Author Archives: Katherine O'Konski

Litigation Update: Clean Power Plan, New Source Performance Standards, and Effluent Limitations

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

UPDATED 07.25.2018 On August 11, 2017, EPA announced in a letter that it will conduct a new rulemaking to “potentially revise the new, more stringent Best Available Technology Economically Achievable effluent limitations and Pretreatment Standards for Existing Sources in the … Continue reading →

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Columbia University Report: Repurposing Oil and Gas Financing for Renewable Project Development

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy published a report this week, Financing Solar and Wind Power: Insights from Oil and Gas, considering whether the financial tools used in the oil and gas industries for raising capital could serve as … Continue reading →

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Trump Administration’s “Budget Blueprint” Proposes Cuts to DOE, EPA, DOI

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

The White House Office of Management and Budget released its first budget proposal for fiscal year 2018, outlining the Trump Administration’s proposed discretionary funding and spelling out its intent to reduce federal spending on non-defense programs by $54 million.  The … Continue reading →

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White House Releases Further Guidance for Its “One-In, Two-Out” Executive Order

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

On Monday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memorandum dated March 2, 2017, outlining guidelines and procedures for executive agency submissions to the Spring 2017 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). According to … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy on State Agendas

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

While the new administration shapes its policies on renewable energy development, the Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition, a bipartisan group made up of twenty state governors,* published a letter earlier this month urging the President to support the nation’s … Continue reading →

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