James Bowe

3 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | James Bowe |Dan Feldman |Peter Hood

On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.1 The EO builds on previous energy-focused actions taken by the Administration, and includes aggressive timelines in which federal agencies are to take significant measures to fast-track permitting, leasing, and financing of domestic mining projects.

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | James Bowe |Dan Feldman |Nikesh Jindal

Executive SummaryOn January 20, 2025, President Trump issued several Executive Orders and memoranda (the “EOs”) signaling a significant policy shift favoring robust and market-based energy production (mostly relying on fossil fuels), while seeking to streamline project permitting and reduce environmental review delays that frequently impede project development efforts.

Jan 14, 2025 | jdsupra.com | James Bowe |Dan Feldman |Nikesh Jindal

On January 3, 2025, the IRS and Treasury issued long-awaited final regulations (the “45V Final Regulations”) implementing the clean hydrogen production tax credit (the “45V Credit”) under Section 45V of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The 45V Final Regulations follow proposed regulations issued on December 22, 2023, on which more than 30,000 comments were submitted during a comment period that closed on February 26, 2024.

Jan 3, 2024 | deeside.com | James Bowe

Following the Christmas season, many households find themselves with an influx of new toys and gadgets, many of which contain small but potentially hazardous button batteries.

Sep 6, 2023 | jdsupra.com | James Bowe |Zoe Bromage |Dan Feldman

The EU rules defining green hydrogen and derivative fuels (such as ammonia, e-methanol and e-NG)1 became binding law in June 2023 (as covered in our client note on the RFNBO Delegated Acts). Subsequently, in late July 2023, the European Commission (EC) issued guidance, intending to aid the application of these rules, in the form of a Q&A document.2However, in several areas, the guidance failed to deliver the regulatory clarity that project developers had been clamouring for.