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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.2.25

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The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) circulated a draft template, dated April 8, 2025, to assist federal agencies in updating their procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 33, August 2020

Environmental, Tribal Groups Sue to Block Alaska Refuge Drilling - "More than a dozen environmental groups and one representing northeast Alaskan tribal villages sued the Trump administration over a plan to open the...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Owner of Pennsylvania Retail Motor Fuel Facilities Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and National Retail Properties Trust (“NRPT”) entered into a January 29th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of certain Resource Conservation and...more

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Attorneys General Investigations and Enforcement in the Energy Sector

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This is the final issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the course of 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector. Attorneys from across...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Product Liability Insights - Issue 1, 2019

Welcome to the first 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more

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Judge Orders Government to Account for Climate Change Impacts before Leasing Federal Lands to Energy Developers

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The US District Court for the District of Columbia has blocked the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from issuing new oil and gas drilling permits on approximately 300,000 acres of federal land in Wyoming until it adequately...more

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Environmental Litigation Alert: Citizen Suits Challenge Rollbacks, Replacements and Project Approvals

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This is the eighth issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the course of 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector. Attorneys from...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A New Tenant on Federal Lands: Court Orders BLM to Consider Climate Impacts in Approving Energy Leases

In a victory for environmental groups, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling this week with far-reaching consequences for energy projects on federal lands and “the attention the government must...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Assesses Significant Civil Penalty Against Natural Gas Pipeline for Allegedly Violating Certificate

On January 7, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or “the Commission”) issued an Order approving a settlement between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (Algonquin)...more

Gray Reed

Trump and the Oil Patch One Year In

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Let’s take a look at what President Trump has done for the oil industry in his first year (This is not about decorum, dossiers, tweets, or Oprah’s inauguration.) As in the past I refer to sources whose opinions and insights...more

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Environmental Liabilities in Oil & Gas Sales Under Bankruptcy Code Section 363

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Since the beginning of 2015, at least 77 companies in the oil and gas industry have sought bankruptcy relief in the United States. The flow of oil and gas company bankruptcies shows no sign of slowing down and, based on the...more

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