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EPA Proposes Repeal of Power Plant GHG Emissions Standards

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/16/2025

If finalized, the rule would eliminate both Obama- and Biden-era limits on GHG emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. On June 11, 2025, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule under...more

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — June 2025

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 6/3/2025

The SEC’s mandatory climate disclosure rule remains stayed pending the outcome of the current litigation in the Eighth Circuit. Recently, however, Republican SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda suggested that the Trump administration...more

Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - April 2025 #2

DLA Piper on 4/22/2025

Welcome to Industrials Regulatory News and Trends. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers provide concise updates on key developments in the industrials sector to help you navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and...more

The Trifecta: What to Expect from a Second Trump Administration and a Republican Congress

King & Spalding on 12/11/2024

Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more

The Future of U.S. Environmental Regulation: What to Expect in 2025

DarrowEverett LLP on 11/26/2024

While still a newly minted lawyer early in 1977, I had the good fortune to land a job with the then brand-new Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. This coincided with the 1976 election of Jimmy Carter as...more

Congress Repeals Trump-Era Methane Rule For The Oil & Gas Sector: What Happens Now?

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/7/2021

On June 30, 2021, President Biden signed into law a joint resolution of Congress repealing a Trump administration rule that removed methane as a pollutant regulated under the Clean Air Act in the oil and gas industry...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 35, September 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/23/2020

U.S. Shale Producers Race for Federal Permits Ahead of Presidential Election - "Federal permitting in the largest U.S. oilfield in the Permian Basin, located in Texas and New Mexico, is up 80 percent in about the last three...more

EPA-California Legal Showdown Looms Over Authority to Regulate Carbon

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/1/2019

Multi-state coalition’s lawsuit challenges Trump EPA withdrawal of California Clean Air Act waiver. EPA formally announced its decision to withdraw California’s 2013 Clean Air Act waiver, which allowed the state to set its...more

Environmental Litigation Alert: Citizen Suits Challenge Rollbacks, Replacements and Project Approvals

WilmerHale on 4/1/2019

This is the eighth issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the course of 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector. Attorneys from...more

The State AG Report Weekly Update June 2018 #3

Cozen O'Connor on 6/22/2018

Breaking News- New York Federal Judge Declares Structure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unconstitutional- The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held in Consumer Financial Protection...more

A Closer Look at President Trump's Executive Order on Energy Independence

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/14/2017

President Donald Trump's Executive Order (EO) entitled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth" is a broad directive accomplishing a number of the Trump Administration's energy-related priorities....more

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