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Constitutional Challenges Clean Energy

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Wind Energy Development/Federal Moratorium: 17 States File Judicial Action Challenging Trump Administration Directive

17 State Attorney Generals filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Trump Administration (including various...more

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Trump Issues Orders to Block State Climate Laws

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On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued a series of executive orders directing the federal government to analyze state-level climate policies targeting fossil fuel consumption and environmental regulations. This action...more

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The State AG Report – 03.27.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican AGs Pen Fiery Letter About Coal to Interior...more

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Democratic AGs Sue Over Access to Clean-Energy Funds

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A group of four Democratic AGs sued the EPA and Citibank, N.A., as a financial agent for the federal government, alleging that they wrongfully denied the states access to funds appropriated by Congress for clean-energy...more

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Energy Law: Month in Review - February 2025

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more

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Housing Energy Efficiency Standards Face GOP Challenge

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A coalition of 15 Republican AGs, joined by the National Association of Home Builders, has filed a lawsuit challenging new minimum energy standards for federally funded housing issued by the Department of Housing and Urban...more

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Mexico's Supreme Court Declares Main Amendments to Electricity Industry Law Affecting the Private Sector Unconstitutional

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The Situation: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ("AMLO") sponsored a bill aimed at modifying Mexico's Electric Industry Law (the "EIL Reform Bill") in order to strengthen Mexico's state-owned utility (Comisión...more

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NY Federal Court Dismisses Case Against Subsidies for Nuclear Energy

On July 25, 2017, the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York dismissed a case brought by fossil fuel generators against New York’s recently established zero emission credit program....more

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State Programs to Encourage Zero-Emitting Generation Are Constitutional

Late last month, the 2nd Circuit Court of appeals rejected a challenge to Connecticut laws intended to encourage use of renewable energy. Earlier this month, Judge Manish Shah, of the Northern District of Illinois, issued a...more

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