From the outset, key goals of the incoming Trump Administration have been: supporting fossil fuel development, ending incentives for renewable energy and energy transition, removing burdensome environmental regulations and...more
To nobody’s surprise, it is already evident that President Trump’s second term will mark a significant shift in environmental regulation and policy from the Biden Administration. This article marks the first in a where we...more
1/27/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Paris Agreement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Sackett v. EPA,effectively narrowing the scope of federally protected wetlands to which the Clean Water Act (CWA) applies. The CWA provides the U.S. Army Corp of...more
6/2/2023
/ Clean Water Act ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Inland Waterways ,
Navigable Waters ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sackett ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
Two days ago, President Trump issued an executive order (Order) that will scale back the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) hotly contested “waters of the United States”...more
3/2/2017
/ Economic Development ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Justice Scalia ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rescission ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Trump Administration ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States