加利福尼亚州法院通过简化审查维持了供水规则,而新的法律和最高法院的裁决则使清洁能源项目的核准更为容易。 California courts upheld water rules using streamlined reviews, while new laws and Supreme Court rulings ease clean energy project approvals.

2025年10月,加利福尼亚第五区上诉法院支持州水务委员会使用监管方案的分析,而不是针对新的废水毒性规则的完整《环境影响报告》,以发现是否遵守了CEQA。 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. 一项单独的法律,AB 531,简化地热项目认证,降低清洁能源项目的投资门槛,推进国家气候目标。 A separate law, AB 531, streamlines geothermal project certification and lowers investment thresholds for clean energy projects, advancing state climate goals. 同时,美国最高法院的一项裁决澄清了国家环境保护局的审查范围,将评估限于直接和可合理预见的影响,目的是减少在允许扩大制造业的环境方面出现延误。 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.