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Since January 2017, the Trump administration has undertaken over 100 actions that have the potential to threaten America’s National Parks. From rollbacks of the federal…
The California Coastal Commission (Commission) is charged with protecting the state’s beaches from the effects of overdevelopment. Yet with climate change projections predicting rising…
The California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) prepared a programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) studying the environmental impacts of…
InHavasupai Tribe v. Provencio, the Havasupai Tribe, along with several environmental groups (plaintiffs), challenged a mining operation (Mining Project) near the Grand Canyon, claiming the…
After California legalized recreational cannabis for adults in late 2017, leaders in the City of Los Angeles (City) made it their goal to give entrepreneurs…
Cannabis sales in the United States is a peculiar phenomenon if viewed through the lens of the federal government and federal law. But what happens…
On Friday, May 31, 2019, legislators in the State of Illinois voted to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Background On May 31, the Democratic-controlled…
On June 6, 2019, the Nevada State Engineer issued Ruling 6464, which approved over 11,000 acre-feet of groundwater applications for a proposed molybdenum mine in…
Since the 1980s, Shasta Dam has been a focal point in debates for increasing the state’s water storage capacity. In 2014, such a proposal initially…
California lawmakers recently approved and presented to Governor Gavin Newsom a $214.8 billion California budget with new spending for safe and affordable drinking water: .…
