Your Guide to Emerging Issues in Environmental Regulation and Litigation.
America’s largest-ever wind farm began operations last month. Located in New Mexico, SunZia is the largest renewable energy infrastructure project in U.S. history. Pattern Energy began construction on the project in 2023, and SunZia is expected to power more than one million homes in the Southwest with affordable, reliable energy. Most of the electricity generated by SunZia will be exported to …
Earlier this month, Seattle U.S. District Court Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that sought to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from cutting solar power grant programs during the pendency of the litigation challenging the EPA’s termination of the Solar for All Program. Back in October 2025, 23 states and …
The Environmental Protection Agency faces a second lawsuit over the cancellation of solar energy grants promised under the now-terminated Biden-era “Solar for All” program with an Oct. 13 suit filed by Harris County, Texas. Both lawsuits filed against the agency accuse the EPA of illegally revoking money promised under the Solar for All program without …
Offshore wind energy is rapidly emerging as a critical component of the global transition to renewable energy sources. Harnessing the vast wind resources available at sea offers significant potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing energy security. However, the development of offshore wind projects presents a complex web of legal and regulatory challenges that …
Can wave-energy be a green-power solution for coastal communities? That question may be at least partially answered in Newport, Oregon, a small seaside town cooperating with the U.S. Department of Energy in an attempt to convert wave power into electricity. Newport expects the project to provide enough energy to power thousands of its homes and …
On August 26, Sage Geosystems announced an agreement to supply Meta with 150 MW of geothermal power. Sage will use its proprietary Geopressured Geothermal System (GGS) to provide carbon-free power for Meta’s data centers. This makes Meta the latest tech giant to invest in geothermal energy. In June 2024, Google negotiated a similar deal with …
Tech-savvy energy producers are currently looking for economically viable methods to create “green hydrogen” from water using renewable electricity. This technology, which can produce clean fuel for planes, ships, and trucks, could be the world’s biggest development in power generation since the 19th century. In particular, the creation of clean fuels for heavy vehicles could sharply reduce or …
Chevron is part of a group of old-school fossil-fuel companies investing hundreds of millions of dollars into geothermal-energy projects aiming to use fracking-type technology to find and access underground heat — heat that might very well become the world’s most-stable source of clean power. In sufficient quantities, underground heat can be used to generate a …