By Arielle O. Harris and Benjamin C. Lee on Posted in CEQA Guidelines
This post is Part Two of our blog series on the 2019 amendments to the CEQA Guidelines. This post focuses on amendments in the areas of greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions, energy, and wildfire impacts, as well as a discussion of OPR’s draft CEQA and Climate Change Advisory. GHG Impacts and Draft CEQA and Climate Change … Continue Reading
By Arielle O. Harris and Natalie C. Kirkish on Posted in CEQA Guidelines
On January 3, 2019 the Natural Resources Agency (“Agency”) announced that the long awaited comprehensive amendments to the CEQA Guidelines are now in effect. The last major update to the Guidelines was in the late 1990s. As a result, the Agency and the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) had a significant amount of material … Continue Reading
