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On July 1, 2025, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published 18 Notices of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register, marking a sweeping regulatory initiative by the current administration. The proposals...more
Grants a two-year exemption from the EPA’s Taconite Rule to seven iron ore processing facilities operated by U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs. Extends all compliance deadlines under the rule, maintaining pre-existing emissions...more
Trump Paves Way for Coal Renaissance and Targets State Climate Change Efforts - In early April, President Trump issued several presidential actions to revive the coal industry, including rolling back environmental...more
Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin on June 11, 2025, announced a proposed rule titled “Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units.” In...more
After 150 days in office, President Trump has signed executive orders on a pace of more than one per day. An emerging priority of the administration is increasing the use of federal land for resource production. This post...more
In early April, President Trump issued several energy-related presidential actions aimed at reviving the coal industry. These actions could boost the domestic coal industry, including by rolling back environmental regulations...more
President Trump came into office pledging to speed up federal environmental permitting, and he has issued a series of executive orders that touch on some aspect of expediting environmental reviews....more
On May 9, 2025, fifteen democratic states (“Plaintiff States”) sued the Trump Administration in Washington District Court, claiming that President Trump’s executive order “Declaring a National Energy Emergency” (“Executive...more
On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a proposal to streamline the application process for authorizations to transmit electricity from the United States to other countries (e.g., Canada and Mexico)....more
Directs the Secretary of Energy to rescind or amend specific appliance efficiency regulations, suspend enforcement of those provisions and related statutory standards. It also instructs the Secretary and the Director of...more
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
Primarily through the issuance of executive orders, the Trump administration has taken a comprehensive approach across departments to promote the production and use of fossil fuels and critical minerals, and withdraw support...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long navigated the complex intersection of science, law, policy, and public trust. Under the Trump Administration, EPA faces renewed scrutiny. The Administration seeks...more
The orders span various sectors and aim to introduce sunset provisions into regulations and eliminate regulations deemed unlawful or anti-competitive....more
The National Environmental Policy Act has drawn congressional and presidential frustration for long over a decade and the regulations of the body it created—the Council on Environmental Quality—have often been caught in the...more
The Colstrip Power Plant in Montana is now one of the early applicants to the new EPA exemption application process which we have previously discussed here. Specifically, the Colstrip plant has requested a two-year exemption...more
Challenging a slew of state climate-related laws and programs, President Trump’s April 8, 2025 executive order (EO) set the stage for more legal fights between the federal government and states. In the new EO, “Protecting...more
Last week, President Trump signed over 10 executive orders related to efforts to strengthen America’s defense industry, bolster coal production and electric grid management, and roll back other regulations it views as...more
On April 8, 2025, the President of the United States signed a suite of executive orders designed to extend the aims of the January 31, 2025 Executive Order (“EO”) Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation. The implementation...more
On the evening of April 9, 2025, the Trump administration released a pair of deregulatory executive actions that could have major implications for any industry subject to federal rules — and are also likely to be a magnet for...more
After a flurry of actions in February, March seemed relatively calm by comparison, though there was plenty to track and unpack as the month progressed. All eyes are on what House Republicans will end up cutting from the...more
On March 12, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a flurry of press releases announcing its plan to rollback dozens of Biden-era, as well as earlier, environmental regulations. This historic move is part...more
During the first week of his second term, President Trump issued a slew of executive orders (EOs) and presidential memorandums that directly target environmental and climate initiatives addressed by previous administrations....more
US exits Paris Agreement after submitting Nationally Determined Contributions. In mid-December, the Biden Administration announced it submitted the US target under the Paris Agreement: cutting net carbon emissions by 61 to 66...more
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