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- EPA is evaluating the Texas Railroad Commission's formal primacy application. If granted, Texas will assume primary enforcement authority—or primacy—over Class VI wells.
- Carbon capture and storage...more
5/8/2025
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State and Local Government
On April 9, 2025, President Trump announced a slew of executive actions seeking to bolster the coal industry.
One of the three executive orders is directly targeted at procedures to increase coal mining and production, which...more
4/14/2025
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Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
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Department of the Interior ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Technology Sector ,
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On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled Protecting American Energy from State Overreach.
The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify state laws and policies that burden...more
On January 20th, President Donald Trump launched his first attack on the wind industry by issuing a Presidential Memorandum, which temporarily bars future offshore wind leasing in federal waters and pauses issuance of any...more
1/27/2025
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Permits ,
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Trump Administration ,
Wind Power
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published on December 20, 2023, its notice of intent (NOI) to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) of reasonably foreseeable impacts of floating offshore...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the government’s motion for summary judgment on May 17, 2023, in a case seeking to invalidate agency approvals of the first utility-scale offshore wind project...more
6/1/2023
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Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
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NEPA ,
Offshore Wind ,
Renewable Energy ,
State and Local Government ,
Wind Power
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued Notice 2023-38 (the Notice) on May 12, 2023, which contains the first rules concerning the domestic content bonus credits for renewable electricity, renewable natural gas,...more
The Biden-Harris administration launched Version 1.0 of its Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. This tool is a key component of the administration’s environmental justice...more
Governor Kathy Hochul announced the release of New York’s third competitive Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) solicitation on July 27, 2022. Through the solicitation, the New York State Energy Research and...more
Offshore wind energy development gained momentum at the end of February, as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held the largest offshore wind lease sale ever in the United States. From February 23-25, BOEM auctioned...more
President Biden signed an executive order (Order) on December 8, 2021, directing the federal government to use its scale and procurement power to slash its carbon emissions by 65% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by...more
12/17/2021
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Sustainability
The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Biden signed into law today, and the proposed $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) each set aside historic investments in clean energy. The...more
11/16/2021
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Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
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NOAA ,
Offshore Wind ,
Renewable Energy ,
Wind Power