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APHIS Updates Practices for Reviewing Petitions Seeking a Determination of Nonregulated Status for Organisms Altered or Produced...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on July 9, 2025, that it is updating its practices for reviewing petitions seeking a determination of nonregulated...more

Wenning Environmental

Rescinding U.S. Roadless Rule Reignites Centuries-old Debate About State Rights And Environmental Protections On Public Lands

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins’ announcement at a Western Governors Association meeting in June 2025 to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, commonly known as the Roadless Rule, is...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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

Troutman Pepper Locke

Extreme Makeover – NEPA Edition: Permitting Agencies Strip Their Environmental Review Regulations Down To The Studs

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In the past two weeks, six federal permitting agencies — the U.S. Departments of Interior (USDOI), Agriculture (USDA), Energy (DOE), Commerce (DoC), Defense (DoD), and Transportation (USDOT) — withdrew most of their National...more

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Trump Executive Orders Signal Potential Changes in Environmental Policy Impacting Agriculture

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The new Administration under President Trump is now over a month old, but there remains some uncertainty as to how the Administration will approach agricultural policy. The Administration’s first wave of environmental...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Earth Week Recap and Climate Policy Update

Last Friday as the United States celebrated Earth Day, President Biden released a proclamation and signed a new executive order to strengthen domestic and international forest protection commitments...more

Nossaman LLP

Environmental Groups’ NEPA Challenge to USDA Wolf Killing Survives

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On April 23, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that environmental groups have standing to challenge the federal government’s killing of gray wolves in Idaho without conducting additional analysis...more

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USDA Environmental Policies Final Rule Clarifies NEPA Stance for RUS Borrowers

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on March 2, 2016, issued a Final Rule on its Environmental Policies and Procedures (7 CFR Parts 25, 1701, 1709, et al.) that will affect actions by four agencies within USDA,...more

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