News & Analysis as of September 13, 2025

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposing Repeal of Energy-Related Regulations Impacting Energy Development

Snell & Wilmer on 6/13/2025

On June 11, 2025, Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that in following up on the EPA’s “31 historic actions” announcement made back in March, the EPA is proposing two rules to repeal (1) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...more

Greenhouse Gas Standards/Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/16/2023

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair, along with two Subcommittee Chairs, sent a November 13th letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan...more

The Supreme Court Denies Fossil Fuel Companies’ Bid to Have the Climate Deception Cases in Federal Court

Goldberg Segalla on 5/18/2023

Since 2017, a number of state government entities from cities, counties, and states across the country have gone after fossil fuel companies in court charging them with violating state law by marketing their products as not...more

GHG Standards for the Power Sector: Is Third Time the Charm or Is It Déjà Vu?

Holland & Hart LLP on 5/16/2023

In the third attempt in less than 10 years, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule package (“Proposal”) that would apply strict greenhouse gas emissions standards to the fossil fuel-fired power sector. The...more

West Virginia v. EPA: The Forecast is Cloudy for Environmental and Agency Regulation

King & Spalding on 8/2/2022

The United States Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited opinion in West Virginia v. EPA, significantly restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) authority to combat climate change and regulate carbon...more

Supreme Court Rules EPA Cannot Require Existing Fossil Fuel Power Facilities to Shift to Lower CO2 Emitting Sources of Electricity

White & Case LLP on 7/5/2022

On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot use the Clean Air Act to require fossil fuel power facilities to implement a measure known as "generation shifting" without...more

West Virginia v. EPA Limits the Federal Government’s Power to Promote Clean Energy and Combat Climate Change

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 7/5/2022

The Supreme Court decided West Virginia v. EPA on Thursday, June 30, 2022, curbing the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country. The...more

Supreme Court Says EPA Went Too Far on Regulating Climate Change

Burr & Forman on 7/1/2022

On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an arcane portion of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), infrequently used by the EPA, could not serve as appropriate delegation of legislative authority to regulate greenhouse gas....more

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