The week of June 30, 2025, will go down in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) history as another one for the books — federal agencies have begun their efforts to overhaul their NEPA procedures and Congress has...more
On May 29, 2025, the US Supreme Court pressed the reset button on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), issuing an 8-0 decision intended to convert what NEPA has become, a “judicial oak,” back into the originally...more
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of two additional legal challenges to the Vineyard Wind 1 Project (the Project). On December 5, 2024, a First Circuit panel issued a consolidated...more
12/11/2024
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Dismissals ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Fishing Industry ,
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) ,
NEPA ,
Offshore Wind ,
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ,
Permits ,
Renewable Energy ,
Trade Associations
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of two legal challenges to the Vineyard Wind 1 project (the Project). On April 24 and April 25, 2024, the same panel of First Circuit judges issued...more
Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has rejected another challenge to federal permits and approvals for the Vineyard Wind Project (Vineyard Wind or the Project). Vineyard Wind is...more
10/18/2023
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BOEM ,
Clean Water Act ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Fishing Industry ,
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) ,
NEPA ,
Offshore Wind ,
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ,
Standing ,
Summary Judgment ,
US Army Corps of Engineers
The federal government has successfully defended its approvals of the Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts (Project), setting the stage for further decisions as other challenges proceed. Vineyard Wind is the first...more
The federal government’s offshore wind program notched another important victory on March 9, 2023, when the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the New York Bight...more
On January 9, 2023, the Council for Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published interim National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change (hereafter, “guidance” or “GHG...more
1/10/2023
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Department of Environmental Quality ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Impact Statements ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
NEPA ,
New Guidance ,
Pipelines ,
Pollution Control