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flag California courts upheld water rules using streamlined reviews, while new laws and Supreme Court rulings ease clean energy project approvals.

flag In October 2025, California’s Fifth District Court of Appeal upheld the State Water Board’s use of a regulatory program’s analysis instead of a full Environmental Impact Report for new wastewater toxicity rules, finding compliance with CEQA. flag A separate law, AB 531, streamlines geothermal project certification and lowers investment thresholds for clean energy projects, advancing state climate goals. flag Meanwhile, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarified NEPA review scope, limiting assessments to direct and reasonably foreseeable impacts, aiming to reduce delays in environmental permitting for manufacturing expansions.

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