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

AgenciesEPA, DOI, USACE

Last Updated09/08/2023

AgenciesFERC

Status

the Fourth Circuit dismissed legal challenges to 3 environmental permits, allowing construction to move forward

Last Updated09/07/2023

AgenciesDOI

Last Updated09/07/2023

AgenciesPHMSA & FRA (DOT)

Status

In Process

Last Updated09/06/2023

AgenciesMultiple

Status

IWG proposed interim values, EPA has also proposed new values

Last Updated09/06/2023

AgenciesDOI, USFWS

Status

Seven remaining leases canceled on Sep. 6, 2023

Draft supplemental EIS issued on Sep. 6, 2023

Last Updated09/06/2023

AgenciesDOI

Last Updated09/05/2023

AgenciesEPA, USACE

Status

EPA and ACE released a final rule amending the definition of WOTUS to conform to the Supreme Court's decision in Sackett

Last Updated08/30/2023

AgenciesBOEM

Status

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

Last Updated08/24/2023

AgenciesEPA

Last Updated08/18/2023