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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

NEPA: The Council on Environmental Quality has a three-step plan related to the National Environmental Policy Act rules, which guide federal permitting decisions and other actions. The first two would reverse a Trump-era update to CEQ’s NEPA rules. The agenda also lists an October 2022 target for finalizing the rule.

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That Dam Case (Again):  Third District Upholds Oroville Hydropower Facilities Relicensing EIR Against Numerous CEQA Challenges

CEQA Developments

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature. Buffalo Field Campaign v. Zinke , No.

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