On March 13, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order entitled “Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction.”
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Wildlife Agencies Issue Four Proposed Rules to Revert Endangered Species Act Practices to 2019 Interpretations
On Nov. 21, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released four proposed rules to revise its Endangered Species Act (ESA) implementing regulations, all of which would apply only
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Federal Agencies Roll Out New NEPA Regulations
Several federal agencies have released modified National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.
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Executive Order Targets State Climate Laws, But Existing GHG Permit Requirements Remain Enforceable
On April 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order titled Protecting American Energy From State Overreach. The order directs the U.S. attorney general to identify and take action against state and local laws “burdening” domestic energy development, especially laws addressing climate change, environmental, social, and government (ESG) initiatives, and environmental justice.
Commerce Department Delays Auxin Preliminary Determination on Solar Trade Imports
The Department of Commerce announced Aug. 23 it is delaying the issuance of the preliminary determination in the Auxin circumvention investigation until Nov. 28, 2022. The date had been set
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Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021
Greenberg Traurig Tampa office Shareholders David Weinstein and Christopher Torres and Associate Kayli Smendec co-authored the chapter titled “Environmental Enforcement and Crimes” in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year
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TRANSITION THOUGHTS: How Will President Biden’s Elevation of Environmental Justice Within the EPA Affect Your Permitted Facility or Redevelopment Project?
The Biden administration continues to make many major environmental policy actions aimed at climate change, enforcement, and several other issues. GT continues to track these changes in key areas on
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Pleasing All the People Some of the Time: New York Simultaneously Proposes Regulations Implementing Its New Siting Law and Community Benefit Program for Renewable Projects
Earlier this year New York state, conceding that its previously enacted siting law had not been effective in siting large-scale renewable energy projects, enacted the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and
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Presidential Executive Order on U.S. Bulk Power System Equipment from ‘Foreign Adversaries’
On May 1, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) declaring a national emergency due to “foreign adversaries” that are “creating and exploiting vulnerabilities” in the U.S. bulk-power system
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EPA’s New WOTUS Rule
On Dec. 11, 2018, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Agencies) released a proposal to revise the regulatory definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), as
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