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On July 23, 2025, the White House released "America's AI Action Plan" (the "Plan"), a comprehensive federal strategy to secure U.S. global leadership in artificial intelligence ("AI"). The Plan is structured around three...more
During the week of July 28, the Trump administration unleashed a new burst of actions aimed squarely at blocking wind and solar energy with the announcement of two new secretarial orders (SO) and three new policies by the...more
On July 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the "EO") that directs federal agencies to streamline permitting reviews, provide financial support, and utilize federal land for the expeditious development of...more
On July 23, 2025, the White House unveiled Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan. The Plan outlines a sweeping federal policy for boosting domestic AI development based on three pillars: (1) Accelerate AI Innovation, (2)...more
On July 23, the White House released “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” (the "Plan") in response to President Trump’s January 23 Executive Order, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial...more
The Executive Office of the President of the United States released a July 2025 document titled: Winning the Race – America’s AI Action Plan (“Action Plan”). The stated objective of the Action Plan is to ensure the...more
The budget reconciliation bill signed into law on July 4 (also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”) adds a new provision to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that allows project sponsors/applicants to pay for...more
In a decision notable enough to merit a novel docket prefix (CX25-2-000), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted two new categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) aimed at...more
On 30 June 2025, both the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) announced revisions to their respective National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures to...more
In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court made a major “course correction” to the law governing federal environmental reviews and permitting decisions for infrastructure and other projects under the National...more
The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) issued what is titled: Permitting Technology Action Plan (“PTAP”). The PTAP is stated to have been developed in consultation with the National Energy Dominance Council and...more
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
The Trump administration’s directive instructs the Council on Environmental Quality to implement technological reforms and establish a unified federal system to conduct environmental reviews and evaluate permits....more
On April 15, 2025, a Presidential Memorandum was issued directing agencies to leverage technology to evaluate environmental permitting decisions and to streamline the review process. The Memorandum directs executive...more
On January 20, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and memorandums that will have significant implications for projects seeking federal permits and subject to review under the National Environmental...more
By directing the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to propose rescinding CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, President Donald Trump’s executive order on “Unleashing American Energy” affects not...more
The permitting process has been identified by numerous commentators as a major cause of delays in the development of energy, infrastructure, and mining projects in the United States. ...more
This article is part of Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled Striking the Balance: Permitting Reforms for Mining and the Energy Transition. In this series, we’ll explore the...more
On August 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed to substantially revise regulations aimed at accelerating the Federal environmental review and permitting processes associated with the development of onshore...more
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on the time it takes to permit an infrastructure project in these United States and what might be done about it. The average time it takes for National Environmental Policy Act review,...more
From Executive Orders to court decisions, the environmental regulatory landscape seems to be changing from day to day. Many of the changes will increasingly have impacts on the timing, placement and cost of construction and...more
The guidance sends a signal that carbon capture and sequestration remains a focus of the current administration’s decarbonization efforts. On June 8, 2022, the US Department of the Interior’s (Interior) Bureau of Land...more
The Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (“Chairman”), sent an October 13th letter to the Biden Administration addressing Section 404 Clean Water...more
The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) on July 15th promulgated for the first time in 40 years revisions to the regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). CEQ was established in 1970...more