Federal grant recipients have long faced uncertainty when a change in administration brings new policy priorities. Recent decisions – both from the courts and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) – provide benchmarks...more
8/18/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Benchmarks ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
GAO ,
Infrastructure ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Separation of Powers ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Statutory Requirements
The Trump Administration on Aug. 7, 2025, issued a sweeping executive order titled "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking" (the Order or EO), which is aimed at overhauling the federal grantmaking process. Framed as a...more
Following the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of a new project review process in May 2025, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) issued the first round of DOE grant terminations under the Trump...more
7/29/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Clean Energy ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Contract Termination ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Grants ,
Judicial Review ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
Tucker Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule to extend the deadline for manufacturers and importers of 16 chemicals to report certain unpublished health and safety studies to the EPA as required by a...more
6/17/2025
/ Chemicals ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Final Rules ,
Manufacturers ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Time Extensions ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the second Trump Administration has begun to shift the Biden Administration's policies related to the review of existing chemicals under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances...more
5/30/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Chemicals ,
Comment Period ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
Trump Administration
In contrast to the recent influx of terminations in the broader government contracting and federal grants space, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has not yet started to issue wide-ranging programmatic or sweeping...more
5/5/2025
/ Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Government Agencies ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Pending Litigation ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Renewable Energy ,
Trump Administration
President Donald Trump on April 9, 2025, issued an executive order (EO) titled "Protecting American Energy from State Overreach." The EO aims at "unleashing American energy" by removing legal restrictions imposed by state...more
As Holland & Knight previously discussed, the Trump Administration issued an executive order (EO) on Feb. 26, 2025, implementing the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) "cost efficiency initiative" that (among...more
4/4/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Contract Termination ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Grants ,
Grants ,
Mitigation ,
Popular ,
Strategic Planning ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded its risk evaluation of 1,4-Dioxane under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and issued a Notice of Availability of its Final Supplement to the Risk Evaluation and...more
In this episode of our "An Energized Exchange" podcast series by our Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector Group, attorneys Halley Townsend, Eddie Jauregui and Alexander Holtan explore the intricate world of voluntary...more
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws represent a pivotal shift in environmental and sustainability compliance, placing the onus of end-of-life product management on Producers, the parties that produce the products...more
10/18/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Dates ,
Data-Sharing ,
Distributors ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Manufacturers ,
Plastics ,
Product Packaging ,
Self-Certification ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability ,
Waste Management
On Oct. 2, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced parallel actions against CQC Impact Investors LLC (CQC or the...more
10/9/2024
/ Carbon Emissions ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Corporate Officers ,
Declination ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Energy Projects ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fraud ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Misrepresentation ,
Offsets ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Sept. 20, 2024, finalized guidance (the Final Guidance) regarding the listing of voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives on CFTC‑regulated exchanges. The CFTC previously...more
In this episode of our "An Energized Exchange" podcast series by our Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector Group, attorneys Andy Kriha and Halley Townsend explore the topic of the non-delegation doctrine, specifically in...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching and important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023, requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured and...more
6/27/2024
/ Compliance ,
Data Collection ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Final Rules ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
NDAA ,
PFAS ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
A recent enforcement action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlights the perils of incorrectly categorizing marine fuels under EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and Diesel Fuel programs. Indeed, EPA's...more
As enacted by the Biden Administration in February 2022, Executive Order (EO) 140631 and its implementing final rule2 require that all awardees of federal construction contracts for which the total estimated cost of the...more
1/15/2024
/ Apprenticeships ,
Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Construction Project ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Economic Development ,
Energy Projects ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Public Projects
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed guidance (the Proposed Guidance) regarding the listing of voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives on CFTC-regulated exchanges on Dec. 4, 2023. The CFTC's goal...more
12/13/2023
/ Carbon Off-Set Credits ,
CFTC ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Governance ,
Derivatives ,
Environmental Claims ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Proposed Guidance ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities Exchanges ,
Transparency
This episode of the "Eyes on Washington" podcast series by Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group is presented by attorneys Halley Townsend, Andy Kriha and Alex Holtan of the firm's Greenwashing Mitigation Team....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have recently and aggressively signaled their intent to ramp up enforcement activity regarding the use of carbon offsets to make environmental...more
8/16/2023
/ Carbon Off-Set Credits ,
CFTC ,
Climate Change ,
Commodities ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
Green Guides ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Whistleblowers