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9th Circuit upholds Corps permit and biological opinion

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 22 2010

In Butte Environmental Council v United States Army Corps of Engineers, No 09-15363 (9th Cir June 1, 2010), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that it is appropriate for the Corps to consider an applicant's project purpose, and that an area of a species' critical habitat can be destroyed without appreciably diminishing the value of the species' critical habitat overall

State listing of California Tiger Salamander warranted

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2010

It was a close call

Council of Environmental Quality issues draft NEPA guidance for consideration of climate change effects

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 23 2010

The Council of Environmental Quality issued draft guidance to federal agencies on how to analyze the environmental effects of greenhouse gases ("GHG") and climate change under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") on February 18, 2010

A brief overview of the recent amendments to CEQA guidelines

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2010

On December 29, 2009, the California Natural Resources Agency ("Resources Agency") adopted amendments to the guidelines implementing the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"

A state at risk attempts to adapt to climate change

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 25 2009

The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) led twelve state agencies in preparing the Draft California Climate Adaptation Strategy