Transect’s annual 2026 developer survey reveals where solar, storage, wind, nuclear, and data center projects are heading next.
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Transect Team: May 12, 2026
Speed is everything in project development, and AI seems to show promise in accelerating early-stage site assessment. After all, it’s easy to prompt...
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Transect Team: Mar 10, 2026
AI is reshaping infrastructure planning across the United States. In a recent webinar with Tai Wallace of Emerald Infrastructure, we examined why...
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Transect Team: Jan 16, 2026
Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) finalized the 2026 Nationwide Permits (NWPs), reissuing 56 existing nationwide permits...
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Transect Team: Oct 14, 2025
Our recent Nuclear Development 101 webinar brought together Ted Coulter (Lead Development Engineer, Advanced Nuclear Advisors) and Dave Wolpert (Sr....
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Transect Team: Oct 8, 2025
On September 22, 2025, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle issued a memo directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to...
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Transect Team: Sep 18, 2025
Since January 20, 2025, the renewable energy sector has experienced a wave of federal policy shifts reshaping how projects are planned, permitted,...
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Transect Team: Sep 2, 2025
Siting software is a strategic investment. But not every platform is built for the complexities of energy development.
Some are GIS rebrands. Others...
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Transect Team: Aug 26, 2025
Even the best-sited project can die from poor public perception.
Local resistance has derailed solar, wind, and battery projects alike. That’s why...
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Transect Team: Aug 19, 2025
You found a great parcel. The permitting looks clean. The community is neutral. The project pencils.
But the infrastructure can’t support it.
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Transect Team: Aug 12, 2025
Traditional Critical Issues Analyses (CIAs) are slow, expensive, and opaque.
That’s a problem because today’s renewable energy developers need to...
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Transect Team: Jul 31, 2025
In a sweeping policy shift with significant implications for renewable energy development, the Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a memo on July...
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Transect Team: Jul 29, 2025
A promising parcel on a satellite map often has deal-breaking risks not immediately visible.
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Transect Team: Jul 24, 2025
Siting used to be simple, but today’s energy infrastructure projects demand more than just maps and assumptions.
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Transect Team: Jun 4, 2025
Regulatory Shake-Up: What Renewable Energy Developers Need to Know About 2025’s Biggest Environmental Policy Shifts
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Transect Team: Dec 10, 2024
Wind energy is rising, and for good reason. Over the past decade, the industry has seen significant investment, with $148 billion poured into its...
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Transect Team: Nov 19, 2024
Brownfields are often misunderstood as heavily contaminated industrial sites or sprawling landfills, but the reality is much broader.
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Transect Team: Nov 1, 2024
Unseen forces can undermine even the most well-planned projects. One of the most significant and often overlooked risks for data center developers is
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Transect Team: Oct 7, 2024
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are pivotal in transitioning to a cleaner, more sustainable energy grid. If developers meet their planned...
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Transect Team: Oct 3, 2024
Floating solar, or floating photovoltaic (FPV), represents a groundbreaking advancement in renewable energy. This innovative technology allows solar...
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Transect Team: Oct 2, 2024
With over four decades in business and 100 years of combined experience, Slay Engineering is a leader in the civil engineering industry. As...
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Transect Team: Sep 20, 2024
The renewable energy industry is evolving rapidly, and RE+, one of the most anticipated industry events of the year, offers a front-row seat to the...
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Transect Team: Sep 19, 2024
Data centers are in high demand, and finding the right place to build them is crucial. Let's look at a real-world example to see why location matters.
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Transect Team: Aug 15, 2024
Renewable energy developers can expect continued growth in 2024. Significant investment in renewables is driving expansion across the sector, with...
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Transect Team: Aug 7, 2024
ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, endorsed by the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors are essential for...
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Transect Team: Aug 1, 2024
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) firms are essential to large-scale infrastructure projects, playing a crucial role in developing and...
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Transect Team: Jul 26, 2024
Renewable developers are tasked with numerous responsibilities to bring projects from conception to completion. Traditionally, Engineering,...
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Transect Team: Jun 26, 2024
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Transect Team: Apr 24, 2024
A deep-dive into community sentiment for solar projects is now available with Transect’s Solar Pulse!
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Transect Team: Apr 1, 2024
In an era where the quest for renewable energy sources grows ever more inventive, Transect takes a bold leap beyond the boundaries of the known world...
