All Knowledge Center Items

• January 2025

• Will Trump Mend or End Federal Methane Rules?
• Changes Ahead for NEPA Implementation Under President Trump's Energy Dominance Executive Order
• PHMSA Suggests Tighter CO₂ Pipeline Safety Regulations Amid Growing Infrastructure for Carbon Capture

• December 2024

• Three-Plus-Year Investigation Results in Blockbuster Show Cause Order from FERC
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Charlene Koski and Melinda Meade Meyers to Partnership
• FERC's Annual Enforcement Report – Understanding Trends and Preparing for an Uncertain Future

• November 2024

• Van Ness Feldman's ThanksGiving 2024
• D.C. Circuit Throws Out Over 40 Years of NEPA Regulation
• Van Ness Feldman Recognized Again In Best Law Firms®

• October 2024

• American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources' ("SEER") Fall 2024 Conference
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 11, Issue 4
• EPA and California Move to Further Regulate PFAS Chemicals

• September 2024

• FERC Finds Williams' Louisiana Energy Gateway System Will Not Be Jurisdictional
• Congratulations to our Client Drax for the Launch of Elimini at Climate Week NYC
• Senior Policy Advisor Mary Landrieu Participates in Climeworks' US Carbon Removal Summit in New York
• Ninth Circuit: Physical Presence on Tribal Land Not Required for Tribal Jurisdiction Over Nonmember
• Following Jarkesy , FERC Signals Sea Change in Enforcement
• LEPA 2024 Annual Business Meeting

• August 2024

• Celebrating 20 Years of Being Ranked Among the Best Lawyers in America

• July 2024

• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Lucas Agnew as Policy Counsel
• Congratulations to our Colleagues on their Recent Promotions
• AGA Annual Legal Forum

• June 2024

• Congress Passes ADVANCE Act to Accelerate Deployment of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
• Key Farm Bill Reauthorization Priorities Officially Laid on the Table
• Van Ness Feldman Celebrates 2024 Legal 500 Rankings
• NEPA, ESA and the Fundamentals of Environmental Law
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2024 Rankings
• Welcome to our 2024 Summer Associates

• May 2024

• Treasury Proposes Clean Electricity Tax Guidance
• Native Affairs Newsletter May 2024
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 11, Issue 3
• Energy Insecurity - What Is It, and Why Does It Matter?
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Back Jaeleen Kookesh as Senior Counsel
• CEQ Finalizes "Phase 2" Revisions to NEPA Implementing Regulations
• The Basics of FERC Ratemaking for the Pipeline Industry
• American Petroleum Institute Conference and Expo

• April 2024

• EPA Finalizes Major Power Plant Rules
• EPA Finalizes Chemical Risk Evaluation Rule to Enhance Protection of Public Health
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 11, Issue 2
• Van Ness Feldman Celebrates Enterprise Products' SPOT License Approval
• Administration Finalizes Revised Endangered Species Act Regulations
• EPA Heavy Truck Standards to Drive Down GHG Emissions

• March 2024

• FERC Moves Forward with First-Ready, First-Served Generator Interconnection Process
• EPA Files Record Climate Enforcement Action Against Corporate HFC Importer
• FERC Issues a Notice of Inquiry Considering Natural Gas Pipelines' Packaging of Noncontiguous Capacity in Auctions
• EPA Finalizes Groundbreaking Multipollutant Standards for Passenger Vehicles
• U.S. LNG Exports: DOE and FERC Roles and Boundaries
• Enhanced Oversight of Orphaned Oil and Gas Infrastructure May Lead to Litigation Risk
• SEC Issues Climate Disclosure Rules
• Nakia Arrington to Represent Native American Women Warriors at RES 2024
• EPA Tightens the Fine Particulate Matter Standard
• Special Institute on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
• EPA Strengthens Risk Planning and Management Requirements for Industry
• Will Risk Aversion at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Avert the Energy Transition?

