In what has become widely known as the “reverse CEQA” case, the California Supreme Court concluded that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not require an analysis of the…
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Governor Brown recently issued a directive to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CEPA) to draft a report that tracks and assesses various environmentally harmful conditions such as greenhouse gas emissions,…
California faces a new environmental catastrophe after a massive methane gas leak 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles that lasted for months. Environmentalists and state officials are concerned about the…
Federal and state initiatives proposed at the end of 2015 could help California achieve its clean energy goals in the coming year. The incentives offered by Congress and the state…
While California has been national leader in many areas of environmental reform, it currently lags behind other states in implementing regulations to deal with in-state oil train incidents. Yet the…
Historically, the assignment of insurance rights is part of a standard asset transfer in corporate transactions. Assignees typically acquire liabilities along with the corresponding insurance rights of the company to…
The lack of systematic federal rules to monitor the disclosure of chemicals used in fracking, the process of stimulating oil and gas production through hydraulic fracturing, has led many state…
Extensive restrictions instituted by California’s State Water Resources Control Board to reduce overall water use by 25 percent has affected a wide range of businesses in the state. Among those…
Egg production in California has declined significantly as a result of Proposition 2, which was implemented in January, 2015 with the goal of revamping the living facilities of egg-producing hens….
Air districts have traditionally offered guidance to local governments on understanding the impact of pollutants under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA requires local and state agencies to identify…