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The Oregon State Legislature is considering legislation that would require public entities discharging stormwater into canals or other infrastructure belonging to special districts or local…
On March 8, 2017, the Washington Supreme Court refused to accept review of a decision by the Court of Appeals affirming reliance on an exception…
The California Supreme Court has ruled in City of San Jose v. Superior Court that where a public employee uses a personal email account or…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently held that the Center for Regulatory Reasonableness, an industry group, could not sue the U.S.…
Earlier this year, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update (Scoping Plan), which is a draft version of…
On March 15, 2017, while standing before a group of auto industry executives and workers in Detroit, Michigan, President Donald Trump announced that he has…
The U.S. District Court of Montana recently adopted, in full, a U.S. Magistrate finding and recommendation that the Sierra Club and Montana Environmental Information Center…
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided, by an 8-6 vote, to deny a petition to rehear en banc an earlier 2-1 decision by…
On December 16, 2016, exactly one week after it cleared the Senate with strong bipartisan support, President Obama signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the…
On February 8, 2017, the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) unanimously voted to extend for nine months, with minor modifications, existing emergency water…
