As the 2020 presidential campaign made clear, President-elect Biden plans to usher in a sharp shift in policy priorities across the federal government. We anticipate significant changes in the management of federal public...more
11/16/2020
/ Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ,
Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Climate Change ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Conservation ,
Department of the Interior ,
National Monuments ,
NEPA ,
Net Zero ,
Oil & Gas ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Public Land ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Repeal
This is the inaugural issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the next 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector....more
2/1/2019
/ Bureau of Land Management ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Department of the Interior ,
Deregulation ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NAAQS ,
National Monuments ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Management ,
Subpoenas ,
Trump Administration
This is the ninth issue of WilmerHale's 10-in-10 Infrastructure Series. In this series, our attorneys share insights on current and emerging issues affecting infrastructure project developers in the United States. Attorneys...more
This is the eighth issue of WilmerHale's 10-in-10 Infrastructure Series. In this series, our attorneys share insights on current and emerging issues affecting infrastructure project developers in the United States....more
Last week, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released an initial list of actions to implement Executive Order 13807, which was intended to streamline the federal review of major projects under the National...more
Last week, the Deputy Secretary of Interior, David Bernhardt, issued a memo directing the Department's bureaus to streamline environmental impact statements (EISs) prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act...more
On January 15, Secretary Sally Jewell announced that the Department of the Interior will launch a comprehensive review to identify and evaluate potential reforms to the federal coal program. During the review, which is...more
This afternoon, the Administration issued two policies intended to encourage private investment in natural resource conservation and to facilitate application of the mitigation hierarchy—avoiding, minimizing and compensating...more
11/5/2015
/ Bureau of Land Management ,
Conservation ,
Department of the Interior ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Land ,
Forest Service ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mitigation ,
Natural Resources ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Transparency ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service