News & Ideas
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Perspective: Permitting Reform – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 proposes sweeping permitting reforms. Eric Beightel outlines the benefits, risks, and potential impacts on NEPA, environmental review, and infrastructure.
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Webinar: Permitting Reform, Regulatory Updates, and the Midterms – What Comes Next
ESA’s policy leaders will discuss the recently introduced bipartisan permitting reform language, final rules affecting Endangered Species Act implementation and proposed changes to the Clean Water Act and the National Historic Preservation Act.
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AB 2051 is Now Law: What Comes Next for Coastal Resilience Planning
California has signed AB 2051 into law, setting the stage for coastal resilience permitting reforms. Learn what the new law means for sea level rise adaptation, coastal protection, and future projects.
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The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), introduced in the Senate on September 30,…
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Christina Luu is part of ESA’s Business Intelligence team, where she helps turn complex data…
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California’s new CEQA laws bring changes to environmental review, exemptions, streamlining, and project planning. We…
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Our team keeps track of species status listings as they are released throughout the year,…
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Early environmental compliance planning can help projects reduce delays, avoid redesign, manage mitigation, and improve…
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New USFWS guidance could narrow how “take” is interpreted under the Endangered Species Act, with…
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California’s El Niño emergency declaration prioritizes environmental permitting and agency coordination to help communities prepare…
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California’s Mills Act has supported historic preservation for over 50 years. Learn how cities are…
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ESA is pleased to sponsor and present at the 2026 GRA Groundwater Congress in Palm…
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California voters’ November ballot includes Proposition 45 (Prop 45), a measure that would make major…
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AI is reshaping environmental planning, but responsible adoption requires more than just choosing the right…
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ESA researchers tracked Striped Bass movement in the Clifton Court Forebay to help California Delta…
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As San Francisco Bay faces increasing environmental impacts such as harmful algal blooms, learn how…
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The Department of the Interior’s new Section 106 policy brings new changes for project review…
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What the return to species-specific Section 4(d) rules means for project planning, permitting, and compliance.
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Dan Beckley is an environmental planner in the Northwest focused on climate resilience and hazard…
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ESA is pleased to sponsor and present at RAE’s 2026 Coastal & Estuarine Summit in…
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Recent monitoring shows the large-scale restoration is reversing decades of channel incision while supporting sediment…