• February 2024

• Van Ness Feldman Celebrates Fifteen Consecutive Years Ranked in Chambers Global Guide
• EPA Emphasizes its Criminal Enforcement Program
• FERC Announces Changes in Enforcement Procedures
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 11, Issue 1

• January 2024

• Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Continue Focus on Corporate Use of Third-Party Communication Apps
• Department of Energy Freezes Review of Applications to Export Liquefied Natural Gas
• EPA Proposes Rules to Implement IRA Methane Fee Provisions
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Tanner A. Johnson to Partnership
• Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Score Win for Clients at DC Circuit Court of Appeals
• FY2023 FERC Actions Signal Potential Uptick in Enforcement Actions
• 2024 Congressional Calendar
• Van Ness Feldman Relocates DC Office to 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

• December 2023

• Louisiana Achieves Regulatory Milestone in Clean Energy
• Biden-Harris Administration Debuts Inaugural Ocean Justice Strategy
• Congratulations to Minnkota on $350 Million DOE Grant to Build Project Tundra
• Report Highlights Need for More Robust Corporate Record-Retention Strategy
• EPA Finalizes Methane Regulations for Oil and Gas Sector
• Associate Nakia Arrington Participates at White House Tribal Nations Summit
• Permitting Strategies in the Northwest

• November 2023

• Native Affairs Newsletter Fall 2023
• Shannon Angielski Testifies Before Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Industrial Decarbonization
• Taking Stock of a Big Month for Methane Policy
• Van Ness Feldman's ThanksGiving 2023
• OLA's Tribal Lending Conference
• FNREL's Water Law Institute
• Van Ness Feldman Once Again Named a "Best Law Firm"
• Van Ness Feldman Congratulates Jack Lew on Being Named Ambassador to Israel

• October 2023

• VNF Attorneys Explore Carbon Dioxide Removal Tax Credits as a Pathway to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions
• DOJ Issues First-Ever Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy Report
• Associate Thaddaeus Gregory Named a Top 40 Under 40 by The National Black Lawyers Association
• Biden Administration Awards $7B in Hydrogen Hub Funding
• DOJ Announces New Policy on Voluntary Self-Disclosures in M&A Transactions
• 30th Annual Washington Construction Law Seminar

• September 2023

• U.S. Supreme Court's Sackett Decision Prompts Conforming WOTUS Rule
• Van Ness Feldman Adds Kea Sherman in New Orleans, Expanding its Louisiana Team
• Partner Duncan Greene Quoted on Recent Supreme Court Decision on Clean Water Act and Waters of the U.S.

• August 2023

• New EPA Enforcement Priorities Target Climate Change, PFAS Contamination, and Coal Ash Impoundments
• For 19th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 10, Issue 4
• Van Ness Feldman Celebrates CPRA Milestone as Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project Breaks Ground
• FERC Reforms Generator Interconnection Procedures
• Biden Administration Announces Proposed Phase Two NEPA Regulations
• Van Ness Feldman Expands Pipeline Safety Practice – Welcomes PHMSA Veteran Joseph Hainline as Partner

• July 2023

• Electric Power: A Cautionary Tale
• Supreme Court Rules Against Navajo Nation in Tribal Water Rights Case

• June 2023

• Administration Continues Overhaul of Endangered Species Act Regulations
• SCOTUS Issues Two Significant Decisions Impacting Tribal Sovereignty
• Permitting Reform Package Passes as Part of Debt Ceiling Deal
• VNF Welcomes Marie Woods as Chief Operating Officer
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 10, Issue 3
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2023 Rankings

• May 2023

• Biden Administration Issues Long-Anticipated Environmental Justice Executive Order
• U.S. Supreme Court Narrows WOTUS, Limiting Scope of Clean Water Act
• Conversation on Environmental Justice & Public Lands
• PHMSA Proposes to Require Gas Pipelines to Implement Advanced Leak Detection Programs
• The Legal Hurdles Ahead - Kyle Danish Reacts to EPA's New Greenhouse Gas Standards
• EPA Releases Landmark Greenhouse Gas Standards for Power Plants
• Van Ness Feldman Expands Electric Practice by Adding Suzanne Keppeler McBride

