News & Analysis as of

Energy Policy › Regulatory Reform › Department of Justice (DOJ)

Bracewell LLP

Trump Administration Targets State Climate Laws

Bracewell LLP on

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi is expected to release a report any day detailing the Justice Department’s upcoming plans to combat “state overreach,” which is seen as impeding the Trump administration’s energy dominance...more

ArentFox Schiff

New White House Guidance Moves ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Metric to Side Burner

ArentFox Schiff on

For decades, regulators have tried to quantify harm related to emissions, including the “social cost of carbon” (SCC), but that approach has now changed. The Trump Administration recently released a memorandum seeking to...more

Mayer Brown

Unleashing American Energy: Deregulatory Executive Orders

Mayer Brown on

Among other energy-related actions within the first two weeks of April 2025, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on April 8 and 9 that have the potential to result in significant changes to US federal, state,...more

Mintz

Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting State Action on Climate Change

Mintz on

Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order that sought to target actions undertaken by individual U.S. states to combat climate change, for the stated purpose of ensuring “American energy dominance.”...more

Blank Rome LLP

Unleashing American Energy: Trump Administration’s Latest Executive Orders

Blank Rome LLP on

New Executive Orders and Proclamation - On April 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued three significant executive orders (“EOs”) and a fourth proclamation consistent with his pledge to “Unleash American Energy.” These...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOJ Task Force Seeks to Root Out Anticompetitive Regulations in Transportation Industry - Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On Thursday, March 27, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the launch of a new Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force to identify and eliminate anticompetitive state and federal laws and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

First Day Presidential Directives May Have Broad Implications for Wind Industry

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Among President Donald Trump’s directives issued on his first day in office was a Presidential Memorandum targeting wind energy, which has been a significant source of new electricity generation in the United States over the...more

7 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:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide