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New U.S. Department of the Interior Review Procedures for Activities Related to Wind and Solar Energy

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On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) circulated an internal memorandum, requiring 68 different DOI actions related to wind and solar project development to be submitted to the DOI Office of the...more

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Maryland Offshore Wind Project/New Source Review: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenge Filed

The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City and the Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland (collectively, “Petitioners”) filed on July 8th before the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals...more

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RGGI Third Program Review Significantly Strengthens GHG Targets, Expands Cost Containment Reserve, Eliminates Offsets, and Makes...

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On July 3, 2025, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) completed and released its Third Program Review and an updated CO2 Budget Trading Program Model Rule. RGGI evaluated numerous scenarios during the multi-year...more

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United States Congress and EPA Target Domestic Renewable Fuel Growth with RFS Set 2 Rule and Revised Section 45Z Tax Credit

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has recently proposed a new rule and the U.S. Congress has recently enacted a new law affecting the global renewable fuel industry....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Environment & Energy Insights (May 2025)

Welcome to the May edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a periodic update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover: Healey Administration unveils new energy bill....more

Jenner & Block

Fighting Fire with Fire: AI and the Fight Against Climate Change

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William Shakespeare coined the phrase to fight “fire with fire” in 1623’s The Life and Death of King John. A mere 402 years later, the same phrase used to describe English succession wars may apply to a newly formed, though...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, V 9, Issue 3, March 2025

Welcome to our third issue of Currents 2025. Again, thank you for reading! Power Plays and Fueling Tension: Trade War Ripples Through North American Energy Markets - President Trump's pursuit of U.S. energy dominance,...more

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GOP AGs Urge Congress to Expand Year-Round Access to E15 Fuel

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A coalition of 16 Republican AGs wrote a letter to Congressional leaders supporting the passage of the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025, which would allow all states access to E15—a gasoline blend with...more

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The EPA’s New Funding Hurdles: What to Expect

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A recent shift in EPA funding approvals has raised questions about potential delays in environmental projects, disaster response and clean energy initiatives. According to an AP report, all EPA division directors and deputy...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Trump Administration: Developments in Environmental Policy

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From the outset, key goals of the incoming Trump Administration have been: supporting fossil fuel development, ending incentives for renewable energy and energy transition, removing burdensome environmental regulations and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

California v. Trump 2.0: Navigating Policy Collisions and Business Opportunities

As President Trump embarks on his second term and California begins the second year of an already active legislative cycle, a high-stakes battle is brewing. The Trump administration’s aggressive deregulatory agenda is poised...more

Foley Hoag LLP - State AG Insights

The Funding Games: America’s Clean Energy and Infrastructure Funding Under the Trump Administration

As we warned in a January 29 client alert, President Trump’s Executive Orders and the subsequent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum ordering federal agencies to “temporarily pause” any and all funding...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Keeping Track of the Trump Executive Actions

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President Trump hit the ground running, issuing more executive orders, memoranda, and other actions on Inauguration Day than any previous president. Agencies are already working to implement those actions. Many of the actions...more

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EPA Releases Third Triennial Report to Congress on Biofuels and the Environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 21, 2025, the availability of a final document entitled “Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress” (Third Report). 90 Fed. Reg. 7135....more

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What’s Next for Energy Policy after President Trump’s Executive Orders?

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On his first day in office, President Trump signed an historic number of executive orders, many of which were focused on energy policy issues. These orders provided a clear signal of President Trump’s policies and policy...more

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Energy Emergency and Environmental Rollbacks: What Recent Executive Orders Mean for Environmental Policies and Regulated Industry

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Within hours of his inauguration on January 20, 2025, Trump signed 26 executive orders, several of which directly altered United States environmental policy. From climate change to wind energy leases, the changes in policy...more

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Trump Administration Requests Pauses in Several Supreme Court Cases to Reconsider Biden Administration Policies

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On January 24, 2025, the Trump Administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause briefing in several cases on the current merits docket. In making the request, Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris explained that the new...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Managing Solid Waste Challenges in the Energy Transition

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The transition to sustainable energy in the United States is reshaping how we create, store, and use energy – especially electricity – and the landscape is changing rapidly. This shift introduces new waste management...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Petition to Object Filed Addressing Scotia, California Biomass Facility

The Environmental Protection Information Center and Humboldt Coalition for Clean Energy (collectively, “EPIC”) filed a January 3rd Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection...more

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Presidential Memorandum on Wind Energy Designed to Decrease Permitting Efficiency and Increase Uncertainty for Onshore and...

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On January 20th, President Donald Trump launched his first attack on the wind industry by issuing a Presidential Memorandum, which temporarily bars future offshore wind leasing in federal waters and pauses issuance of any...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda Focus on U.S. Energy Sector

President Trump issued several Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda on January 20, 2025, that will have a significant impact on the United States energy sector.  Select Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda are...more

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Executive Orders Lay the Groundwork for Major Changes to Environmental and Natural Resources Law

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As expected, the new Trump White House has issued a flurry of executive orders (EOs) which directly affect the federal government's policies on a broad range of environmental and natural resources issues....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

A Fossil-Forward U.S. Energy Policy Begins to Take Shape under Trump

President Trump began his second term by issuing a barrage of executive orders, memoranda, and other directives, many of which targeted U.S. energy policy and the federal employees who implement it. Trump had campaigned on...more

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Teaching Environmental Law in Tumultuous Times

Happy new year, ACOEL colleagues and friends! Following (nearly) four years in the Biden Administration serving as Associate Administrator for Policy at EPA, I am happy to be back in my teaching role at Georgetown University...more

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The State AG Report – 01.09.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Maryland’s Lawsuit Adds to Growing Wave of PFAS Litigation...more

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