• April 2023

• FERC Reauthorizes Texas LNG, Rio Grande LNG Projects
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 10, Issue 2
• Stringent New Vehicle Standards Proposed by EPA

• March 2023

• Senator Landrieu Discusses Climate Solutions During New Orleans Entrepreneur Week
• Reducing Smog in Downwind States: EPA Finalizes "Good Neighbor Plan"
• EPA Proposes Tighter Wastewater Discharge Standards for Coal-Fired Power Plants

• February 2023

• Native Affairs Newsletter Spring 2023
• Biden Executive Order 14091 Strengthens Equity for Federal Agencies
• White House Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool
• DOE Issues Draft Guidelines for Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 10, Issue 1

• January 2023

• LSI's Electric Power in the West
• UPDATED: Biden Administration Redefines "Waters of the United States," Expanding Regulation Under Clean Water Act
• CEQ Issues Updated NEPA Guidance on GHG Emissions
• Kyle Danish Featured on Harvard Law's CleanLaw Podcast Discussing EPA's Methane Reduction Policy
• 2023 Congressional Calendar

• December 2022

• Backstop Siting: FERC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• Van Ness Feldman Named Go-To Thought Leader for Environmental Law
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 9
• FERC Approves the Spire STL Pipeline, Ensuring Continued Operations
• EPA Proposes Updated RFS Volume Requirements and a New RFS Credit Market for Electric Vehicles
• TSA Requests Input from Pipeline and Rail Sectors on Cyber Risk Management to Inform New Regulations
• Midterm Election Update: Impact on Committees in the 118th Congress

• November 2022

• Native Affairs Newsletter - November 2022
• Book Review: How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
• EPA Proposes More Stringent Methane Regulations for Oil and Gas Facilities
• Mitigating the Rising Risk from Corporate Use of Third-Party Apps
• Midterm Election Update: Thin Majorities Continue to Create Uncertainty
• Jurisdiction Over Hydrogen Pipelines and Pathways to an Effective Regulatory Regime
• 2022 Legal and Regulatory Conference
• Van Ness Feldman Named Law Firm of the Year for Native American Law by U.S. News and World Report
• BOEM's First Offshore Wind Lease Sale on the West Coast

• October 2022

• FERC Expands Definition of Affiliate Relationship
• 2022 Energy Bar Association's Mid-Year Meeting
• FWS Proposes to Streamline Eagle Take Permitting Process
• Celebrating Indigenous People's Day
• Celebrating the Life of Dan Press
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 8

• September 2022

• 2022 ABA 30th Fall Conference
• D.C. Court of Appeals Remands Two Offshore Oil and Gas Leases for NEPA Inadequacy

• August 2022

• VNF Solutions' Melinda Meade Meyers Selected as National Park Hospitality Association's Next Executive Director
• For 18th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• VNF Live - The Inflation Reduction Act: What Lies Ahead for Climate, Energy & Tax Policy
• Two Court of Appeals Decisions Threaten to Eviscerate State Water Quality Certification One-Year Timeline
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 7
• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Puts FERC's Revised Method for ROE Determinations in Question

• July 2022

• Administration Rescinds ESA Regulatory Procedures for Exclusions from Critical Habitat
• Climate Change Meets West Virginia: Kyle Danish Featured on CSIS's Energy 360 Podcast
• Federal Judge Vacates Three Trump-Era Endangered Species Act Rules
• NMFS Issues Highly Anticipated Salish Sea Nearshore Programmatic Biological Opinion
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 6

• June 2022

• Supreme Court Limits EPA's Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Supreme Court Expands State Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country
• Administration Rescinds ESA Definition of "Habitat"
• 2022 NHA Northeast Regional Meeting
• EPA Proposes to Expand State and Tribal Authority Over Section 401 Water Quality Certifications, Reversing Trump Era Rule
• Welcome to our 2022 Summer Associates
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2022 Rankings

