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Fast-Tracking Federal Natural Resource Approvals: Seabed Exploration and Mining

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Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a slew of executive orders and other directives aimed at expediting certain land use authorizations and approvals on federally managed land, primarily...more

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Empowering Commonsense Wildlife Prevention and Response (Trump EO Tracker)

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Directs DOI and USDA to consolidate wildland fire programs, expand local partnerships, develop a technology roadmap, and revise rules to enable more effective wildfire prevention and response. It also instructs multiple...more

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Governor Newsom’s Emergency Proclamation Fast-Tracks Wildfire Prevention Projects

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On March 1, Governor Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency to expedite critical fuels reduction projects to address “catastrophic wildfire risks created by forest conditions across the state.” The Governor’s proclamation...more

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Governor Newsom Proclaims a State of Emergency to Expedite Critical Fuels Reduction Projects

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As the two-month anniversary of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties approaches, on March 1, 2025, Governor Newsom issued a Proclamation of a State of Emergency to expedite fire-prevention projects....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

CEQ Sounds Death Knell for Existing NEPA Regulations

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The rapid changes relating to NEPA-implementing regulations accelerated this week, as the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published an interim final rule (IFR) removing its NEPA regulations from the Code of...more

Snell & Wilmer

President Trump’s Executive Actions’ Drill Down to “Commonsense” Sweeping Reforms

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“We will drill, baby, drill!” This was an emphatic promise from President Donald J. Trump during his Inaugural Address on January 20, 2025; but also his campaign mantra that, in part, contributed to his electoral and...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Tracking Trump Administration Executive Orders Relating to Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (Updated)

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This advisory provides a high-level overview of executive orders (EOs) and Presidential memoranda related to environment, energy, and natural resources signed by President Trump on Inauguration Day and the days immediately...more

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The Alaska Executive Order: What It Means for Energy, Tribes, and Federal Lands‎

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On January 20, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” (the “Alaska EO”). The order reverses decisions by the Biden administration to limit energy resource...more

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Executive Order Seeks Sweeping Reversal of Climate Change Policies to Favor U.S. Energy Production

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President Donald Trump recently signed Executive Order 13783, an omnibus executive order aimed at reducing burdens on further development of domestic energy resources, with “particular attention” to oil, natural gas, coal and...more

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