The guidance sends a signal that carbon capture and sequestration remains a focus of the current administration’s decarbonization efforts.
On June 8, 2022, the US Department of the Interior’s (Interior) Bureau of Land...more
The action marks the clearance of another significant hurdle toward BOEM’s offshore wind lease sales in federal waters offshore California, anticipated to occur this fall.
In the first half of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean...more
6/17/2022
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The proposal would auction off almost 375,000 acres of the Outer Continental Shelf offshore California for wind energy development.
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..The two areas proposed for leasing have the potential to provide more...more
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and clean hydrogen will play a significant role in the Administration’s efforts to address hard-to-decarbonize industries to promote clean US manufacturing.
On February 15,...more
2/23/2022
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CEQ report calls for widespread CCUS deployment to achieve climate goals.
On June 30, 2021, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a report to Congress that outlines a framework for how the US can...more
7/8/2021
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CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
Public agencies prevailed in 68% of CEQA cases analyzed.
Latham & Watkins is pleased to present its fourth annual CEQA Case Report. Throughout...more
The Governor has issued an Executive Order with sweeping implications for the oil and gas industry and others.
On September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20, which will have...more
FWS and NMFS propose significant changes to the Endangered Species Act regulations as part of the Trump administration’s regulatory reform agenda.
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The three proposed rules would:
..Amend parts of the...more
Major new regulatory developments involving climate change create new risks for development projects and infrastructure -
..Recent CA Supreme Court decision? CEQAclarity
..CARB 2017 Scoping Plan targets development to...more
8/2/2018
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Stakeholders interested in energy development on US tribal lands will welcome recent Department of Interior (DOI) efforts that identify a key burden to energy development on these lands — as well as the Bureau of Indian...more
Report on the agencies’ review of programs provides a roadmap to understanding which energy policies the Trump administration will revise.
Several federal agencies have now issued reports responding to Executive Order (EO)...more
11/20/2017
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