The National Environmental Policy Act has drawn congressional and presidential frustration for long over a decade and the regulations of the body it created—the Council on Environmental Quality—have often been caught in the...more
4/22/2025
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On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued several Executive Orders and memoranda (the “EOs”) signaling a significant policy shift favoring robust and market-based energy production (mostly relying on fossil fuels), while...more
1/27/2025
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Environmental Justice: 2023 Year in Review and 2024 Look-Ahead -
As a concept, Environmental Justice, or EJ, has been around for more than 40 years. Beginning as a slogan at protests in Warren County, NC in 1982, EJ...more
12/21/2023
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The New Midstream Transactions -
A recent trend in the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry is for midstream services providers to offer certain forms of additional compensation to oil and gas lessees / operators...more
On June 20, 2018, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) announced that it is considering updates to its implementing regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). CEQ is responsible for issuing...more
Announcing an unexpected policy shift, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order on May 18, 2018, limiting its analysis of upstream and downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its environmental...more