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Building Resilience Through Infrastructure Investment (Video)
As climate-related risks intensify and infrastructure demands grow, how can resilience infrastructure strengthen economies and communities? This discussion examines the distinction between resilience infrastructure and resilient infrastructure, exploring investment opportunities in emerging markets and the role of blended finance in unlocking institutional capital. The conversation delves into key considerations for investors and the future of resilience-focused infrastructure development.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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Senate Unveils Bipartisan Comprehensive Permitting Reform Bill
On September 30, 2026, Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee Chair Mike Lee (R-UT), and Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-NM) unveiled the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA; S. 5653), a comprehensive permitting reform package aimed at accelerating approvals for energy, infrastructure, transmission, mining, manufacturing, and other major projects. The legislation represents the most significant bipartisan permitting reform effort in years and follows months of negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats.
United States Energy
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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Celebrating California’s Water Professionals
California's water professionals work tirelessly to ensure safe and reliable water, wastewater, and recycled water services across the state, especially as the region faces a hotter, drier climate with extreme weather events. This recognition highlights the essential expertise and dedication these professionals bring to their communities while encouraging the next generation to consider rewarding careers in the water industry.
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Nossaman LLP
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Senate Negotiators Reach Agreement On Permitting Reform Text
On Sept. 30, 2026, Senate negotiators announced agreement on the text of the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” a long-awaited bill to reform and expedite federal environmental and energy permitting. The 417-page bill is the product of intensive negotiations among the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee that began early in the 119th Congress.
United States Environment
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Texas Imposes New Rules On Recyclers Of Renewable Energy Components
On September 11, 2026, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued significant new requirements for facilities that recycle renewable energy components, including components of wind turbine generators, solar energy devices, and battery energy storage systems (BESSs). See 51 Tex. Reg. 6742-6751 (September 25, 2026). The new rules and their authorizing legislation impose reporting, closure, financial assurance, and recordkeeping requirements on the recycling facilities.
United States Environment
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Beveridge & Diamond
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Senate Unveils Bipartisan Comprehensive Permitting Reform Bill
On September 30, 2026, Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee Chair Mike Lee (R-UT), and Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-NM) unveiled the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA; S. 5653), a comprehensive permitting reform package aimed at accelerating approvals for energy, infrastructure, transmission, mining, manufacturing, and other major projects. The legislation represents the most significant bipartisan permitting reform effort in years and follows months of negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats.
United States Energy
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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Senate Negotiators Reach Agreement On Permitting Reform Text
On Sept. 30, 2026, Senate negotiators announced agreement on the text of the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” a long-awaited bill to reform and expedite federal environmental and energy permitting. The 417-page bill is the product of intensive negotiations among the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee that began early in the 119th Congress.
United States Environment
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Second Life For Mine Waste: Turning Tailings Into A Critical Minerals Recovery And Environmental Remediation Opportunity
The United States imports nearly all of 13 critical minerals essential to national defense and advanced manufacturing, creating strategic vulnerabilities. Federal agencies are now moving to unlock domestic sources by recovering these minerals from abandoned mine tailings, which contain significant concentrations of rare earth elements, cobalt, and other strategic materials while offering environmental remediation benefits.
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Foley Hoag LLP
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Building Resilience Through Infrastructure Investment (Video)
As climate-related risks intensify and infrastructure demands grow, how can resilience infrastructure strengthen economies and communities? This discussion examines the distinction between resilience infrastructure and resilient infrastructure, exploring investment opportunities in emerging markets and the role of blended finance in unlocking institutional capital. The conversation delves into key considerations for investors and the future of resilience-focused infrastructure development.
United States Energy
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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Senate Unveils Bipartisan Comprehensive Permitting Reform Bill
On September 30, 2026, Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee Chair Mike Lee (R-UT), and Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-NM) unveiled the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA; S. 5653), a comprehensive permitting reform package aimed at accelerating approvals for energy, infrastructure, transmission, mining, manufacturing, and other major projects. The legislation represents the most significant bipartisan permitting reform effort in years and follows months of negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats.
United States Energy
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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