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 paused or stopped updating 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

RuleFederal Offshore Wind Deployment

AgenciesDOI

Status

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

Last Updated06/05/2023

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 Updated06/05/2023

RuleEPA VOC and Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities

AgenciesEPA

Status

EPA issued proposed supplemental rule

Last Updated05/19/2023

RuleGHG New Source Performance Standards for Power Plants

AgenciesEPA

Status

EPA published proposed rule

Last Updated05/11/2023

RuleRegulating Greenhouse Gases from Existing Power Plants – the Clean Power Plan, Affordable Clean Energy Rules, & 2023 Power Plant Rules

AgenciesEPA

Status

EPA published proposed rule

Last Updated05/11/2023

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 Updated05/11/2023

RuleNational Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone

AgenciesEPA

Status

CASAC Ozone Review Panel Recommends lower Ozone NAAQS

Last Updated05/03/2023

RuleFederal Onshore Extractive Energy Leasing

AgenciesDOI

Status

BLM planning lease auctions to comply with IRA

Last Updated05/03/2023

RuleThe Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide)

AgenciesMultiple

Status

IWG proposed interim values, EPA has also proposed new values

Last Updated05/03/2023

RuleHydrofluorocarbons and Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol

AgenciesEPA

Status

EPA issued final rule, treaty Ratified by Senate

Last Updated05/01/2023

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