The Trump administration has taken aggressive action to stall or cancel wind and solar projects...
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Current Nationwide Permits will expire in March 2026. The following distillation from our permitting experts...
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) arms race is upon us, and the Trump Administration is staking...
“The call for permitting reform often is another way of saying National Environmental Policy Act...
ESA’s team of federal permitting and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) experts will recap the most...
The U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) recently announced a new policy that “end[s] preferential...
As chronicled by our Federal Strategy Team here and here, the National Environmental Policy Act...
How the Supreme Court narrowed the consideration of indirect and cumulative effects under NEPA. The...
When a project requires analysis under both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the...
ESA’s federal strategy and NEPA experts have been staying abreast of the shifts in federal...
It’s no secret that it is difficult to build infrastructure in America. Anecdotes of decades-long...
Updated June 26, 2025: As announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on June...
ESA is pleased to sponsor, attend, and present at this year’s AEP California State Conference...
The following is an article from Environmental Business Journal (EBJ). EBJ Interviewed ESA’s Federal Strategy...
Join ESA’s team of federal permitting and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) experts as they...
As the Trump administration continues rapid-fire revisions to environmental review procedures, much attention has been...
The Trump Administration has made improving the efficiency of federal infrastructure permitting a priority. President...
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14154 “Unleashing American Energy” which...