Regulatory Tracker

Our Regulatory Tracker explains the Biden administration’s steps to advance clean energy deployment and environmental protection, and provides an up-to-date and concise summary of both regulatory and litigation actions. The table below links you to pages that describe the significance and history of each rule, including the Trump-era rollback efforts. We work to update each page on the actions of the Biden administration and any related litigation. You can find our Federal Environmental Justice Tracker here.

We have archived many of the rules we were tracking under the Trump administration; you can find them here. If you have questions about our trackers, please email us.

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Tracker Entries

Rule
Agencies
Status
Last Updated

RuleAir Transport – Cross-State Air Pollution Rule/Good Neighbor Rule, Section 126 Petitions, and Section 184 Ozone Transportation Commission Petition

AgenciesEPA

Status

EPA published final Good Neighbor Plan Rule

Last Updated03/15/2023

RuleGHG New Source Performance Standards for Power Plants

AgenciesEPA

Status

Trump-era rule remanded to EPA; EPA drafting rule

Last Updated03/15/2023

RuleOil and Gas Development in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve

AgenciesDOI

Status

Willow Project ROD issued March 13, 2023 approving three of five drill sites

2013 management plan reinstated

Last Updated03/13/2023

RuleRegulating Greenhouse Gases from Existing Power Plants – the Clean Power Plan and Affordable Clean Energy Rules

AgenciesEPA

Status

EPA developing new rulemaking consistent with WV v EPA

Last Updated03/10/2023

RuleFederal Offshore Wind Deployment

AgenciesDOI

Status

BOEM proposed rule to streamline permitting; comments due Mar. 31, 2023.

Last Updated02/24/2023

RuleBLM Methane Waste Prevention Rule

AgenciesBLM

Status

BLM issued proposal

Last Updated02/24/2023

RuleMunicipal Solid Waste Landfill New Source Performance Standards/Emissions Guidelines (methane)

AgenciesEPA

Status

Biden finalized rule implementing emissions guidelines

Last Updated02/24/2023

RuleEndangered Species Act Rules

AgenciesNMFS, USFWS

Status

Final rule rescinding two of the Trump administration's changes; agencies are reviewing the remaining rules

FWS issues proposal to strengthen voluntary conservation efforts; comments open until Apr. 10, 2023

Last Updated02/24/2023

RuleFederal Offshore Oil and Gas 5-Year Leasing Program

AgenciesBOEM

Status

BOEM released draft 5-year leasing plan; holding leases as required by IRA

Last Updated02/24/2023

RulePower Plant Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rule

AgenciesEPA

Status

EPA defending reinstated 2015 policy

Last Updated02/24/2023

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