Assembly Bill 2051 seeks to address the permitting and regulatory coordination challenges facing coastal resilience projects,...
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As solar development expands across California's landscape, mitigation planning is becoming an increasingly important component...
Discover how sand transport studies offer insights into sensitive desert ecosystems, while supporting responsible solar...
The CE Virtual Assistant can help users screen projects for candidate categorical exclusions, supporting project...
ESA is pleased to sponsor and present at the 2026 National Association of Environmental Professionals...
Current Nationwide Permits will expire on March 14, 2026. We detail five NWPs that have...
Large-scale infrastructure projects might generate thousands of environmental commitments. Beacon’s Monitoring Portal connects project commitments...
When applied with intention, AI can help organizations unlock decades of information, simplify complex processes,...
The four proposed rules could amount to a substantial weakening of one of the United...
If finalized, the Waters of the United States Proposed Rule would reduce the geographic extent...
California’s Assembly Bill 1319 sets a process to assess reduced federal protections for endangered native...
ESA announces the launch of Beacon, an open-source software platform designed to transform how environmental...
Working on job sites is a defining part of ESA’s service offerings, transforming well-planned strategies...
The new Regional Conservation Investment Strategy (RCIS) Toolkit—powered by ESA’s insights—is now live. This valuable...
Implications for Federal Permitting, Climate Action Planning, and California Policy On July 29, 2025, the...
ESA’s team of federal permitting and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) experts will recap the most...
In our industry, we must consider compliance with the federal Endangered Species Act (FESA) when...
How the Supreme Court narrowed the consideration of indirect and cumulative effects under NEPA. The...