A new proposal aims to streamline the process for permitting and developing offshore renewable energy projects and reduce costs to developers.
On January 30, 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a...more
3/7/2023
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California’s first upcoming offshore wind lease sale, scheduled for December 6, 2022, is the next major step forward for clean energy in the Golden State.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of...more
12/5/2022
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The guidance sends a signal that carbon capture and sequestration remains a focus of the current administration’s decarbonization efforts.
On June 8, 2022, the US Department of the Interior’s (Interior) Bureau of Land...more
The proposal would auction off almost 375,000 acres of the Outer Continental Shelf offshore California for wind energy development.
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..The two areas proposed for leasing have the potential to provide more...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In a published opinion issued December 24, 2018, Sierra Club v. County of Fresno, Case No. S219783, the California Supreme Court determined that an...more
1/9/2019
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