Top 20 Regulatory Rollbacks to Watch in 2020 Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards for Cars Ongoing litigation challenging The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program which blocks California from setting its own […] January 6, 2020
New Regulations Expand Hunting and Fishing on 1.4 Million Acres of Public Lands On September 10, 2019 the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published the final 2019-2020 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations. The regulation expands hunting and fishing on 1.4 million acres […] December 2, 2019
Legal Analysis Analysis of the Regulation and Deregulation of US Ocean and Fisheries Policies In our new white paper, we review the legal and regulatory framework supporting US coastal and ocean management, and describe changes under the current administration. We focus on policy topics prioritized under the current and most recent administrations and assess the state of play of the ongoing deregulation process. August 28, 2019
EELP News What’s at Stake in the Trump EPA’s Approach to New Source Review? “The Trump EPA is making NSR changes that put greater weight on economic imperatives, framing NSR as a regulatory burden to be avoided at every turn without consideration of impacts […] August 9, 2019
Closing the Door on EPA Jurisdiction over Groundwater The Environmental Protection Agency’s interpretive statement on Clean Water Act (CWA) authority over groundwater is another installment in a series of actions where the agency has re-interpreted a federal environmental […] August 5, 2019
Legal Analysis Energy Policy in the Age of Emergency Governance: New White Paper from Sharon Jacobs and Ari Peskoe We live in an age of governance by emergency. In February, President Trump declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border after lawmakers repeatedly denied his […] June 3, 2019
Legal Analysis President Trump’s Energy Executive Orders: In-Depth Analyses President Trump signed two executive orders on April 10, 2019 in Crosby, Texas, outside of Houston: EO 13868, titled “Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Energy Growth”, and EO 13867 on […] April 30, 2019
Legal Analysis Energy EOs In Depth: Infrastructure EO Section 5, More Bluster than Substance? President Trump signed two executive orders on April 10, 2019 in Crosby, Texas, outside of Houston: EO 13868, titled “Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Energy Growth”, and EO 13867 on […] April 30, 2019
Greater Sage-Grouse Amended Resource Management Plans In March, the Trump administration introduced its final revisions to Obama-era greater sage–grouse conservation plans in Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada/Northeastern California. The revised plans were drafted in the context of SO 3353, an order from the […] April 26, 2019