Mark C. Kalpin

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Joshua Belcher |Mark C. Kalpin |Rafe Petersen |Alexandra Ward

President Donald Trump's Wind Energy executive order (EO)indefinitely withdraws all areas of the Outer Continental Shelf(OCS) from any new or renewed wind energy leasing activity. Thoughexisting offshore wind leases remain valid, they are subject toreview with the possibility of terminating or amending thoseleases.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Mark C. Kalpin |Rafe Petersen |Jason Hill |Alexandra Ward

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuiton Jan. 31, 2025, declined a request to review its decision thatchallenged the authority of the Council for Environmental Quality(CEQ), leaving open questions regarding the validity of CEQ'sexisting regulations and likely disrupting the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act (NEPA) framework that has been relied uponfor decades. The D.C. Circuit issued a decision last year in MarinAudubon Soc'y v. Fed.