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Transect Team: Feb 5, 2024
Don't Mess with Texas, they say. And while that slogan might have been designed for a littering campaign, it's pretty applicable to the state's...
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Transect Team: Jan 29, 2024
Energy does little good if it never leaves its birthplace. To serve its purpose, it must be moved to its final destination. Transmission lines are...
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Among the nine big barriers to the clean energy transition, we think permitting is the one with the greatest potential as a transition killer.
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Transect Team: Dec 13, 2023
From the Clean Air Act (CAA) to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the directives that protect the earth come in many forms. Air...
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Transect Team: Nov 30, 2023
As the winter weather rolls in, Texans are reminded of deadly Winter Storm Uri. This 2021 storm saw widespread grid failure, exposing millions to the...
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Transect Team: Nov 16, 2023
I've just returned from the RE+ Midwest 2023 conference held in Chicago, and I'm truly inspired by the remarkable developments I witnessed in the...
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Transect Team: Nov 10, 2023
Our team has just returned from Reuters Energy Transition North America 2023, hosted in Houston, TX, by Thomson Reuters Events. Innovation was...
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Transect Team: Nov 1, 2023
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) firms have their work cut out for them. Between completing major infrastructure projects on short...
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Transect Team: Oct 26, 2023
Our team recently returned from exhibiting at the GridTECH Connect Forum Northwest 2023, hosted by Clarion Events, and had the privilege of being...
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Transect Team: Oct 20, 2023
Identify protected species earlier in your project development process to avoid costly delays.
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Transect Team: Oct 20, 2023
The Wetlands Delineation Services available in the Transect Marketplace are a game-changer for land developers. With the recent Supreme Court ruling...
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Transect Team: Oct 20, 2023
Know you parcel's boundaries with a few clicks. Proceed in your project with confidence.
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Transect Team: Oct 20, 2023
The Transect platform is now offering wetland delineation services, Threatened and Endangered Species Surveys, and American Land Title Association...
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Transect Team: Oct 16, 2023
If you’re an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Firm (EPC) or are frequently commissioning EPCS for land development projects, then you...
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Transect Team: Oct 12, 2023
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) turns 50 this December, and we’re here to celebrate.
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Transect Team: Oct 10, 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was big news when the President first proposed it; Congress fought over it; it underwent innumerable edits and...
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Transect Team: Oct 4, 2023
Transect Unveils Exclusive Beta of AI Solar Sentiment Feature for Solar Industry Clients
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Transect Team: Sep 25, 2023
Renewable energy technologies continue to emerge, and the latest edition is making waves...or dare we say, bubbles.
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Transect Team: Sep 23, 2023
The only constant is change, as they say. Throughout the last several administrations, we’ve seen tons of environmental regulations changed,...
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Transect Team: Sep 23, 2023
Renewable energy generation isn't always welcomed with open arms.
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Transect Team: Sep 19, 2023
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Transect Team: Sep 18, 2023
I just returned from an exhilarating experience at RE+ 2023, and I can't help but be awestruck by the tremendous growth and innovation in the ...
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Transect Team: Sep 6, 2023
Sackett v. EPA leaves nearly half of the nation’s prior protected waters outside of the jurisdiction of the CWA. Recent regulation changes regarding...
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Transect Team: Aug 16, 2023
The Endangered Species Act might get a friend..
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Transect Team: Aug 1, 2023
The land grab just got more complicated. Welcome to the Wild West 2.0.
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Transect Team: Jul 5, 2023
Phase 1 ESAs just got a makeover and can now be ordered with just the press of a button!
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Transect Team: Jun 23, 2023
In an exciting development for existing or former USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) borrowers, a game-changing $9.7 billion incentive has been...
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Transect Team: Jun 15, 2023
The Transect "Disputed Wetlands" feature is a game-changer for environmentalists and developers alike. With the recent Supreme Court ruling in...
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Transect Team: Jun 8, 2023
Sackett v. EPA leaves nearly half of the nation’s prior protected waters outside of the jurisdiction of the CWA. Federal permitting requirements are...
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Transect Team: Apr 27, 2023
Renewable Energy is climbing up the food chain, and we can't get enough of this New Energy Era.
