News & Analysis as of

Carbon Emissions Executive Orders Renewable Energy

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, July 2025

We are pleased to share the July 2025 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Empire Wind 1 Stop-Work Order Targets Offshore Wind but Raises Questions for Other Industries

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On Wednesday, April 16, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to order Equinor to “stop work” on its 812 megawatt Empire Wind 1 project just outside of New York Harbor....more

Bracewell LLP

US Withdrawal From the Paris Climate Accord and its Impact on the Voluntary Carbon Market

Bracewell LLP on

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders on energy and environmental topics that included initiating a US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords, a move consistent with his previous...more

Bennett Jones LLP

US President Executive Orders and Energy Development—A New Chapter in US Policy

Bennett Jones LLP on

Executive orders issued by President Donald J. Trump during his first day in office signaled a sharp shift in US policy as may affect the development and use of energy resources in the United States—particularly oil, natural...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Biden Outlines Comprehensive Plan for Federal Sustainability

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The president’s executive order aims to use the US government’s procurement power to achieve “carbon pollution-free electricity” by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. On December 8, 2021, President Biden issued an...more

Perkins Coie

The Biden Administration’s Plan for a Zero-Carbon Federal Government by 2050

Perkins Coie on

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

McDermott Will & Schulte

Federal Government to Procure More Than 10 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy by 2030

McDermott Will & Schulte on

On December 8, 2021, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order that directs the federal government to become carbon neutral by 2050. Due to the procurement power of the federal government, this executive order aims to...more

Williams Mullen

Climate Strategies Now!

Williams Mullen on

The convergence of climate change policy, massive spending on breakthrough advances in renewable energy sources (e.g., solar, on- and off-shore wind) and energy storage technology, complete upgrades to electricity...more

WilmerHale

President Biden's Climate Change Order Sets Agenda for Energy Policy

WilmerHale on

Fulfilling one of his central campaign promises, President Biden signed a wide-ranging Executive Order last week addressing climate change through energy, infrastructure, national security, foreign affairs, and social justice...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Biden Faces Challenges at Home as U.S. Rejoins Paris Agreement

As promised, President Biden has recommitted the U.S. to the Paris climate agreement. He’s also undertaken sweeping executive action to undo the previous administration’s environmental rollbacks. But after four years of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

President Biden Takes Executive Actions to Accelerate Clean Energy Generation and Transmission Projects

On January 27, 2021, US President Joe Biden signed a series of Executive Orders that aim to “confront the existential threat of climate change” in the United States, overseas and throughout the federal government while...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 36, September 2020

Corona-Induced CO2 Emission Reductions are Not Yet Detectable in the Atmosphere - "Based on current data measured in the energy, industry, and mobility sectors, restrictions of social life during the corona pandemic can be...more

Williams Mullen

Environmental Notes - February 2020

Williams Mullen on

It’s well-known that the Trump administration has sought policies of deregulation over the past several years. The administration places emphasis on proper enforcement of existing rules and regulations as a means of achieving...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2019 #3

Trump Signs Orders to Speed Up Oil and Gas Pipeline Construction - "President Trump signed two executive orders that he says will speed up construction of pipelines and other projects to enhance the production and...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

California’s Moon Shot—Carbon Neutral by 2045

By now you may have heard that Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed The 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2018 (SB 100) into law and issued Executive Order B-55-18 to Achieve Carbon Neutrality (“Executive Order”). Taken together,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

CA Enacts 100% Carbon-Free Energy Standard

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 100 into law on Monday, setting in place a 100% renewable electricity target for California by 2045. The law, which we discussed in our prior blog post, calls for a state-wide renewable...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Some Will Always Have Paris: Withdrawal from the Climate Change Accord May Not Reduce the Heat on the Health Care Industry

President Trump’s decision earlier this month to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement—an international, nonbinding agreement to take steps to limit global temperature rise—followed a series of moves at the...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Federal Court Halts Lawsuit Consideration over Obama’s Clean Water Rule; Pruitt Recruits Governors to Shape New EPA Water...

One of President Trump’s early campaign promises was to dismantle the 2015 Clean Water Rule, the Obama administration’s regulation asserting federal power over navigable bodies of water and aiming to replace polluting...more

Perkins Coie

How the President’s Executive Order Will Affect U.S. Oil, Natural Gas and Coal Industries

Perkins Coie on

President Donald Trump’s recently signed Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (the Order) includes significant revisions to the regulatory landscape both (1) directly in the case of oil and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California's New Climate Era: SB 350 and Beyond

Morrison & Foerster LLP on

Two out of three ain’t bad. Climate change policy advocates may find themselves quoting Meat Loaf with the enactment of Senate Bill (SB) 350, which California’s Legislature passed last month and which Governor Jerry...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

President Obama Announces Solar Commitments

On May 9, 2014, President Obama announced new executive actions that aim to create jobs and cut carbon pollution through the expanded use of solar power. As part of these initiatives, the President has made a commitment to...more

21 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide