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Redrawing the Map – Energy Provisions in Proposed Budget Bill Seek to Shift the Future of Federal Infrastructure Policy

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On May 22, 2025, the House passed budget reconciliation legislation referred to as “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “Bill”). As currently written, the Bill would reshape key aspects of federal energy policy by targeting...more

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Environmental Justice Revisited

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Since January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has implemented numerous changes to federal environmental justice (“EJ”) initiatives which are expected to result in reduced permitting and regulatory burdens. While the...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — March 2025

Federal Energy Policy Update: A Tumultuous Start to 2025 - The saying “March comes in like a lion” refers to the weather. However, in the political sphere, the Trump administration has ushered in a turbulent start to the...more

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Executive Order: Unleashing American Energy

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Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order puts forth a federal energy policy agenda that seeks to establish American energy dominance through a combination of new policy actions, as well as rescinding several...more

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Client Alert: Key Energy and Environmental Takeaways from Trump’s Early Executive Orders

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In his first week in office, President Trump issued a series of executive orders that touched on energy and the environment. These orders are likely to significantly alter the makeup and actions of the executive branch for...more

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Trump Executive Actions Impacting Renewable Energy

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On President Trump’s first and second days in office, the new administration released a flurry of executive actions, in the form of both memorandums and executive orders, focused on the energy industry:...more

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With Executive Orders, President Trump Reshapes Federal Environmental and Energy Policy

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The first day of any presidential administration is filled with both ceremony and bureaucracy. The first day of the second Trump Administration was no different....more

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The Trump Administration’s Day-One Executive Actions: Impacts on Energy and Environmental Policy and More

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On January 20, 2025, President Trump re-assumed the presidency with a flurry of executive orders and memoranda, many of which directly impacted energy and environmental issues. These orders included a production-minded...more

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Trump 2.0: The Changing Landscape of Renewable Energy Regulation

The Trump administration is expected to take quick and decisive action to weaken the IRA once he takes office. Trump’s vow to end delays in federal drilling permits and leases for oil and gas production could benefit...more

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This Week's Climate Policy Update - December 8 - December 14, 2024

Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 9

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

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Energy Chairman Manchin's Permitting Bill Moves Through Committee in Careful Balancing Act

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After two years of continuous behind-the-scenes work, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va), who chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), released S. 4753, the Energy...more

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Biden Signs ADVANCE Act into Law

The landmark nuclear legislation will help drive development, innovation, investment and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. The ADVANCE Act takes substantial steps to help expedite the development and deployment...more

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Renewable Energy Update 12.21.23

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be conducting a regional environmental review of potential development activities on the five offshore wind lease areas off California’s central and north coasts....more

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Beyond the Fenceline: Environmental Justice Updates – December 2023

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Environmental Justice: 2023 Year in Review and 2024 Look-Ahead - As a concept, Environmental Justice, or EJ, has been around for more than 40 years. Beginning as a slogan at protests in Warren County, NC in 1982, EJ...more

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DOE Announces Project Recipients for Seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) recently announced the project recipients selected for negotiation to develop seven regional clean hydrogen hubs across the United States....more

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Chambers Global Practice Guides: Alternative Energy and Power 2023

Inflation Reduction Act - Perhaps the most significant recent develop- ment in the area of alternative energy, the Infla- tion Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) offers approxi- mately USD270 billion in tax incentives to help...more

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DOE Issues Proposed Rules to Accelerate Permitting and Enable More Rapid Deployment of Interstate Transmission Projects

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On August 10, 2023, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NOPR”) proposing to establish an integrated Coordinated Interagency Transmission Authorizations Program (“CITAP Program”) that...more

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The Final Content of California's Budget-Revised Infrastructure and CEQA Reform Trailer Bills

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As stated in Holland & Knight's recent alert detailing Gov. Gavin Newsom's package of 11 bills to amend the venerable California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), meaningful reforms to CEQA have eluded all past governors in...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — June 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law & Inflation Reduction Act Opportunities- Curious about federal clean energy opportunities for your organization? Our Energy Funding Matrix serves as a resource for identifying potential...more

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Biden Administration Takes Steps To Accelerate Transmission Permitting

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The Biden administration (the Administration) has set ambitious goals to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. To achieve these ends, the...more

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The US Senate is talking about making it easier to get to our renewable energy future. Will that talk result in action in time?

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Inside EPA's Climate Extra is reporting that Senators on both sides of the aisle might try to make it easier to construct all that renewable energy and other infrastructure it already decided to buy when it passed the...more

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Permitting Reform Redux

In an earlier blog, I commented on this Administration’s “Action Plan” to accelerate infrastructure development following enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) [New Action Plan], and Senator Manchin’s related...more

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Environmental Wrap-Up 2022 and What to Expect in 2023

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This alert looks at developments in environmental law that were at the forefront in 2022; the trend is expected to continue into 2023 as the Biden administration continues to act on its regulatory initiatives in the energy...more

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Senator Manchin’s Anticipated Energy Permitting Reform Text Included in Federal Funding Bill Draft

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Late Wednesday evening, Senator Manchin released the closely guarded text on his proposal to reform domestic energy permitting. This legislation was the subject of a handshake agreement between Manchin, Senator Schumer,...more

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