On July 30, 2024, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey Conservation Foundation, et al. v. FERC vacated FERC’s order approving Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco)’s Regional
Continue Reading DC Circuit Remands and Vacates FERC’s Order Approving the Transco ProjectFederal Regulation
Recent NEPA Cases May Create Uncertainty for LNG Project Sponsors
Two recent cases, Food & Water Watch et al. v. FERC, decided June 14, 2024, and Healthy Gulf et al. v. FERC, decided July 16, 2024, illustrate both…
Continue Reading Recent NEPA Cases May Create Uncertainty for LNG Project SponsorsEPA Finalizes New RMP Rule and Rejects Provision on Transloading
In a rulemaking closely watched by the transloading industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule on March 1, 2024, updating the Accidental Release Prevention Requirements and…
Continue Reading EPA Finalizes New RMP Rule and Rejects Provision on TransloadingJune 21 WEBINAR | Clean Energy Tax Credits: Direct Pay and Transferability – New Guidance Explained
The energy community has eagerly anticipated the release of guidance related to new Code Sections 6417 and 6418 covering direct pay and transferability of renewable and alternative energy tax credits.…
Continue Reading June 21 WEBINAR | Clean Energy Tax Credits: Direct Pay and Transferability – New Guidance ExplainedIRS Issues Proposed Regulations for Energy Projects Located in Low-Income Communities
The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations on May 31, 2023, for the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program under Section 48(e) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations provide…
Continue Reading IRS Issues Proposed Regulations for Energy Projects Located in Low-Income CommunitiesSupreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Sacketts against the Environmental Protection Agency to narrow the Clean Water Act.
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The Federal Government’s Colorado River Rescue Efforts
The federal government recently has acted to address the effects of the “megadrought” in the western half of the United States. These steps include (1) allocation of historic funding amounts…
Continue Reading The Federal Government’s Colorado River Rescue EffortsEPA’s Methane ‘Super-Emitter’ Proposal: Getting Outside Help
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a “supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking,” calling for comments on air pollution standards for control of methane emissions from new and…
Continue Reading EPA’s Methane ‘Super-Emitter’ Proposal: Getting Outside HelpEnvironment, 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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Cumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertainty
On his first day in office, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, calling on federal agencies to prioritize environmental justice and find ways to address disproportionate pollution impacts on…
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