11/10/2025 6:58:52 PM Big Beautiful Gulf 1 Lease Sale to Offer 80 Million Acres for Leasing at 12.5% Royalty Rate By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody BOEM’s Final Notice of Sale (FNOS) for Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1), to be published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2025, will...
11/7/2025 7:05:43 PM With the Proliferation of LNG and Industrial Construction in Louisiana, a Private Works Act Refresher is in Order By Hunter Chauvin Katelyn Davis Louisiana is experiencing significant LNG plant construction activity, with several projects underway or recently approved. Construction...
10/14/2025 11:01:33 PM Government Shutdown and BOEM, BSEE and ONRR Contingency Plans By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody Due to the government shutdown, which began on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the...
8/12/2025 12:40:27 PM Navigating Offshore Energy: Marine Log Q&A By Liskow This Q&A from Marine Log provides insights from Liskow attorney Jana Grauberger on navigating offshore leasing, permitting,...
7/30/2025 4:32:44 PM NEPA Reform under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Revised Agency Procedures By Emily von Qualen Colin North Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu +1 more... Show less On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (“the OBBBA”), which modifies the environmental...
7/8/2025 6:46:05 PM New Louisiana Renewable Energy Law Emphasizes Solar Facility Siting with Carve Out for Parishes By Paul Kitziger Neil Abramson Clare Bienvenu Louisiana has a new renewable energy law on the books, Act No. 279, set to take effect on August 1, 2025. It provides for the regulation...
7/8/2025 6:44:01 PM New Louisiana Renewable Energy Law Emphasizes Solar Facility Siting with Carve Out for Parishes By Neil Abramson Paul Kitziger Clare Bienvenu Louisiana has a new renewable energy law on the books, Act No. 279, set to take effect on August 1, 2025. It provides for the...
6/5/2025 7:58:59 PM Fifth Circuit Dismisses Environmental Groups’ Suit Challenging Louisiana’s Primacy Over Class VI Injection Wells By Jeff Lieberman Colin North Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu +1 more... Show less On May 21, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed environmental groups’ suit challenging EPA’s decision...
4/22/2025 3:02:12 PM Environmental and Science Advocacy Groups Sue EPA and Other Agencies Over Removal of EJ Tools By Colin North Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Environmental and science advocacy groups 1 have sued EPA and other agencies in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for...
4/14/2025 9:19:10 PM President Trump Issues Executive Order Taking Aim at State Laws Hindering Domestic Energy Production By Colin North Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), “Protecting American Energy From State Overreach,” aimed at...
3/17/2025 9:43:46 PM EPA Announces 31 Historic Actions Publicized as “Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen” By Colin North Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu On March 12, 2025, EPA Administrator Zeldin announced that the agency will undertake 31 deregulatory actions to advance President...
2/7/2025 8:04:29 PM NEPA Changes Slated Under President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy Executive Order By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued the “Unleashing American Energy” Executive Order (“EO”) with the stated purpose of...