• May 2022

• Changing NEPA Implementation and What That May Mean for Hydropower
• DOJ Restores Supplemental Environmental Projects in a Slate of Environmental Justice Initiatives
• Laura Jones Promoted to Of Counsel
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 5
• Native Affairs Newsletter

• April 2022

• Biden Administration Walks Back Key Trump Era NEPA Regulation Changes
• Achieving Environmental Justice Across the U.S. South
• Insurance Coverage Considerations for Tribal Cannabis Businesses
• Understanding the SEC Climate Disclosures Proposal
• VNF Professionals Featured Authors in Municipal Water Leader Article
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 4
• Water Power Week

• March 2022

• Hydrogen Markets Americas Conference
• SEC Unveils Landmark Climate Disclosures Proposal
• Senator Landrieu Speaks to Bloomberg on the Future of the Global Energy Market
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 3

• February 2022

• Northwest Hydroelectric Association's 2022 Annual Conference
• Conducting Internal Investigations in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond: Best Practices and Key Considerations
• FERC's Updated Certificate Policy and Interim GHG Mitigation Policy Statements: VNF's Pipeline Attorneys Weigh In
• ABA Publishes Van Ness Feldman's ESA Regulatory Revisions Article
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 2
• Van Ness Feldman Represents Client in Bayou Sauvage Land Deal, Expands Access to Wildlife Refuge

• January 2022

• VNF LIVE EXTRA: A Deeper Dive into Your Questions on the Natural Resource, Water, Tribal and Resiliency Opportunities in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
• Shifting Baselines: New Guidance from Army Corps and NMFS on ESA Compliance for Work on Existing Structures
• Army Corps Finalizes 41 Nationwide Permits for Activities in Jurisdictional Waters and Wetlands
• VNF Live: Natural Resource, Water, Tribal, and Resiliency Opportunities in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 166
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 9, Issue 1
• Congratulations to Our Three New Partners

• December 2021

• Wishing Our Clients and Friends a Very Happy Holiday Season!
• Client Cascade Water Alliance featured in Army Corps National Inventory of Dams Video
• Kyle Danish Featured on Capitol Crude Podcast on Methane Emission Reduction Issues
• VNF Live: – Funding Opportunities for the Energy & Climate Sectors in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act: Part 1
• Native Affairs Quarterly - Fall 2021
• UPDATED: EPA and Army Corps Announce Latest Update to Definition of "Waters of the United States"
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 12
• U.S. Supreme Court Relies on Established Doctrine in Interstate Groundwater Dispute

• November 2021

• FERC Notice of Inquiry on Reactive Power Capability Compensation Opens Door to Certainty for Reactive Rate Filers
• EPA and Army Corps Announce Latest Update to Definition of "Waters of the United States"
• Congratulations to Willie Phillips on Unanimous Confirmation to Serve as FERC Commissioner
• Biden Signs Largest Climate and Resiliency Infrastructure Bill in U.S. History
• Energy Law Academy Course 101: FERC Regulation of Natural Gas
• Revisions to Environmental Site Assessment Requirements to Impact Real Property Transactions
• Administration Proposes First Wave of Endangered Species Regulatory Revisions
• Van Ness Feldman Recognized in Multiple Areas as Best Law Firm in US News & World Report
• Water Law Institute
• FEMA Seeks Input on Updating the NFIP Program
• EPA Proposes New Methane Regulations for Oil and Gas Facilities
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 11

• October 2021

• U.S. District Court for The Northern District of California Vacates EPA's Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule
• The Natural Gas Conference & Expo
• Future of Energy Virtual Conference
• Tadas Kisielius named Managing Partner of the Seattle Office
• Biden Administration Proposes to Walk Back Key Trump Era NEPA Regulation Changes
• Changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Enforcement Regime Take Flight
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 10

• September 2021

• Welcome Mosby Perrow
• Molly Lawrence on how Upcoming Floodplain Regulations will Impact Water Resource Facilities and Infrastructure
• Melinda Meade Meyers Promoted to Of Counsel
• Congratulations to Willie Phillips on FERC Commissioner Nomination
• Introduction to Resources in Environmental Law & Insurance
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 9
• UPDATED: Rough Waters Ahead, Once Again: A District Court Vacates the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule as the EPA and Corps WOTUS Definition Rulemaking Continues
• Rough Waters Ahead, Once Again: A District Court Vacates the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule as the EPA and Corps WOTUS Definition Rulemaking Continues

