The Department of Justice has renamed its Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) the Energy and Natural Resources Division. The rename is not just a branding exercise. It aligns DOJ’s environmental and natural resources litigation shop with the Administration’s broader energy program.
On December 5, 2025, EPA Assistant Administrator Craig Pritzlaff issued a memorandum directing the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance to adopt a renewed “compliance first” approach across all civil enforcement and compliance programs.
Environmental issues surface in far too many deals only after the business terms are locked in, diligence windows are closing, lenders start asking hard questions, and after the opportunity to meaningfully and more accurately allocate risk has slipped away.
On September 29, 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published an updated guidance memorandum regarding implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
In its recent decision in SSM Litigation Group v. EPA, the D.C. Circuit struck down EPA’s 2023 rescission of the long-standing Clean Air Act (“CAA”) Title V “emergency affirmative defense.”
Major developments in federal climate policy emerged this week from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”).
The Clean Air Act’s (CAA) New Source Performance Standards’ (NSPS) Subpart OOOOb applies to new, modified, and reconstructed oil and gas facilities as of December 6, 2022.
On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its 8-0 ruling in Seven County Infrastructure v. Eagle County, significantly narrowing the scope of environmental reviews required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
