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Natural Resources Biden Administration

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The Alaska Executive Order: What It Means for Energy, Tribes, and Federal Lands‎

On January 20, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” (the “Alaska EO”). The order reverses decisions by the Biden administration to limit energy resource...more

Oliva Gibbs

Offshore? Not So Fast: Biden’s New Drilling Block

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On January 6, President Biden announced an executive action affecting offshore drilling prior to the end of his term. Biden has issued a decree that will “permanently ban” new offshore oil and gas development in large...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Tribal Consultation and Permitting Reform

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As discussed throughout this series, mine permitting in the United States is a complicated process. The permitting authorities are a mix of state and federal agencies, and that mix varies depending on where the mine is...more

Gray Reed

What’s New From the Climate-Alarm Industry?

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A lot, it turns out. The Biden Administration, bending the knee to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, has paused approval of new LNG export facilities. (In terms of influence on the President, this “wing” is...more

BakerHostetler

‘Hurry Up!’: The Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Convened To Discuss Challenges in Deploying CCUS and DAC...

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On November 2, 2023, the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing to “Examine Opportunities and Challenges in Deploying CCUS and DAC Technologies on Federal and Non-Federal Lands.” Opening remarks were...more

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U.S. Intensifies Environmental Crime Enforcement in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

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In Short - The Situation: The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ" or "Department") and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") recently announced the creation of a regional, cross-agency taskforce, targeting...more

Perkins Coie

Council on Environmental Quality Proposes Phase Two Revision to Its NEPA Implementing Regulations

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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has proposed further amendments to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations as part of its phased rulemaking initiated in 2021. The proposed Bipartisan...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

Justice in Time: What You Need to Know About the Discount Rate

Natural Resource Damage Assessments Tools and Applications - Environmental justice is a major initiative of the Biden administration and various state governments, with a number of directives and programs to address fairness...more

Perkins Coie

White House Releases Version 1.0 of Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool

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The Biden-Harris administration launched Version 1.0 of its Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. This tool is a key component of the administration’s environmental justice...more

WilmerHale

Environmental Deconfliction 2021: the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021

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As in prior years, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 contains a variety of provisions setting U.S. Department of Defense priorities for energy, environmental, and natural resource issues. These...more

Mayer Brown

Energy Tax Implications of the Administration’s FY2022 Budget Tax Proposals

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On May 28, 2021, the Biden administration (the “Administration”) released its FY2022 budget (the “Budget”), which includes proposed investments related to infrastructure, clean energy and research and development. Alongside...more

Nossaman LLP

[Webinar] The First 100 Days of President Biden’s Environmental Policy: Revolution or Back to Basics? - April 15th, 11:00 am -...

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The first 100 days of a new administration can define what lies ahead for the next four years. Join our panel of Nossaman Environment & Land Use attorneys from across the U.S. on April 15, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PT...more

Snell & Wilmer

Meet Biden’s Natural Resource Team

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Consistent with his campaign promises to establish a diverse cabinet and leadership team, representative of both the national community and his own philosophy on environmental, energy and climate change issues, President...more

Stinson LLP

DOJ Puts Supplemental Environmental Projects Back on the Negotiating Table

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The Biden administration hit the ground running on its initiative to "confront the climate crisis." On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 13,990 (EO), which directed all federal agencies to "immediately...more

Bracewell LLP

Changes to Expect in Environmental Litigation Under Biden

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One thing is certain about 2021 – environmental and natural resources-related litigation against the federal government will continue apace and it will impact a range of private projects that require federal authorization of...more

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SEC Issues Controversial New Rule on Payment Transparency in the Natural Resource Sector

On December 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new regulation that revises and reinstitutes a previously-repealed SEC regulation to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The new rule is the...more

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