This Holland & Knight alert provides a summary of President Donald Trump's Wind Energy EO, an overview of the offshore wind leasing process and considerations for current lessees regarding potential outcomes and legal...more
2/5/2025
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Contract Termination ,
Contract Terms ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Leases ,
Offshore Wind ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Public Contracts ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Renewable Energy
In his final days in office, President Joe Biden has exercised his executive authority to withdraw more than 625 million acres of federal waters from future oil and gas leasing – the largest withdrawal of its kind in U.S....more
1/14/2025
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BOEM ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Leases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Offshore Lease ,
Oil & Gas ,
OPEC ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy ,
Trump Administration ,
Waters of the United States
A federal court has thrown out key Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses of oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico, which will be vacated as of Dec. 20, 2024. The United States District Court for the District of...more
8/30/2024
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Administrative Procedure ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
BOEM ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Fully Protected Species ,
Gulf of Mexico ,
Gulf Oil Spill ,
Incidental Take Permits ,
Maritime Transport ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Spills ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ,
Pending Litigation ,
Wildlife Protection