On March 12, 2025, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (“OECA”) issued a memo outlining new national enforcement and compliance initiatives (“NECIs”). ...more
3/18/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
PFAS ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
Since January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has implemented numerous changes to federal environmental justice (“EJ”) initiatives which are expected to result in reduced permitting and regulatory burdens. While the...more
3/14/2025
/ Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
NEPA ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State and Local Government ,
Trump Administration
In a flurry of activity, newly elected President Donald J. Trump issued a series of Executive Orders immediately after his inauguration on January 20, 2025. This article will discuss eight of these documents that directly...more
President Trump has imposed a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imported solar cells and a tariff on imported solar modules, both effective February 7, 2018. Imports into the U.S. of Crystalline Silicon (c-Si) Photovoltaic (CSPV)...more
On November 13, 2017, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) sent President Trump its formal report on its “Global Safeguard” investigation into imports of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (CSPV) cells (whether or not...more
On October 31, 2017, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted on “Global Safeguard” import remedies regarding Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (CSPV) cells (see International Regulatory Bulletin (IRB) No. 565). A...more
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined on Friday, September 22, 2017, that Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (CSPV) cells (regardless whether they are assembled fully or partially into other products)...more
9/28/2017
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Duties ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Plastic Solar Cells ,
Solar Energy ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Remedies ,
Trump Administration
Shortly after taking office, on February 24, 2017, President Trump, with the stated aim of "lower[ing] regulatory burdens…by implementing and enforcing regulatory reform," issued Executive Order 13777 on Enforcing the...more