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Indirect Source Rules: A New and Evolving Frontier of State and Local Vehicle Regulation

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States and cities are increasingly using their using their police power to regulate mobile source emissions. Warehouses – and the trucks that serve them – are already subject to an “indirect source rule” (ISR) in southern...more

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NYDEC Expands its Jurisdiction over Wetlands

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Expansive changes to New York’s Freshwater Wetlands Permitting Program took effect on January 1, 2025, increasing regulated freshwater wetlands. The changes came after the New York State Department of Environmental...more

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2024 In Review: California Climate Change Legislation, Policy and Regulation

As we enter 2025 amid the devastating Los Angeles fires and with a new presidential administration, we continue our series of yearly reviews of the most significant governmental actions taken by the state of California...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Massachusetts Launches Cumulative Impact Analysis Regulations for Air Quality Permits Near Environmental Justice Populations

Massachusetts has become the first state to require analysis of cumulative impacts for certain air quality permits in or near communities with environmental justice (EJ) populations. On March 29, 2024, the Massachusetts...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - April 2022 #4

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Biden restores stricter environmental review of big projects under NEPA Bullet Associated Press - April 19 The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major...more

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Three New California Laws to Facilitate Housing Production

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The California Legislature and Governor approved three key housing bills in 2021, to facilitate housing production in California. SB 8 (Senator Skinner) extends and expands the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330). SB 9...more

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New MEPA Rules Mean Big Changes For Practitioners and Developers

In compliance with the Climate Roadmap Act, the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office has released the final version of its new regulations and two final protocols regarding new MEPA review procedures to...more

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New Massachusetts Brownfields Tax Credits Regulations Just Released

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The Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) issued final regulations effective July 9, 2021 (the Regulations) that are intended to aid in the implementation of the Massachusetts Brownfields Tax Credits program, which was...more

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The Massachusetts Climate Bill is Very Much “Not Dead”

In January, when Governor Baker vetoed the Legislature’s effort to go big on climate, my colleague Zach Gerson made clear that the bill was not even “mostly dead.” I am pleased to say that Zach’s diagnosis was correct. The...more

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New York Moves Further Toward Implementation of Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act with Final Statewide Greenhouse...

On December 30, 2020, New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (the “Department”) promulgated statewide ambient limits on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions for the years 2030 and 2050 (the “Regulations”). The...more

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New York State Establishes GHG Emission Caps Under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act

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The State of New York is continuing to implement the New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which set a December 31, 2020 deadline for the promulgation of statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission...more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: Public Involvement Process

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This is the fifth in a series of eAlerts on revisions to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations adopted by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020. The...more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: Initiation of the Environmental Impact Statement Process

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This is the second in a series of eAlerts on revisions to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020, by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The CEQ’s...more

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Colorado Senate Bill 181 Signed by Governor Polis

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Governor Polis signed the highly controversial S.B. 181 into law on April 16, 2019. Why is this important to you? S.B. 181, also known as “Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations” has been referred to as “landmark...more

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California’s Moon Shot—Carbon Neutral by 2045

By now you may have heard that Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed The 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2018 (SB 100) into law and issued Executive Order B-55-18 to Achieve Carbon Neutrality (“Executive Order”). Taken together,...more

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Long-Awaited SEQRA Amendments Are Finally Here: So What Are They, and What Do They Mean?

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After six years and vigorous public comment, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has adopted substantive amendments to the implementing regulations of the State Environmental Quality Review Act...more

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