12/3/2025 4:13:55 PM SCOTUS Presented with Best Opportunity to Weigh In on Climate Change Litigation By Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze The United States Supreme Court is currently presented with what many believe is the best opportunity for the Court to provide...
12/2/2025 8:02:44 PM Greenwashing Hits Home: New Washington Lawsuit Alleges Climate Deception by Fossil Fuel Companies is Linked to Rising Home Insurance Premiums By Andrew Hughes Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze +1 more... Show less A newly filed class action in the Western District of Washington advances a novel theory of greenwashing liability by suggesting...
12/1/2025 8:44:11 PM DOI Issues Draft Proposed 2026-2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Sales Scheduled for Alaska, Gulf of America, and Pacific Regions By Jana Grauberger Bradford Laperouse Kathleen Doody On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) published its Notice of Availability of the 1st Analysis and Proposal of...
11/10/2025 8:28:08 PM When “Net Zero” Meets the Courtroom: Energy Companies and the Rise of Greenwashing Litigation By Andrew Hughes Kelly Becker James Lapeze Jamie Rhymes +1 more... Show less A Landmark Ruling in Paris In late October 2025, a Paris civil court handed down a decision that could reshape how global energy...
4/14/2025 8:27:18 PM Podcast: Navigating Federal Offshore Waters By Liskow On a recent episode of “Energy Law This Week ,” Matt Jones , April Rolen-Ogden, and Jana Grauberger delve into the complexities of...
4/11/2025 5:31:52 PM BOEM Now Considering Repeal of Its $6.9B Rule and Will Only Seek Supplemental Financial Assurance from Select Properties During Regulatory Review By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody Liskow In 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) issued new financial assurance (“FA”) regulations requiring an estimated $6.9...
4/2/2025 6:51:32 PM Podcast: Pipelines and Protests: The Greenpeace Verdict By Liskow On this week’s episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April Rolen-Ogden discuss the significant legal case involving...
11/26/2024 7:23:16 PM U.S. Federal Offshore Wind in 2024: Growth and Growing Pains By Jana Grauberger In 2021, the Biden Administration set a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (“GW”) of federal offshore wind projects by 2030, and in...
10/24/2024 2:12:22 PM Potential Shutdown of GOM Oil and Gas Operations Due to BiOp Vacatur Averted – For Now By Jana Grauberger Greg Johnson This week, a Maryland federal district court amended its prior Biological Opinion (“BiOp”) vacatur judgment, extending the timeline...
9/19/2024 9:50:55 PM Maryland Court’s Vacatur of Biological Opinion Could Cause Severe Disruption of Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Activities By Jana Grauberger Greg Johnson On August 19, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued its merits decision in Sierra Club et al. v. NMFS,...
8/2/2024 7:34:27 PM Failure to Allege Plausible Arguments Against Oil and Gas Companies Proves Costly as the Fifth Circuit Dismissed Oyster Mortality Case By Andrew Hughes Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against 18 oil and gas companies. The...
1/31/2024 8:59:24 PM EJ Evolution: Court Enjoins EPA from Imposing Disparate Impact Requirements via Title VI in Louisiana Permitting By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson Cherrell Taplin +1 more... Show less Less than two weeks after the hearing in Louisiana v. EPA, a federal district court granted Louisiana’s request to preliminarily enjoin...