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Appellant landowners filed a motion seeking to clarify that an amended judgment would protect their overlying water rights from future prescription by other water users.…
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the Trump administration’s reallocation of military construction funds to build a “border…
The Tenth Circuit has held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) impermissibly exceeded its statutory authority in approving extensions to the small refinery exemptions…
In April of 2019, California Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 directing certain state agencies to develop a water resilience portfolio strategy to address long-term…
The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that an easement established under the 1866 Mining Act can be established upon the best information available and that…
Columbia Riverkeeper, Idaho Rivers United, Snake River Waterkeeper, Inc., Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (Plaintiffs) sued the U.S.…
Beginning in 2016, approvals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of small oil refinery exemptions from requirements to incorporate a minimum amount of renewables…
The California State Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently completed its multi‑phased prioritization of the state’s 515 groundwater basins and sub-basins. As a result, many…
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently released a draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the long-term operation of the California State Water Project,…
The Fourth District Court of Appeal held that a referendum petition that incorporated all of the text of a General Plan amendment that it sought…
