Alaska vs. Biden: Can Feds Control Work On State Lands?

From our friends at Law 360:

In a motion filed Thursday, Alaska, joined by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, urged U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to further explain her May remand order regarding the Ambler Access Project, saying it should be unambiguous that BLM’s authority is limited to federal lands, thereby precluding it from ...Read More

EPA’s Federal Waters Update Seen Vulnerable

From Bloomberg Law (link below: A test for federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction over waterways and wetlands that is central to an EPA rule announced last week will make the rule especially vulnerable to an upcoming US Supreme Court ruling, water lawyers say.

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers published their final definition of “waters of ...Read More

White House releases latest regulatory plans

The White House has released its latest plans for “everything” rulemaking, including energy, development and the environment with nearly every regulatory agency checking in with plans. The White House is calling it the official “2022 Unified Regulatory Agenda”, which according to OMB, “advances the Administration’s ambitious climate and clean energy agenda with ongoing ...Read More

FERC presses financial giant Vanguard over possible efforts to influence utility power portfolios

Thirteen state attorneys general are urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider its 2019 authorization allowing The Vanguard Group Inc. to invest in electric utilities, worrying that Vanguard’s well-known environmental activism and ESG demands will continue to guide decision-making and that Vanguard will use its financial position in the utilities to influence power portfolio ...Read More