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Welcome to the S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law Blog. This blog is a resource for the regulated community to stay current on new developments impacting the environmental, natural resources and energy sectors. It provides timely updates on a broad range of federal, state and local environmental topics — including proposed legislation and government rulemakings — that impact regulated industries throughout the southwest and the nation as a whole.
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Trump Proposes Rules to Expedite Infrastructure Projects
by Patrick J. Paul On January 9, 2020, in one of the more significant environmental proposals of the current administration, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed updates to its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National … Continue reading
Tagged CEQ, infrastructure, NEPA, trump
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Oil and Gas Industry Seeks to Reframe Mindset on “Infrastructure”
by Frances A. Folin With the uptick in exploration and development resulting from rising oil prices, once again the task of getting resources from their (often rural) development locations to their ultimate destinations has moved to the forefront of the … Continue reading
Tagged gas, infrastructure, oil, pipeline, state of the union
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What’s Old Is New Again: Expedited Review of Energy Infrastructure Projects Under Trump’s Executive Order
by J. Matthew Derstine While the two Presidential Memoranda expediting review and approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines grabbed much recent attention, an Executive Order issued the same day could have a broader impact by expediting the … Continue reading
Tagged Donald Trump, infrastructure, National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, President Trump
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