http://faegrebdc.com/oil-gas en-us Copyright 2000-16 FaegreBD Consulting. All Rights Reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 11/27/2016 1:54:50 PM The President has unveiled his fiscal year 2017 budget request for the federal government. The figures are ambitious in the way that only a president in his last term would propose, and the budget includes numerous funding changes for the energy and... http://faegrebdc.com/president-obamas-fy17-budget-request-proposes-new-energy-and-environmental 12 Feb 2016 00:00:00:000 As it conducts a multiyear environmental review of the coal industry, the Obama administration has suspended the issuing of new federal land leases for coal mining operations. As detailed in Law360, experts believe the leasing suspension will face... http://faegrebdc.com/white-houses-social-cost-of-carbon-metric-to-face-first 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00:000 Earlier than expected, the Senate is considering a highly anticipated bipartisan energy bill this week. The first broad package of energy legislation in over a decade, the bill proposes many adjustments to current energy policy. The bill will be... http://faegrebdc.com/senate-considers-energy-bill-opening-debate-on-host-of-environmental 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00:000 Last month, the White House released its fall Unified Agenda, which provides a look at the various regulations being developed by each agency and where each is in the rulemaking process. In the energy and environment space, the Environmental... http://faegrebdc.com/president-obama-unveils-2016-energy-and-environment-agenda 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00:000 In December 2015, Congress passed the first major transportation infrastructure bill in over a decade, covering a large range of infrastructure projects and ensuring funding for the next five years. One section of the bill establishes a new federal... http://faegrebdc.com/new-federal-permitting-council-to-aid-large-infrastructure-projects-mdash 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00:000 After several long weeks of negotiations on end-of-year obligations, congressional negotiators reached agreements on both a government funding bill that pays for the federal government through the remainder of FY16 as well as a package of tax... http://faegrebdc.com/negotiators-reach-deals-on-government-funding-tax-extenders-legislation 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00:000 On November 30, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final volume requirements for fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS) for 2014, 2015 and 2016, and also for biomass-based diesel for 2017. The levels were a... http://faegrebdc.com/epa-finalizes-renewable-fuel-volumes 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00:000 The Clean Power Plan final rule, proposed Federal Plan and carbon pollution standards for new, modified and reconstructed (existing) power plants were published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2015 — weeks after its August 3, 2015... http://faegrebdc.com/epa-publishes-clean-power-plan-in-federal-register-sets-off 26 Oct 2015 00:00:00:000 On September 29, 2015, EPA issued a final rule to regulate emissions from petroleum refineries in the United States. The rule requires monitoring for specific compounds that are emitted as part of the refining process of crude oil into industrial... http://faegrebdc.com/what-to-know-about-the-epa-final-petroleum-refinery-emissions-standards-rule 02 Oct 2015 00:00:00:000 On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first-ever proposal aimed at regulating methane emissions, as well as volatile organic compounds (VOC), from the oil and gas industry. EPA is taking this action on the... http://faegrebdc.com/epa-releases-proposal-to-regulate-methane-from-oil-gas-industries 19 Aug 2015 00:00:00:000 Background On August 3, 2015, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new set of final regulations aimed at reducing carbon output from power plants. The sweeping new Clean Power Plan (CPP) sets limits on carbon... http://faegrebdc.com/clean-power-plan-finalized-by-obama-administration-and-epa-whats 13 Aug 2015 00:00:00:000 After much anticipation, both the House and the Senate Committees passed their long awaited energy bills. Much is covered in the two packages, and many amendments have been tabled for when the bills hit the floor in the fall. Republicans and... http://faegrebdc.com/energy-legislation-gains-momentum-bills-pass-house-and-senate-committees 31 Jul 2015 00:00:00:000 The Department of Energy released its Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) on April 21, 2015, which includes a series of recommendations to upgrade the country’s aging energy infrastructure (from our natural gas infrastructure to rail and fleets)... http://faegrebdc.com/administration-outlines-energy-vision-in-quadrennial-report 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00:000 On Jan.29, 2015, the U.S. Senate passed S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, by a vote of 62-47, with all Republicans and eight Democrats voting for the legislation. While the president pledged to veto the legislation, the debate over the... http://faegrebdc.com/keystone-xl-will-shape-energy-debate-for-114th-congress 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00:000 On January 29, 2015, the U.S. Senate passed S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, by a vote of 62-47, with all Republicans and eight Democrats voting for the legislation. While the president pledged weeks ago to veto the legislation, the... http://faegrebdc.com/keystone-debate-a-sign-of-things-to-come-in-114th 03 Feb 2015 00:00:00:000 In the wake of the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of legislation to approve the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline, the Senate now stands poised to take up the measure beginning this week, opening the door to other key energy issues... http://faegrebdc.com/senate-poised-to-debate-keystone-xl-pipeline-other-key-energy 13 Jan 2015 00:00:00:000 While carbon dioxide emissions have garnered most of the attention in recent months, the Obama administration has also turned its focus to emissions of another greenhouse gas: methane. In March, the administration released a 15-page interagency... http://faegrebdc.com/as-climate-debate-rages-on-a-new-focus-on-methane 14 Aug 2014 00:00:00:000 In late May 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed changes to its process for approving applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to foreign countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States. In announcing the... http://faegrebdc.com/white-house-department-of-energy-take-new-approach-to-lng 08 Aug 2014 00:00:00:000 The United States is reaping the benefits of rapidly increasing domestic oil and natural gas production for the first time in decades. The United States produced over 7.5 million barrels of crude per day in 2013 and that number is expected to... http://faegrebdc.com/debate-over-crude-oil-exports-picking-up-steam 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00:000 Andrew Wheeler, a principal of the energy and environment practice group at FaegreBD Consulting, recently contributed to an "Energy Insiders" segment in the National Journal on a debate taking hold in Washington, D.C. on whether a federal ban that... http://faegrebdc.com/andrew-wheeler-featured-in-national-journals-energy-insiders-blog-on 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00:000 Luke S. Tomanelli has joined FaegreBD Consulting as an Assistant Vice President on the energy and environment practice team based in Washington, D.C. Tomanelli brings inside knowledge of Capitol Hill after serving in the House and Senate. He spent... http://faegrebdc.com/luke-tomanelli-joins-energy-environment-team-at-faegrebd-consulting 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00:000