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December 9, 2025

Eroding the Federal Endangered Species Act: New Proposals Lessen Species and Habitat Safeguards

The four proposed rules could amount to a substantial weakening of one of the United...

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December 8, 2025

Proposed Update to Definition of WOTUS: Will Federally Regulated Wetlands Continue to Shrink?

If finalized, the Waters of the United States Proposed Rule would reduce the geographic extent...

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December 1, 2025

ESA’s Permitting Policy Tracker

ESA’s federal strategy and NEPA experts have been staying abreast of the shifts in federal...

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November 29, 2025

Meet Our Federal Policy & Permitting Experts at Upcoming Events

As we kick off 2026, our federal policy and permitting experts are hitting the road...

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November 29, 2025

Eric Beightel’s Full Remarks Delivered at The Special Institute on NEPA

The following speech was delivered on November 7, 2025, in Salt Lake City, at The...

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November 18, 2025

Webinar: Back to Business – What’s Next in Federal Policy?

With the shutdown behind us, federal agencies and Congress are shifting back into gear and...

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November 10, 2025

The Culture of Flying: Cultural Resources Expertise for Airport Projects

ESA integrates cultural resources management and historic preservation expertise directly into the aviation and airport...

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October 15, 2025

California Advances Species Protections to Counter Potential Federal Withdrawal

California’s Assembly Bill 1319 sets a process to assess reduced federal protections for endangered native...

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October 14, 2025

ESA Hosts Inaugural California Permitting Symposium

In early October, ESA hosted our first-ever Permitting Symposium in Irvine, California, which brought together...

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September 21, 2025

ESA Launches Beacon, a Breakthrough Software Platform for Compliance

ESA announces the launch of Beacon, an open-source software platform designed to transform how environmental...

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September 12, 2025

Join ESA at Our California Permitting Symposium

ESA is hosting a special in-person event featuring premier permitting experts for clients and partners...

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September 8, 2025

Join ESA at the 2025 APA California Conference

ESA is pleased to sponsor, present, and exhibit at the 2025 APA Conference in Monterey,...

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September 3, 2025

AB 130 / SB 131: CEQA’s Near-Miss Rule Explained

SB 131’s “near-miss” rule allows for streamlined review of a residential project that meets all...

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August 25, 2025

Perspective: Dark Clouds Threaten Solar and Wind Projects

The Trump administration has taken aggressive action to stall or cancel wind and solar projects...

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August 21, 2025

2026 Nationwide Permit Updates: Restoration, Fish Passage, and Nature-Based Solutions

Current Nationwide Permits will expire in March 2026. The following distillation from our permitting experts...

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August 12, 2025

President Trump Targets Accelerating Artificial Intelligence Deployment in Recent Executive Actions

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) arms race is upon us, and the Trump Administration is staking...

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July 30, 2025

Perspective: Principles to Inform Permitting Reform

“The call for permitting reform often is another way of saying National Environmental Policy Act...

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July 25, 2025

Webinar: Federal Environmental Policy Update

ESA’s team of federal permitting and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) experts will recap the most...

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