Joe Fagan was quoted in an article, "Pipeline Fights May Determine Scope Of Climate Reviews," in Law360. The article is about how an increase in legal challenges by environmental groups claiming that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must examine the climate change impacts of increased natural gas drilling before approving pipelines could help define the boundaries of a landmark 2004 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited the scope of federal environmental reviews to actions within an agency's authority. The cases give the D.C. Circuit an opportunity to further clarify the extent of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in the 2004 case U.S. Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, in which it held that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wasn't required under NEPA to thoroughly evaluate the environmental impact of Mexican trucks entering the U.S. because the activity was prompted by actions beyond its control. "The Public Citizen case is 12 years old. It wasn't until recently that people have raised this production argument," Fagan said. "If FERC looks at the impact of the production and concludes that this pipeline project is not going to add much incrementally to what's being produced, then I still think the opponents have a high bar to successfully argue in court that FERC didn't fulfill its obligations under NEPA."
Day Pitney is sponsoring the upcoming New England Energy Conference and Exposition (NEECE), which is being held in Providence on June 7-8.
Day Pitney Energy Senior Associate Rosendo Garza Jr. was featured in the Law360 Pulse article, "Former Conn. State Secretary, Law Dean Among Bar Honorees."
Day Pitney is a sponsor of the 2023 New England Women in Energy and the Environment's (NEWIEE) 2023 Annual Awards Gala being held on April 27 at The Westin Copley Place Boston.
Day Pitney Energy and Utilities Partners Sebastian M. Lombardi (Hartford) and Evan C. Reese III (Washington, DC) have been named to the inaugural 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading US Energy Lawyers list. For more information on the methodology, click here.
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Day Pitney Energy Partner Sebastian M. Lombardi's election by the Connecticut Bar Foundation's board of directors to the James W. Cooper Fellows Program was featured in the Law360 Pulse article, "Conn. Bar Foundation Elects 22 Attys As Fellows."
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Day Pitney Energy and Utilities Partner Joseph Fagan was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association.
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Day Pitney Energy Attorneys Eric Runge, Margaret Czepiel and Paul Belval authored the article, "How Inflation Reduction Act Will Lift Offshore Wind Projects," for Law360.