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Council on Environmental Quality Rescinds Trump Administration Draft Guidance that Limited the Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions During Environmental Reviews under NEPA

Council on Environmental Quality Rescinds Trump Administration Draft Guidance that Limited the Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions During Environmental Reviews under NEPA

By Patrick Veasy and Hina Gupta On February 19, 2021, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) [...]

Religious Organizations and Real Property Taxes: The First District Court of Appeal Reverses the Trial Court’s Application of the Property Taxation Exemption to a Church with Respect to a ‘Special Tax’

Religious Organizations and Real Property Taxes: The First District Court of Appeal Reverses the Trial Court’s Application of the Property Taxation Exemption to a Church with Respect to a ‘Special Tax’

By Boyd Hill The California Court of Appeal for the First District, in Valley Baptist Church [...]

The Pitfalls of Water Rights Reporting to the State Water Resources Control Board

The Pitfalls of Water Rights Reporting to the State Water Resources Control Board

By Jeanne Zolezzi If you divert and use water from a surface water source, California law [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Finds FOIA’s Deliberative Process Exemption Protected Draft Biological Opinions from Public Disclosure

U.S. Supreme Court Finds FOIA’s Deliberative Process Exemption Protected Draft Biological Opinions from Public Disclosure

By James Purvis The Sierra Club brought a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action against the [...]