Biden’s Climate Blitz
By EsqSocial Corporation 01/02/21
The new administration has launched an avalanche of Executive Orders and memoranda aimed at tackling the climate crisis in its first week—Pillsbury reviews its impact. Expect to see growth in electric vehicles, innovation spending, and conservation and clean energy jobs, but a slow-down or stagnation in fossil fuel activities on federal lands. The Biden Administration has paused new oil and gas leasing on federal lands but emphasized that permits for valid, existing leases will continue to be...
By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP