November 4, 2022 | Category:
NewsFrom PEW: Negotiators from nearly 200 countries will gather in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from Nov. 6-18 at the 27th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference —known as COP27—in an effort to agree on solutions to combat climate change. The meeting comes on the heels of a new climate report from the UNFCCC that found […]
October 13, 2022 | Category:
NewsWhen the sprawling Winding Creek development is complete, roughly 1,400 single-family homes and hundreds of apartments will fill the 500-acre site in northwest Roseville. There are currently between 250 and 300 people living in the neighborhood, said Karron Vasquez, a senior manager of marketing for Anthem Properties, the project developer. Another few hundred homes have […]
October 7, 2022 | Category:
NewsThe Supreme Court returned to the bench on Monday for the start of its new term. The justices did not waste any time in getting down to business, hearing argument in a long-running dispute over an Idaho couple’s efforts to build a home on land that they own – but which the Environmental Protection Agency […]
September 23, 2022 | Category:
NewsStory from Fox News HERE. NAHB CEO Jerry Howard assesses the housing slowdown after homebuilder sentiment fell for the ninth straight month on ‘Varney & Co.’
September 13, 2022 | Category:
NewsFrom the Los Angeles Times (link below): A habitat restoration project funded by a large agricultural water district is drawing criticism from environmental advocates. They say that while the project is based on claims of ecologically important marsh habitat, a large portion of the land is a high-and-dry former cattle pasture that does little to […]
September 13, 2022 | Category:
NewsFrom the Sacramento Bee (link below): California’s drought regulators have lost a major lawsuit that could undermine their legal authority to stop farms and cities from pulling water from rivers and streams. An appeals court ruled that the State Water Resources Control Board lacks the power to interfere with “senior” water rights holders and cannot […]
August 26, 2022 | Category:
NewsThe National Mining Association (NMA) today expressed alarm over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) introduction of new, duplicative financial assurance requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) that disregard serious flaws raised by industry experts and financial institutions. In a process that has been continuously and needlessly rushed, EPA introduced its […]
August 25, 2022 | Category:
NewsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on August 11 that it is investing up to $5 million in the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP). This grant program supports the development of mitigation banks for use by agricultural producers seeking to maintain eligibility for USDA programs. Funds are available to Tribes, state and local government […]
June 16, 2022 | Category:
NewsThe Third District Court of Appeal recently held that a responsible agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) must make independent findings regarding potential impacts of projects and related mitigation measures when issuing ancillary permits, and cannot rely solely on the findings of the lead agency in an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”). We Advocate […]
June 13, 2022 | Category:
NewsBy Braiden Chadwick and Daniel Warren On May 12, 2022, the First District Court of Appeal (Court) affirmed a trial court judgment in a 108-page opinion and upheld the approval of 43 single-family residential units on a 110-acre parcel located atop a hill in Marin County (County). The County’s approval of the residential subdivision concludes […]
