Author Archives: Anjali Patel

EPA Announces That It Has Sent a CPP-Related Proposed Rulemaking to OMB for Review

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Anjali Patel

On Monday, EPA filed a status report in the CPP litigation informing the court that it “has begun the interagency review process of a proposed regulatory action resulting from its review of the” Clean Power Plan.  The status report comes … Continue reading →

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DOE to Fund Tribal Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Anjali Patel

Yesterday, May 30, 2017, the Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs announced that it has awarded nineteen Tribes funding to implement renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) projects on tribal lands. In its announcement, DOE … Continue reading →

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White House Releases Full Budget Proposal for FY 2018 Slashing Departmental Budgets

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Anjali Patel

Building on its earlier “skinny” budget, the White House Office of Management and Budget released today the President’s full budget for Fiscal Year 2018 [link eliminated], entitled A New Foundation for American Greatness.  The President’s proposed budget (which will now go … Continue reading →

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First Comes the Executive Order, Then Comes the Lawsuit

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Anjali Patel

UPDATED 07.25.2018 On February 19, 2018, the District Court for the District of Alaska denied motions to dismiss filed by Defendants and by intervenors for Defendants, including the American Petroleum Institute and the State of Alaska. Last week, the President … Continue reading →

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5th Circuit Grants Abeyance and EPA Postpones Compliance Deadlines for Effluent Limitation Guidelines; EPA Submits Further Abeyance Motions

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Anjali Patel

Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit issued an order granting EPA’s motion to hold Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. EPA (consolidated challenges to EPA’s “Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category” (Rule)) in abeyance for … Continue reading →

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