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Transect Team: Apr 21, 2023
New Year, New Waters: The Waters of the United States are rebranding.
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Transect Team: Apr 6, 2023
Clean energy is growing big and strong, but where do we find a place to put it?
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Transect Team: Mar 30, 2023
Keeping on trend with the back-to-back/simultaneous crises of the pandemic and lockdowns, diplomatic instability, and inflation, experts are warning...
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Transect Team: Feb 24, 2023
Signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022, the IRA directs federal spending toward cutting domestic carbon emissions by about 40% by...
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Transect Team: Feb 22, 2023
Renewable energy is a two-thumbs-up proposition, and while it does have its detractors, most people want to see faster clean energy generation, like,
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Transect Team: Dec 20, 2022
Battery storage technology is the new “it-girl” in the fight against climate change. Hear her latest hits about fighting climate change.
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Transect Team: Nov 7, 2022
You’ve done everything right.
Wooed that landowner. Completed your due diligence. Gotten all the proper permits. You’re on the fast track to Success...
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Tim Merlino: Oct 26, 2022
Forty years ago, a protest in North Carolina sparked a movement that continues to influence national policy today. This is the environmental justice...
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Transect Team: Oct 18, 2022
Stealing power from the sun, wind, water, and other renewable energy sources is hardly stealing at all – yet it takes as much planning as any good...
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Transect Team: Oct 13, 2022
Every kid over the age of 4 can tell you that flashlights need batteries to work.
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Transect Team: Oct 5, 2022
If you’ve been around for a while, you know how much we at Transect care about making the development of clean energy easier. Whether we’re breaking...
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Transect Team: Sep 27, 2022
Apparently, $369 billion isn’t enough to buy a fast pass.Listen, we hate to be the one to say, “we told you so,”….but if the shoe fits…
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Transect Team: Sep 20, 2022
There’s a new bill in town, and it’s stuffed with wind and solar incentives and credits. We’re going to tell you everything you need to know.
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Transect Team: Sep 13, 2022
Cities are flooding, and avocado prices are drastically rising; here is how the Inflation Reduction Act will give us a sliver of hope in 2022.
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Transect Team: Aug 24, 2022
We make no secret of the fact that, here at Transect, we are very Into solar. And wind. And clean energy in general.
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Transect Team: Aug 4, 2022
It’s no secret that the world’s energy crisis is reaching epic proportions. From dependence on foreign powers for natural gas to skyrocketing prices...
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Transect Team: Jul 18, 2022
Crisis of the day: The Supreme Court says, "let the people breathe carbon!"
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Transect Team: Jul 11, 2022
1-megawatt 2-megawatt red megawatt blue megawatt; some are ground-mounted, some are large-scale, some solar panels.....you get the point, right?...
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Transect Team: Jul 5, 2022
Move over, Good, Bad and Ugly. The Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly are now in town – and they’ve got some dirty tricks up their sleeves.
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Transect Team: Jun 28, 2022
If we could jack into the Matrix, upload all available information on a potential wind or solar site into our brains, and make lightning-fast...
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Transect Team: Jun 21, 2022
Sit down and take a deep breath. This isn’t a twelve-step meeting, don’t worry. But recovery is part of our story. Recovery from what, you’re...
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Transect Team: Jun 13, 2022
Our civilization is built on science. Or at least, it ought to be. (Looking at you, Flat Earthers.)
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Transect Team: Jun 8, 2022
Developing a new wind or solar farm is an incredible way to help your community and country. His recent executive order on the clean energy economy...
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Transect Team: May 31, 2022
Nothing is more frustrating than spending time, money, and resources finding a site for your next development project, only to discover down the road...
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Transect Team: Apr 25, 2022
Hold onto your hats, cowpokes. You’ve entered the Wild West, where resources are scarce and justice scarcer, and the only thing you’re guaranteed at...
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Transect Team: Apr 5, 2022
“I’ve been fortunate to work for quality clients and companies that have not asked me to do anything unethical or immoral,” said Bob White,...
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Transect Team: Mar 31, 2022
Pop quiz: how many people love putting time, energy, and resources into a project, only to watch it fall through weeks, months, or even years later?...
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Tim Merlino: Mar 24, 2022
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed into law on January 1, 1970, responding to mounting pressure from a public increasingly...
