On August 18, 2026, the D.C. Circuit handed EPA a clean win on one of the most consequential environmental rules of the decade. In...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Louisiana and four other states to move forward as potential hosts for Nuclear Lifecycle...
Act 822 of the 2026 Regular Session (House Bill 638, by Representative Jacob Landry) is a dramatic change in Louisiana private...
On July 10, 2026, the Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI) released Secretarial Order No. 3451 (Order), which, effective...
As the industry continues to navigate the complexities of operational safety, Matt breaks down the mechanics of well blowouts, explaining...
In WMH Farms, LLC v. Apache Corporation (of Delaware), et al., the trial court granted a plaintiff landowner’s motion for summary...
On May 13, 2026, EPA published a proposed rule that would revise the New Source Review (NSR) air permitting regulations by clarifying...
An 8-0 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that a lawsuit by a Louisiana parish and state agencies against Chevron belongs...
More than 40 bills either directly concerning Carbon Capture and Sequestration (“CCS”), or that could materially impact the potential...
On April 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its plan to combine and absorb the functions of the Bureau of Ocean...
On March 31, 2026, for the first time in the 53 years since the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") became law, the Endangered Species...
On March 13, 2026, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Clifton v. Johnson, marking the first instance in which the Court found...
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On Monday, March 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Interior ("DOI"), acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's ("BOEM"),...
On February 27, 2026, the Bureau of Ocean Energy ("BOEM") published its Notice of Intent (the “NOI”) to prepare a programmatic...
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In a significant decision rendered this week, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York held that written exchanges...
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Earlier this week, the New Orleans City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers while the city revisits how (and...