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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 shares some of the proposed changes from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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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 out its policy positions regarding American-developed and -deployed AI through a series of recent executive actions, including three separate executive orders and an AI Action Plan. In this policy alert, we’ll dig into the environmental permitting-related elements of these recent […]
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April 23, 2025

Introducing ESA’s Permitting Policy Tracker

ESA’s federal strategy and NEPA experts have been staying abreast of the shifts in federal policy since President Trump took office in January 2025 on our blog. The sheer number of executive orders and presidential memoranda creating new policy and rescinding old policy has made this challenging to navigate. To help stay on top of […]
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