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Robin Laine: Feb 9, 2022
In the United States, we used to build fast! We no longer do. Despite the advances in built world technology, environmental permitting is constantly...
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Tim Clark: Feb 3, 2022
We created environmental permitting to protect a way of life that we saw was at risk of irreversible harm. Rachael Carson did not write Silent...
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Tim Merlino: Feb 1, 2022
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703-712) is a federal regulation that has made national headlines multiple times in 2021. This...
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Tim Merlino: Jan 20, 2022
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) (IIJA). The IIJA was passed by the...
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Transect Team: Jan 17, 2022
Ephemeral streams are waters that only flow in response to precipitation and lack a clearly defined channel. These...
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Transect Team: Jan 12, 2022
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Transect Team: Nov 15, 2021
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced they are stopping processing Clean Water Act (CWA) permits. This change is just the...
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Transect Team: Aug 19, 2021
The definition of waters of the U.S (WOTUS) is changing again, and maybe the fourth time's the charm?
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Transect Team: Aug 3, 2021
Space X is requesting liftoff to fill in acres of Texas wetlands, and environmentalists are striking back.
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Transect Team: Jun 8, 2021
As renewables development increases with new green energy efforts such as the Infrastructure Bill, regulations are likely to change. Years of vague...
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Transect Team: May 3, 2021
Interest in developing distributed generation and distributed storage projects is accelerating. Relative to utility-scale projects,...
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Transect Team: Feb 11, 2021
The pandemic has negatively impacted many American industries, and the solar industry is no exception. According to the Solar Energy Industries...
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Transect Team: Jan 28, 2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manages the Nationwide Permit (NWP) Program. This streamlined process authorizes project proponents to...
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Transect Team: Jan 6, 2021
On January 5, the United States Army Corps of Engineers released a pre-publication of the final reissue of Nationwide Permits (NWPs), which reissues...
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Transect Team: Oct 27, 2020
The story of a bug’s life. Spoiler alert: it starts with a carcass, leads to a community-wide-near-death experience, and ends in triumph.
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Transect Team: Aug 13, 2020
On August 11, 2020, a United States district judge vacated a 2017 Department of Interior opinion related to migratory birds (M Opinion ). The Trump...
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Transect Team: Aug 7, 2020
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Transect Team: Jul 20, 2020
On July 16th, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced their 12-month plan to determine whether to list the Dunes Sagebrush...
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Transect Team: Jun 3, 2020
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency released the final Clean Water Action Section 401 Certification Rule, clarifying the timeframe and...
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Transect Team: Apr 21, 2020
Over the river and through the woods, developing without an NWP, we go.
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Transect Team: Apr 20, 2020
In an April 15 ruling in Northern Plains Resource Council et al. v. USACE, a Montana judge vacated (canceled) Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 and enjoined...
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Transect Team: Feb 26, 2020
The Critical Issues Analysis (CIA) is a prominent part of the renewable development world. Some industries...
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Transect Team: Feb 3, 2020
From "mess with the birds, get the beak" to "mess with the birds, and you're totally fine if it was an accident; we are all friends here." Migratory...
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Transect Team: Jan 31, 2020
This week, a federal judge overturned the threatened status of the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) and ordered United States Fish and Wildlife Service...
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Transect Team: Jan 24, 2020
Yesterday, President Trump announced the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. This action is the next step in this administration's goal to review and...
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Transect Team: Feb 27, 2019
San Antonio, Texas (February 27, 2019) – Transect, an innovative...
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Transect Team: Dec 12, 2018
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, the Trump administration unveiled its plan to reduce the reach of federal oversight under the Clean Water Act (CWA) by...
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Transect Team: Dec 3, 2018
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed the Dusky Gopher Frog as an...
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Transect Team: Nov 15, 2018
One common question about Transect is whether our reports are the same as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA). The short answer: NOPE....
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Transect Team: Oct 12, 2018
The case before the court is Weyerhaeuser v. USFWS. It addresses whether the government can designate a "critical habitat" to protect an endangered...
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Transect Team: Sep 25, 2018
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced they will be making changes to the
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Transect Team: Aug 13, 2018
The world of environmental protection is a confusing and...
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Transect Team: Aug 7, 2018
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced its plan to change the federal Endangered Species Act(ESA or the act) under the Trump...
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