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D.C. Circuit Decision Underscores Jurisdictional Limits of FERC Project Reviews Under NEPA

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On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision—Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 125 F.4th 229 (2025) ("Citizens Action")—affirming...more

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Key Regulatory Considerations for RNG Projects in Alberta

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A key component to the success of any RNG project is ensuring there is a regulatory plan established at the outset. Industrial Approval - While Alberta does not currently have a legislative framework that is specific...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

Delaware River Basin Commission Converts Fracking Moratorium into Permanent Ban

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on February 25, 2021, approved a new regulation formally prohibiting high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF), or fracking, in the Delaware River Basin. The final rule makes permanent...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

Department of Energy Predicts Substantial Impact From Fracking Ban

The US Department of Energy submitted a report to the president last month on “Economic and National Security Impacts under a Hydraulic Fracturing Ban.” This 80-page report analyzed the effects of a hypothetical United States...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - July 2019 #3

Judge Rules Against Oil Companies to Keep Climate Liability Case in Rhode Island - "The ruling will allow Rhode Island prosecutors to continue to bring charges against 21 oil and gas producers including Chevron, Shell and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2017#3

Trump is Still Pulling Out of Paris Agreement, Despite Chatter of a Reversal, Experts Say - "President Donald Trump is unlikely to reverse his position to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, despite the White House...more

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DOGGR Delays Release of Draft Fracking Rules Pending Possible Instruction from Lawmakers

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At a conference in Los Angeles at the end of July, the chair of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), Felicia Marcus, noted that the Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources...more

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