http://faegrebdc.com/clean-air en-us Copyright 2000-16 FaegreBD Consulting. All Rights Reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 11/28/2016 3:39:42 AM In an article for Law360, FaegreBD Consulting counsel Andrew Wheeler and advisor Nik Schoenherr shared how recent interest in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) could bring about changes by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission... http://faegrebdc.com/purpa-changes-could-shake-up-clean-energy-market 06 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 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 In a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) through the ultimate Supreme Court determination on the merits, assuming the inevitable writ of certiorari from the D.C. Circuit opinion is... http://faegrebdc.com/supreme-court-delays-implementation-of-clean-power-plan 10 Feb 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 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 In an updated rule released October 1, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set tighter limits on ozone – a compound regarded as a precursor to smog. In setting the new standard at 70 parts per billion (ppb) for ground-level ozone, down... http://faegrebdc.com/epa-decreases-limit-for-ground-level-ozone 05 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 On June 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered another warning to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against overstepping its statutory authority under the Clean Air Act. In Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 14-46, the... http://faegrebdc.com/supreme-court-decision-could-limit-epas-authority-over-greenhouse-gas 01 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 In November 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would again delay the release of a final rule on the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard volumetric blending requirements. Andrew Ehrlich, David Lyons and Andrew Wheeler of... http://faegrebdc.com/epa-delay-on-renewable-fuel-puts-ball-in-congress-court 12 Jan 2015 00:00:00:000 In March 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released guidance on steps to reduce methane gas emissions. The EPA guidance document noted that methane accounts for an estimated nine percent of greenhouse gas emissions and is far more... http://faegrebdc.com/as-climate-changes-so-does-focus-on-methane-emissions 08 Sep 2014 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 On September 20, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-proposed new source performance standards (NSPS) for carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). With the proposal now unveiled, all... http://faegrebdc.com/administration-re-proposes-carbon-standards-for-new-power-plants 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00:000 It is very likely that President Obama's second term will feature energy and environmental policies that build on those of the last four years. Whether it is investments in clean energy technologies or regulatory efforts aimed at reducing greenhouse... http://faegrebdc.com/the-next-four-years-in-energy-and-environmental-policy 07 Dec 2012 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