On May 19, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized its 2024 LNG Export Study: Energy, Economic and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports (the 2024 Study) through the release of a Response to Comments on the 2024...more
On March 5, 2025, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) approved Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC’s (GPLNG) request to extend a deadline to begin exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its terminal facility currently...more
3/10/2025
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Energy Policy ,
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Exports ,
FERC ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
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Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Oil & Gas ,
Policy Statement ,
Regulatory Requirements
On December 17, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a long-awaited study that is intended to inform its findings as to whether exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are in the “public interest” under section 3...more
12/23/2024
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Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Investment ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Public Interest ,
Trump Administration
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
12/17/2024
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Biden Administration ,
CARB ,
Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
NEPA ,
OECD ,
Regulatory Reform
President-elect Trump has been outspoken about his intent to reverse many of the Biden administration’s clean energy legislative and regulatory actions. We expect that the second Trump administration will seek to repeal...more
11/11/2024
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Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Investors ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pollution Control ,
Presidential Elections ,
Renewable Energy ,
Reversal ,
Tax Credits
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
10/9/2024
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China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Tax Incentives ,
Environmental Policies ,
Hydrogen Power ,
India ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Nuclear Power ,
Penalties ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
Transmission Planning
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
8/19/2024
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Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Hydropower ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Supply Chain
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
8/7/2024
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Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Landfills ,
Methane ,
NOAA ,
Transmission Grid ,
Water Pollution
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7/23/2024
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Charging Stations ,
Chevron Deference ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Minerals ,
Oil & Gas ,
OSHA ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tariffs ,
Wind Power
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
7/12/2024
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China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy & Climate Debates ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Nuclear Power ,
Offshore Wind
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
7/8/2024
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Chevron Deference ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
GAO ,
Government Agencies ,
Grants ,
Infrastructure ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
NEPA ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Renewable Energy ,
SCOTUS ,
Solar Energy ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tariffs
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
6/24/2024
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Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tax Credits
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
5/28/2024
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Charging Stations ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Farm Bill ,
FERC ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
NEPA ,
Pipelines ,
Solar Energy
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
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Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past two weeks and forthcoming climate-related events and...more
4/16/2024
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Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Ethanol ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
HUD ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
New Rules ,
Nuclear Power ,
Offshore Wind ,
Pollution Control
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
4/1/2024
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Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
National Emissions Standards ,
Natural Gas ,
Offshore Wind ,
U.S. Treasury
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past two weeks and forthcoming climate-related events and...more
2/9/2024
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Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government
On January 26, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that it would place a temporary “pause” on pending decisions to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries with which the United States has not entered into...more
2/2/2024
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Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy Act ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Impact Statements ,
Exports ,
FERC ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
NAFTA ,
NEPA ,
Public Interest ,
Shareholders ,
WTO
On December 1, 2023, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (REG-118492-23) with additional guidance on the excluded entities provision in the section 30D clean...more
12/7/2023
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Compliance ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Foreign Entities ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury