With the shutdown behind us, federal agencies and Congress are shifting back into gear and...
California’s Assembly Bill 1319 sets a process to assess reduced federal protections for endangered native...
In early October, ESA hosted our first-ever Permitting Symposium in Irvine, California, which brought together...
The following speech was delivered on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC, at the Road...
Implications for Federal Permitting, Climate Action Planning, and California Policy On July 29, 2025, the...
ESA is hosting a special in-person event featuring premier permitting experts for clients and partners...
The Trump administration has taken aggressive action to stall or cancel wind and solar projects...
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...
Last week, several agencies released updated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures. Following the...
Update: On July 14, 2026, a final rule on the harm rescission was issued by...
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...
It’s no secret that it is difficult to build infrastructure in America. Anecdotes of decades-long...
