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President Trump Issues Executive Order Seeking to Boost Coal Mining and Production

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On April 9, 2025, President Trump announced a slew of executive actions seeking to bolster the coal industry. One of the three executive orders is directly targeted at procedures to increase coal mining and production, which...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, V 9, Issue 3, March 2025

Welcome to our third issue of Currents 2025. Again, thank you for reading! Power Plays and Fueling Tension: Trade War Ripples Through North American Energy Markets - President Trump's pursuit of U.S. energy dominance,...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

What to Expect From the 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session

Wyoming’s 67th Legislative Session begins on Jan. 14. The Wyoming Legislature alternates between a 40-day General Session in odd-numbered years and a 20-day Budget Session in even-numbered years. The bodies will hold opening...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2020 #3

Supreme Court Lifts Key Obstacle to Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but More Challenges Remain - "The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that held up construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2019

Trump to Sign Order Seeking to Clear Gas Pipeline Hurdles - "The administration, which is pushing a policy it calls energy dominance, has been considering an order that would push back against states, including New York,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - January 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Floats 70% Tax on Wealthy to Pay for 'Green New Deal' - "Ocasio-Cortez has put forward a 'Green New Deal' that includes generating the nation's power from renewable sources, building a national...more

Sullivan & Worcester

The New Administration’s Efforts to Deconstruct the Obama Climate Initiatives

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President Trump is spearheading a government-wide roll back of Obama Era climate initiatives. The president and his EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, have delivered a one-two punch. They both have denied the impact of human...more

Snell & Wilmer

The Trump Administration Delivers Much Needed Relief to the Coal Industry

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During the first six months of the new Administration, President Trump has delivered much needed relief to the coal industry. The President and Congress have been particularly effective at rolling back policies proposed at...more

Jones Day

No Accord: Summarizing the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement

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On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that the "United States will cease all implementation" of the Paris Climate Accord. This Commentary provides a short summary of the impacts of President Trump's announcement....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Coal Companies, Don’t Look Behind; EPA May Be Gaining on You

As the lawyers among our readers know, the denial of a certiorari petition does not establish precedent. However, that doesn’t make it unimportant. Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied cert. in Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. EPA. ...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

ML Strategies Weekly Energy and Environment Update – Week of October 8, 2013

As the clock struck midnight October 1, the United States entered a new fiscal year, and, without a budget, the federal government shut down. Congress worked through the weekend to pass a continuing resolution, but the...more

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