On July 22, 2024, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) released a long-awaited energy permitting reform bill, which aims to accelerate the permitting process for critical energy, mineral, and related...more
7/26/2024
/ Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Reform ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure ,
Judicial Review ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Plants ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Statute of Limitations
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's ("FHWA") new rule establishing a performance-based method for measuring greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions that are associated with transportation on the National Highway System was...more
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced its highly anticipated final National Drinking Water Regulation ("NPDWR") for six per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), which establishes...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced new stringent emissions standards for automobiles, which the Biden administration has deemed the "strongest-ever vehicle pollution standards" in U.S. history....more
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's ("FHWA") new rule establishing a performance-based method for measuring greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions that are associated with transportation on the National Highway System ("NHS")...more
The U.S. Government has identified the exploitation of Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and U.S. government-related data by "countries of concern" as posing a national security risk....more
On April 27, 2023, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") approved a first-in-the-nation regulation that limits the emission of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic air contaminants from locomotives in the...more
8/18/2023
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Clean Water Act ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Policies ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
ICCTA ,
Railroads ,
Railways ,
Trains ,
Zero Emission Credits
On July 21, 2023, the White House announced that seven leading technology companies—Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI—voluntarily committed to mitigating the risks posed by artificial...more
7/25/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Mitigation
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The Development: On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision inSackett v. EPA, providing new insight into whether wetlands qualify as "waters of the United States" subject to regulation...more
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The Situation: The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has issued proposed rules to limit carbon dioxide ("CO2") emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants (the "Proposed Rules")....more
On May 19, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a significant legislative package and signed an executive order aimed at reforming the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and streamlining infrastructure...more
The Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") announced a sweeping proposed rule that would change how public lands are managed by the federal government.
On April 3, 2023, BLM published a proposed rule to promote the...more
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The Situation: The U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce") recently published a proposed rule to implement the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors ("CHIPS") Act, a domestic manufacturing...more
On September 16, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a broad legislative package into law that aims to aggressively address climate change. The material aspects of each of these new measures is discussed below....more