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Seven County Infrastructure Coal. v. Eagle Cnty., Colo. – Supreme Court's "Course Correction" on NEPA Already Steering Decisions...

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The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, on May 19, 2025, clarifying that the scope of judicial review of federal agency environmental...more

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The New NEPA: Federal Agencies Overhaul Procedures for Environmental Reviews

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On July 3, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”), and the Departments of Energy (“DOE”), Interior (“DOI”), Transportation (“DOT”),...more

Snell & Wilmer

Freeing Agencies from Conflicting National Environmental Policy Act Regulations

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On July 3, 2025, several federal agencies published Interim Final Rules or Final Rules freeing themselves of legally and statutorily conflicting regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in...more

Bracewell LLP

Another Big Week for NEPA: New Federal Procedures and a Big Beautiful Bill Benefit

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The week of June 30, 2025, will go down in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) history as another one for the books — federal agencies have begun their efforts to overhaul their NEPA procedures and Congress has...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Another Crack in the Agency Armor – Supreme Court Further Expands Judicial Review of Certain Federal Agency Actions

On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 opinion holding that U.S. district courts are not bound to follow a federal agency’s interpretation of a statute even though the Hobbs Administrative Orders Review Act (“Hobbs...more

Jones Day

Evolving NEPA Regulations May Facilitate Energy Projects

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The National Environmental Protection Act ("NEPA") requires that federal agencies assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making final decisions, including decisions on issuing federal permits,...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 6.6.25

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On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they carry out, fund, or approve — does not...more

Winstead PC

Supreme Court Reins in NEPA Reviews - Clearing the Path for Developers

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On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, No. 23-975, 605 U.S. ___ (2025), sharply limiting the scope of environmental review obligations under the...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Action Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations

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On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued a presidential memorandum (the order) directing the heads of all Federal agencies to identify unlawful or potentially unlawful regulations that clearly exceed the agency’s statutory...more

Allen Matkins

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

K&L Gates LLP

Trump Administration Dials Up Deregulation

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President Donald Trump has made reducing the size and scope of the federal government a central part of his second-term agenda. Toward that end, in recent days the Trump administration has taken aggressive steps toward...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

FWS and NMFS Propose to Eliminate Habitat Loss From the Definition of "Harm" Under the ESA: Is This the "Best Meaning" of the ESA?

Earlier this week, my colleagues Adam Kahn and Kevin Chen posted about the proposed rule issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service that would rescind the definition of “harm” under the...more

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Deregulating Federal Procurement: Implications of Three Recent Executive Actions

The Administration signed two Executive Orders (EOs or “Orders”) and one Presidential Memorandum (“Memo”) on April 9, 2025, that aim to make federal procurements faster and more efficient: 1.Modernizing Defense...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

White House Advances Deregulatory Agenda

On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to begin repealing regulations deemed “clearly unlawful,” particularly those invalidated or undermined by recent Supreme Court rulings such as...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FWS and NOAA propose to narrow reach of Endangered Species Act

On April 17, 2025, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice of proposed rulemaking to rescind the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act...more

Nossaman LLP

Agencies Move to Rescind “Harm” Definition under Endangered Species Act

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On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, Services) published a notice in the Federal Register proposing to rescind the Services’ respective...more

Blank Rome LLP

Rescission of Regulations Without Notice and Comment? What’s Next for Regulated Industries in the Deregulation Climate

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We previously wrote about President Trump’s February Executive Order identifying deregulation as a top administration priority (here and here). That Executive Order, 14219 (the “Deregulation EO”), directed all executive...more

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White House Issues Memorandum Directing Federal Agencies to Repeal Regulations Deemed to be Unlawful Pursuant to Recent U.S....

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On April 9, the White House issued a memorandum directing federal executive departments and agencies to repeal regulations deemed unlawful pursuant to certain U.S. Supreme Court decisions. This directive aims to address...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

OMB RFI Seeks Proposals to Rescind or Replace Regulations

On April 11, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a request for information to solicit ideas for deregulation. 90 Fed. Reg. 15481. OMB seeks proposals to rescind or replace regulations “that stifle...more

Hogan Lovells

Trump Administration Calls for Additional Deregulatory Action

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Last week, President Trump issued several actions, including executive orders and instructions to agencies, that direct agency heads to review and repeal regulations deemed unlawful or anti-competitive. The actions further...more

Stoel Rives - Environmental Law Blog

Fed up with Federal Rules?  OMB Implements a Federal Deregulation Idea Solicitation Process on White House Urging.

On April 9, 2025, the White House published a new Memorandumentitled “Directing The Repeal of Unlawful Regulations,” aimed at identifying and reviewing unlawful or potentially unlawful regulations for potential repeal. The...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Firings of Democratic Commissioners Leave FTC In Flux and Tee Up Revisiting of Humphrey’s Executor

As news hit last night that President Trump fired the two remaining Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, many questions abound. Would Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter contest the dismissals?...more

Carlton Fields

DNC Files First Challenge to Executive Order Seizing Power From Independent Regulatory Agencies, but With a Twist That May Limit...

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We recently covered executive order 14215, titled “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” the second Trump administration’s most straightforward attack on the discretion of what it called “so-called independent regulatory...more

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Old Days – Memories of Equity Split Dollar in the Post-Loper Bright Era

This article focuses on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. (2024) and how it might apply to Split Dollar life insurance and possibly resurrect one of my favorite life...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Recent Executive Actions on Agency Independence—Not-Quite-Hot Takes for FERC

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In a spate of executive orders and other actions over the last several weeks, the new administration has moved to exert unprecedented control over independent regulatory agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory...more

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