On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its proposed “Set 2” rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program (the “Set 2 Rule”). The Set 2 Rule proposes renewable volume obligations...more
6/19/2025
/ Agribusiness ,
Biofuel ,
Charging Stations ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Fuel Standard ,
Secretary of Agriculture ,
Trump Administration
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the penultimate step to granting Texas the authority to directly issue Class VI permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control (UIC)...more
6/16/2025
/ Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Texas
If past is prologue, while the second Trump administration is expected to take a number of actions that could lead to increased volatility with respect to renewable identification number (“RIN”) prices just as the first did,...more
Despite the Biden administration’s public support for carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”), we saw neither faster CCS permit approvals from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) nor a significant push towards...more
In 2020, President-elect Donald Trump promised to ensure that “America’s most critical infrastructure projects” would not be “tied up and bogged down by an outrageously slow and burdensome federal approval process.” Much of...more
12/19/2024
/ Audubon Society ,
Biden Administration ,
CEQ ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
National Environmental Policies ,
NEPA ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rescission ,
Trump Administration