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Mar 18, 2025 | law360.com | Rafe Petersen |Jason Hill |Alexandra Ward

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Rafe Petersen, Jason Hill and Alexandra Ward ( March 18, 2025, 4:20 PM EDT) -- On Feb.

Feb 25, 2025 | lexology.com | Rafe Petersen |Jason Hill |Alexandra Ward |Maggie Pahl

Highlights The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has issued an interim final rule and corresponding memorandum to heads of federal departments and agencies indicating its intent to rescind prior National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations to comply with an earlier executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

Feb 10, 2025 | 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.

Feb 6, 2025 | 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.

Nov 28, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jason Hill |Jim Noe |Rafe Petersen |Jennifer Hernandez

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled that the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks statutory authority to issue binding regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).