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Offshore Wind Litigation: Court Denies Fishing Groups’ Challenge to Major Offshore Wind Project

Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has rejected another challenge to federal permits and approvals for the Vineyard Wind Project (Vineyard Wind or the Project). Vineyard Wind is...more

Congress Amends NEPA in Effort to Reform Federal Permitting

On June 3, 2023, President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The law increased the debt ceiling and, among other things, amended the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA is a bedrock environmental...more

Offshore Wind Litigation: Court Denies Challenge to Major Offshore Wind Project

The federal government has successfully defended its approvals of the Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts (Project), setting the stage for further decisions as other challenges proceed. Vineyard Wind is the first...more

Offshore Wind Litigation: Court Dismisses Challenge to BOEM’s Process to Identify the New York Bight Lease Areas

The federal government’s offshore wind program notched another important victory on March 9, 2023, when the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the New York Bight...more

New Climate Guidance Issued to Federal Agencies Conducting Environmental Impact Analyses

On January 9, 2023, the Council for Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published interim National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change (hereafter, “guidance” or “GHG...more

Déjà Vu: CEQ to Reset NEPA Regulations, and Then Some

On October 7, 2021, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) released its notice of proposed rulemaking for revising its implementing regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). Long...more

Trump Administration Publishes Final Revisions to NEPA Regulations

On July 16, 2020, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published its much anticipated final rule revising the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). Since taking office,...more

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