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Climate Law Matters: Energy & Climate Newsletter - December 2024

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In this Issue: Mission is Market - As with many, we in the Foley Hoag energy and climate practice have felt the results of the 2024 election reverberate through our industry. We’ve gathered and digested the most current...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

From “Energy Transition” to “Energy Security”: Assessing the Impact of the Republican Trifecta on the Energy Industry

With a renewed focus on domestic energy production and regulatory reform, the incoming administration signals significant shifts in U.S. energy and climate priorities. The incoming Trump Administration will prioritize...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Presidential Shakeup (Once Again) Presents Opportunity for State Climate Action

President Trump’s reelection sent shockwaves through the renewable energy community. With campaign pledges to dismantle Biden-era climate programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

A New Administration Brings Rewards and Concerns for the Mining Industry.

With the November election behind us and a Republican administration to come, there are many questions regarding possible changes to environmental regulations and funding of U.S. energy projects. Given the Trump...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — December 2024

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

BOEM Announces Comment Period on California Offshore Wind Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the immediate future of the U.S. offshore wind industry after the re-election of Donald Trump, industry participants including the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) are cautiously...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, V 8, Issue 11, November 2024

Welcome to our 11th Issue of Currents 2024, our energy e-newsletter. This will be our last issue of 2024, and we want to sincerely thank you for reading Currents for the past eight years. Our goal is to relay top trending...more

Hogan Lovells

What will happen to clean energy loans and financial assistance awards in the Trump Administration?

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Taken together, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) provided an unprecedented level of financial assistance to climate change responses of every stripe, including...more

WilmerHale

Despite Carbon Cost Win, Biden Climate Plans Still At Risk

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On May 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to allow the Biden administration to continue using the social cost of carbon estimates in its regulatory analyses, developed pursuant to an executive order from President Joe Biden. ...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

How To Straighten the Long and Winding Road that We Call NEPA

So CEQ has proposed to amend the NEPA regulations in order to eliminate some of the changes made by the Trump Administration in 2020. Important changes include: • explicit consideration of indirect impacts • renewed...more

Cozen O'Connor

Republican AGs Seek Supreme Court Review Of Decision Striking Down Trump-Era Clean Energy Rule

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A group of 19 Republican AGs, led by West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Don’t Let the Door Hit You On Your Way Out: Trump EPA Suffers One Final Judicial Defeat.

Yesterday was the last full day of President Trump’s term. On environmental issues, it closed on a fitting note – another major judicial defeat. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals vacated EPA’s Affordable Clean...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Massachusetts Starts 2021 With a Bang on Climate

Over the past four years, while the Trump Administration did everything possible to ignore climate change, optimists continued to find progress at the state level. And while President-elect Biden has put together an A-team on...more

K&L Gates LLP

Climate Policy in the End-of-Year Legislative Package

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Late Sunday, President Trump signed into law H.R. 133, the legislative package containing Coronavirus relief, the Fiscal Year 2021 Omnibus bill, and the Energy Act of 2020—the largest energy package to be enacted into law in...more

Baker Donelson

Overview of President-Elect Biden's Policies

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Below is a broad overview of policies for which President-Elect Biden has indicated support (PDF). It is important to note that, while some of these policies fall under the President's executive power, many will require...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

What Now? Post-Election Environmental Outlook

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As the potential for a Presidential administration change moves closer to reality, another dramatic agenda swing is possible in the environmental regulatory world, from an anti-regulation Trump...more

Hogan Lovells

The future of public lands under the Biden Administration

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President-elect Biden will assume office in January, 2021, with a divided nation, the global coronavirus pandemic, and a domestic energy market in a distressed state. The new administration will need to oversee the management...more

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What a Biden Administration Will Mean for US Climate Change Policy

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Over the weekend, major news outlets announced that former Vice President Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. Biden and his running mate, Vice Predident-elect Kamala Harris, pledged throughout the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The New Midas Touch — Everything He Touches Turns To Dung

Everyone noticed when President Trump issued an order earlier this month banning offshore oil and gas drilling in certain areas until 2032. It was obvious to everyone that this was a campaign stunt, intended to improve his...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Election 2020: What Would a Biden Win Mean for the U.S. Electric Power Sector?

Part One - As the 2020 election nears, the Democratic campaign has begun to talk policy specifics regarding energy and climate change. Although the Trump administration undertook to dismantle many Obama-era policies and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Biden’s Climate Catch Up, or Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks? Key Environmental and Energy Considerations for the 2020 Elections

- It is apparent that former Vice President Joe Biden’s “clean energy revolution” and climate goals stand in stark contrast with the policies the Trump Administration has pursued during its first term, underscoring the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 31, August 2020

Exxon Mobil: Doubling Down While Facing Peak Oil Demand - "With most competitors pivoting away from upstream growth, Exxon continues to press ahead with investments despite very challenging current price environment for...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Surprise! President Trump Nominates Democrat and Republican to FERC

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On July 27, 2020, President Trump nominated two candidates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), securing a Republican majority on the Commission through June 2021 while also ensuring a continued quorum....more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Democrats Lay Groundwork for Infrastructure & Clean Energy Ahead of General Election

As the days countdown until the November 3 General Election and, while we are making no predictions on the outcome, we are beginning to have a clear sense of how Democrats might govern on clean energy if they were to hit the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2020 #4

Fossil Fuels Still Supply 84 Percent of World Energy — and Other Eye Openers from BP’s Annual Review - "China was responsible for three quarters of the world’s energy consumption growth, followed by India and Indonesia....more

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