New York Proposes Regional Greenhouse Gas Changes
On May 30, 2020, for the first time in nine years, a manned spacecraft launched from American soil and ultimately docked at the International Space Station, just under a day later. This launch, which...
View ArticleFERC Declares It Has Concurrent Jurisdiction With Bankruptcy Courts When...
On June 22, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) issued an Order on Petition for Declaratory Order finding that it has concurrent jurisdiction with bankruptcy courts to review...
View ArticleKey Northeastern States Take Steps to Study the Transition to Net-Zero GHG...
On June 4, 2020, the Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) filed a Petition which requested the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to open an investigation into the potential changes to...
View ArticleDakota Access Pipeline Must Shutdown While Corps Prepares Environmental...
On July 6, the US District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) must shut down while the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) prepares an Environmental Impact...
View ArticleCEQ Releases Long-Awaited Final Rule to Improve NEPA Regulations
On July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published its highly anticipated final rule to improve its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. The update, which largely...
View ArticleMassachusetts DPU Opens Investigation into Natural Gas Distribution Companies
As we reported in an earlier posting, on June 4, 2020, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”) filed a petition, which requested the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) to...
View ArticleFERC’s 2020 Annual Report on Enforcement: Key Focus for Pipeline Companies
On November 19, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) issued the 2020 Annual Report on Enforcement (Report). The Report informs the public and the...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Hear Arguments regarding Natural Gas Act and Eminent Domain...
On April 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC v. New Jersey et al., No. 19-1039, a case with significant implications for pipeline projects. The main issue is...
View ArticleSupreme Court Holds that Natural Gas Act Delegates Eminent Domain Power,...
On June 29, in PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC v. New Jersey et al., No. 19-1039, the Supreme Court rejected New Jersey’s sovereign immunity arguments and held that Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act...
View ArticleCould Mexico’s Mid-Term Elections Signal a Return to Energy and Environmental...
After a disappointing showing in Mexico’s recent mid-term elections, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (commonly referred to as AMLO) and his party (i.e., Movimiento Regeneratión National or...
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