News & Analysis as of

Executive Orders Clean Air Act

Holland & Knight LLP

An Update on Climate Superfund Laws and Climate Change Lawsuits

Holland & Knight LLP on

In recent years, states and municipalities have attempted to hold fossil fuel companies liable for their alleged impacts on climate change. Numerous states and municipalities have sued fossil fuel companies, alleging that...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Trump Administration Sues Four States to Block Climate Superfund Legislation and Climate Deception Litigation

As we have noted previously, a number of states have enacted legislation and/or brought claims against fossil fuel producers seeking payment for damages resulting from climate change. Legislative efforts include New York...more

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real...

Federal Government Sues Four States Over Climate Superfund Laws and Climate Change Litigation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a series of federal lawsuits against four states—New York, Vermont, Michigan and Hawaii—alleging that recent legislative and enforcement efforts to hold fossil fuel companies...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Trump Administration Sues New York and Vermont Over Climate Superfund Legislation

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

On May 1, 2025, the federal government brought separate suits against both New York and Vermont alleging that these state’s “climate Superfund” statutes are unconstitutional on multiple grounds. In two nearly identical...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Up in the Air: Challenges to California's Clean Air Act Preemption Waiver

Holland & Knight LLP on

When it comes to regulating motor vehicle emissions, California has long been different. California was the first state in the nation to enact tailpipe emission standards and as result of its "pioneering" efforts in the...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver to Allow Sale of E15 This Summer

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on April 28, 2025, that it has issued an emergency fuel waiver allowing the sale of gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol (E15) nationwide in summer 2025. EPA notes...more

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real...

Environmental Update: Regulatory Notes – April 2025

April has proven a busy month for environmental issues when it comes to the regulatory arena. Below are just a few of the notable developments:...more

Jenner & Block

Earth Day 2025—Our Power, Our Planet

Jenner & Block on

We look forward to Earth Day 2025 today, the Corporate Environmental Lawyer is once again kicking off its weekly series of blogs which focus on this year’s Earth Day theme — “Our Power, Our Planet”. This year marks the 55th...more

Goldberg Segalla

Montana Power Plant Requests Clean Air Waiver: Is This the Future of America’s Coal Energy?

Goldberg Segalla on

The Colstrip Power Plant in Montana is now one of the early applicants to the new EPA exemption application process which we have previously discussed here. Specifically, the Colstrip plant has requested a two-year exemption...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

White House Issues Memorandum Directing Federal Agencies to Repeal Regulations Deemed to be Unlawful Pursuant to Recent U.S....

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On April 9, the White House issued a memorandum directing federal executive departments and agencies to repeal regulations deemed unlawful pursuant to certain U.S. Supreme Court decisions. This directive aims to address...more

Woods Rogers

Repeal, Not Replace: President Trump’s Directive To Deregulate

Woods Rogers on

On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum titled “Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations,” marking a significant step in the Administration’s push to deregulate under the broader DOGE...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Tracking Update: Trump Administration's Latest Deregulatory Actions on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

Beveridge & Diamond PC on

President Trump has issued a flurry of new Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda aimed at advancing the Administration’s deregulatory agenda, particularly in the energy and environmental sectors. This advisory provides...more

Holland & Knight LLP

President Trump Invokes National Security to Delay Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Holland & Knight LLP on

President Donald Trump's April 8, 2025, proclamation extends the compliance deadline for the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) by two years, from July 8, 2027 to July 8, 2029, asserting national security concerns...more

Morgan Lewis

Recent US Administration Actions Promote Coal Energy

Morgan Lewis on

President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address identified making America “energy dominant again” as one of four America First Priorities. Having issued several statements and executive orders in January that focused on...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Trump Issues Executive Order and Proclamation to Boost Coal

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The president’s actions aim to bolster coal production and exports and coal-fired power generation, highlighting the importance of coal to US economic and national security....more

Verrill

Implications of Trump Executive Orders for Massachusetts Environmental Justice Programs 

Verrill on

On the first day of his Presidency, among 26 other Executive Orders that day, Donald Trump issued his Unleashing American Energy Executive Order rescinding President Biden’s Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Potential Fallout if Endangerment Finding Is Rescinded

Mintz - ML Strategies on

On March 13, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would move forward with reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding (Endangerment Finding) as directed in President Trump’s Executive Order...more

DLA Piper

Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - March 2025

DLA Piper on

Welcome to Industrials Regulatory News and Trends. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers provide concise updates on key developments in the industrials sector to help you navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and...more

McGuireWoods LLP

EPA Announces Major Shift in Enforcement Priorities for Energy Sector

McGuireWoods LLP on

On March 12, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a memorandum titled “Implementing National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives Consistently with...more

Jones Day

Back to the Laboratories: U.S. State Climate Initiatives Amid Federal Transition

Jones Day on

While federal policymaking has already begun to shift away from the climate change programs of the Obama and Biden administrations, many states are expected to continue pursuing expansive climate policies and building upon...more

Saul Ewing LLP

EPA Proposing Wide-Ranging Regulatory Revamp

Saul Ewing LLP on

The Trump administration has declared March 12, 2025, as “the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in the history of the United States.” United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Lee Zeldin,...more

Jones Day

EPA Announces Historic Deregulation

Jones Day on

On March 12, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a flurry of press releases announcing its plan to rollback dozens of Biden-era, as well as earlier, environmental regulations. This historic move is part...more

ArentFox Schiff

EPA Announces ‘Greatest Deregulation in History’

ArentFox Schiff on

The full scope of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory efforts in the environmental space was recently made clear with a series of announcements from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin....more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA’s Historic Deregulation Initiative: Implications and Opportunities to Engage

Beveridge & Diamond PC on

On March 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA would soon undertake efforts to roll back 31 environmental regulations that cut across industry sectors. EPA’s deregulatory...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

EPA Rolls Back Regulations From Climate Change to ‘Waters of the United States’

On March 12, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced more than 30 actions to roll back regulations to advance President Trump’s Day One executive orders. These include actions...more

80 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 4

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide