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Changes in Washington mean changing priorities in federal expenditures. Such is the case with Congress’s approach to energy and environmental spending under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation...more
Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va., Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) have reintroduced S. 347 as The Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025. According to an...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published on January 13th its FY25 Solicitation Notice for its Exchange Network Grant Program (“Grant Program”). EPA initiated the Exchange Network Grant Program in...more
The United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted out on February 5th legislation styled: Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act (“STEWARD Act”). The legislation...more
A Blog post on January 30, 2025, described the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issuance of a January 27th Memorandum for heads of executive departments and agencies addressing: Temporary Pause of...more
Among the wave of executive actions issued upon President Trump taking office again, some executive orders and memorandums may affect portions of the burgeoning renewable energy sector. The renewable energy sector has been...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced 60 selectees receiving awards for the Solar for All Grant Competition that is projected to provide residential solar projects to over 900,000 households. ...more
In a recent development, North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein announced his intention to appeal a Wake County Superior Court decision regarding allocation of environmental grant funds from Smithfield Foods. The...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a July 22nd press release announcing it is awarding $4.3 billion in climate pollution reduction grants to 25 applicants. The following Arkansas related...more
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
On April 4, 2024, the White House activated a much-anticipated program meant to catalyze private investment in clean technology across the United States. It will award $20 billion in grant funding to eight recipients under...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued on November 15th a document titled: The EPA’s Fiscal Year 2024 Top Management Challenges (“Report’) See Report No....more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Ports Program is a $3 billion program established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to fund zero-emission (ZE) port equipment and technology, as well as assist U.S....more
Governments, tribes, and nonprofits wanting to improve solar energy infrastructure have a new tool in their toolkit. On June 28, 2023, the EPA published the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Solar for All grant...more
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rush to push billions of dollars of grant assistance to recipients has created the potential for devastating cyberattacks and intellectual property theft on water/wastewater...more
The Association of State and Territorial Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a position paper addressing the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Brownfields program. The position paper...more
On February 23, 2023, the Biden administration announced $550 million in funding for EPA’s new Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking (EJ TCGM) program. The EPA press release states, “The new program advances...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region 6 announced in a March 9th news release that it was awarding the State of Arkansas $15,178,000 for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund (“CWSRF”)...more
“Environmental justice” (EJ) continues as the primary leitmotif of Biden Administration environmental policy in the first weeks of 2023. Below, we unpack two recently announced EJ efforts: a grant program for groups in...more
President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) into law on Aug. 16, 2022, following its passage along party lines in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The comprehensive legislation is the...more
One and a half years into the Biden Administration and with the 2022 mid-term elections fast approaching, Democrats secured a major legislative victory with final passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) – a...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 12th Order granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit...more
Upon passing the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) last week, the Senate provided significant funding towards development of the nation’s environmental and energy infrastructure. The...more
The New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020, a seven-year, $14 billion package of incentive programs intended to encourage New Jersey job growth, property development and redevelopment, community partnerships, and numerous...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 26th news release announcing a grant to the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) that it describes...more