Key Takeaways -
- EPA is reportedly drafting termination letters purporting to cancel all 60 awards—totaling $7 billion—made under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar for All program.
- The threatened terminations are the...more
In this Issue: Mission is Market -
As with many, we in the Foley Hoag energy and climate practice have felt the results of the 2024 election reverberate through our industry. We’ve gathered and digested the most current...more
12/20/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
Charging Stations ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy-Efficiency Tax Credits ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Funding ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
In this Issue: Permitting Reform, the Supreme Court, EV’s, and Climate Week 2024 -
After nearly a decade as New York State’s environmental chief, I recently joined Foley Hoag to help the firm’s clients emerge as global...more
9/19/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Reform ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Renewable Energy ,
Utilities Sector
Four decades after the Supreme Court’s foundational decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, the Court has abandoned the rule established in that case: that courts should defer to executive agencies’...more
7/1/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
On September 21, 2023, the Biden administration outlined plans to expand federal agencies’ consideration of the social cost of carbon—a metric for the economic cost of each additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted to the...more
9/25/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
CEQ ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Cost-Benefit Analysis ,
Environmental Impact Statements ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Review ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
NEPA ,
OMB ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
USPS
On July 28, 2023, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations governing how federal agencies review the environmental effects of major federal...more
8/3/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
CEQ ,
Climate Change ,
Comment Period ,
Environmental Assessments ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Review ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
NEPA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Rulemaking Process
On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, which significantly narrowed the Clean Water Act’s (“CWA”) test for determining whether wetlands are protected...more
5/31/2023
/ Clean Water Act ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Rapanos v US ,
Sackett ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Water Projects ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands