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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - June 2025

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EPA announces details of its reorganization. On May 2, the EPA announced a major reorganization that will eliminate several key offices, including the Office of Atmospheric Protection (OAP), Office of Air Quality Planning and...more

Jones Day

The Future of EPA's Risk Management Program May Be Found in History

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced it would reconsider the 2024 Risk Management Program ("RMP") rule....more

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SPCC/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Complaint Filed Against Seaside, Oregon Petroleum Product...

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has filed on December 18, 2024, an Administrative Complaint against Jackson & Son Distributors, Inc. dba Jackson and Son Oil (“JS”) alleging a violation of the Clean...more

King & Spalding

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

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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

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — December 2024

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Coming up on a month since the presidential election, some things are starting to become clearer, though many questions remain. We will release a Viewpoints article in the next week that will be a more in-depth assessment of...more

DarrowEverett LLP

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

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Three Unfolding Cases Could Shape Future Energy Litigation, and Perhaps Business Practices

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A stream of judicial decisions in the pipeline will have important implications for the energy industry. The three cases discussed below are among those that energy litigators and industry professionals are watching in 2024....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

EPA’s Bulked Up Quads: EPA Expands Far-Reaching Proposal for Regulating Methane in the Oil and Gas Sector

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Last November, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a regulatory preamble describing its plans for proposed standards to reduce methane emissions and other air pollutants from affected sources within the...more

Bracewell LLP

PRG Pulse 2022 Post-Election Analysis

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The Big Picture - Congressional Overview - American voters delivered a decidedly mixed message to Washington on Tuesday, seemingly handing Republicans narrow control of the U.S. House of Representatives and a nominal check...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Legal Storm Clouds Gather As New Climate Change Policies Are Released

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Concurrent with commitments made during the twenty-sixth meeting of the United Nations’ COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the Biden Administration released two significant policies aimed at analyzing and curtailing the...more

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Summary of Climate, Energy and Environment Provisions in the House Budget Reconciliation Package

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Key Points - House Democrats press ahead with Build Back Better Act, including $550 billion in climate-related funding. The House will send the package to the Senate to continue negotiations over controversial provisions. ...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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

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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

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Is Your Insurance Program Ready for the Biden Administration?

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The Biden administration has hit the ground running with executive orders, regulatory and legislative priorities, and cabinet-level and other top posts being announced on a daily basis. Our public policy colleagues have been...more

Bracewell LLP

2020 Post-Election Analysis: Issue by Issue

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FIRST 100 DAYS - As President-elect Biden stands poised to assume the office he has aspired to for the past three decades, he inherits a national crisis not unlike the one he stepped into as vice president nearly 12 years...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 35, September 2020

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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

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Legislators, Companies and Consumers Turn Their Attention Toward Plastics

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Plastic pollution and waste reduction are becoming key elements of the sustainability conversation. Early movers are investing in plastic-reduction funds, technologies such as plastic to fuel and molecular recycling, or...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2020 #3

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Supreme Court says pipeline may cross underneath Appalachian Trail - Bullet NPR – June 15 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a new 600-mile natural gas pipeline can cross underneath the Appalachian Trail on...more

Stoel Rives LLP

EPA Proposes Changes to the Multisector General Permit That Will Affect Oil and Gas Extraction Permittees

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a draft Multisector General Permit (MSGP) under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program for stormwater discharges related to industrial...more

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VOC Emissions from Upstream Oil and Gas Operations: EPA Kicks Off 2020 Clean Air Enforcement with Two Significant Settlements

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Last week, the EPA announced two significant settlements for violations of the Clean Air Act relating to emissions of volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”) from upstream oil and gas production facilities. These enforcement...more

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Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2019

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TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EDF Reports That EPA Has “Muzzled” SACC: The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) published a September 16, 2019, blog item entitled “EPA’s latest move to deflect criticism of its TSCA risk evaluations: Muzzle...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2019 #4

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Focus - Senate bill requires EPA to set national drinking water standard for PFAS - The Hill – June 27 - The U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this Thursday, which includes language pushing...more

WilmerHale

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

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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

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - March 2019

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Focus - Andrew Wheeler confirmed to lead EPA - New York Times - February 28 - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In his role as acting...more

Bracewell LLP

Post-Election Update 2018

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2018 MIDTERMS: The Power of Women, Possibility, and Partisan Rancor - The 2018 midterm elections showcased the power of women, both as candidates and as a key voting demographic. The elections represented a new political...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2018 #2

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As Storm Looms, 4th Circuit Reverses Ruling Against Dominion on Coal Ash Pollution at Chesapeake Site - "Water pollution from a coal ash landfill and settling ponds at a closed power plant in Chesapeake is not a violation of...more

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