• August 2021

• EPA Reissues Temperature TMDLs in the Columbia and Lower Snake Rivers
• For 17th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• Transboundary River Management: Transboundary Management of the Lower Snake River Dams
• The Death Knell for Dispersants?
• Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming Named to the American College of Environmental Lawyers
• Native Affairs Quarterly - Summer 2021
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 8
• The Purposeful Tension Within the Doctrine of Beneficial Use

• July 2021

• FERC Invites Comment on Reforms to Regional Transmission Planning, Cost Allocation & Generator Interconnection
• Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Passes Energy Infrastructure Act, Teeing Up Consideration of Bipartisan Infrastructure Package
• VNF Live Webinars
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 7

• June 2021

• Critical Infrastructure: Cybersecurity in the Post-Colonial Pipeline World
• U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Natural Gas Pipelines' Authority to Exercise Eminent Domain Power over State Land
• Anti-Transgender Bills Being Introduced & Enacted by State Legislatures
• Environmental Justice in Energy Development and Transition - EBA's Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting
• The Rising Impacts of Climate Change and the Law
• Tribal Energy in California and the Southwest
• What the Biden EPA's Environmental Justice Movement Means for Industrial Investors and Operators
• Mosby Perrow to Join Van Ness Feldman
• Van Ness Feldman Named Top Tier Conventional Power, Oil & Gas and Native American Law Firm by the Legal 500, United States 2021
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 165
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 6

• May 2021

• Meet the GC: Matthew Christiansen, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 164
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2021 Rankings
• Native American Financial Services Association's 2021 Virtual Regulatory Training Webinar Series
• Undefined Contractual Language Leads to Years of Litigation Over Environmental Liabilities
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 5

• April 2021

• ABA's SEER 50th Spring Conference on Environmental Law
• The Next 100 Days: Climate, Environmental Justice, Infrastructure, Resilience, the Energy Transition, and Energy in the Transportation Sector
• VNF Live – Looking Ahead: Energy & Climate Policy During Biden's Next 100 Days
• Criminal and Civil Liability a Possibility for Vessel Owners Following Unix Line Decision and Transition to Electronic Records
• Women in Law & Leadership Virtual Summit
• VNF Live - Implementing Trauma Informed Programming in Indigenous Community Schools – Pandemic Resources and Beyond
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 4

• March 2021

• Court of Appeals Ruling Seen as Significant Stride Forward in Long March toward Licensing Reform
• Native Affairs Quarterly - Spring 2021
• CHFC Launches to Support Federal Clean Hydrogen Policies
• Tanner A. Johnson, former Landrieu Staffer Joins Van Ness Feldman
• House Democrats Introduce Revised CLEAN Future Act, Readying Chamber for Action on Climate Change and Infrastructure
• U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision Clarifying Boundaries of FOIA's Deliberative Process Privilege

• February 2021

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 3
• Environmental Law 2021
• VNF Live - Addressing Historical Trauma in Indian Country: Stories of Healing and Success from the Implementation of Trauma-Informed Programming
• VNF Live - Natural Gas Pipelines: How the Biden Administration May Influence the Future of the Industry
• Environmental Justice Policy Gains Momentum Under the Biden Administration
• Climate Change Policy Update: President Issues Executive Order Directing Whole-of-Government Response to Climate Crisis
• PFAS Regulation and Litigation in California
• VNF Live - Budget Reconciliation: How Democrats May Use it to Advance the President's Agenda
• VNF Alums Continue to Shine in the Biden/Harris Administration
• Final Rule Codifying Exemption of Incidental Take Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Faces Substantial Hurdles

• January 2021

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 2
• Congratulations to Our Alumni Joining the Biden/Harris Administration
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Tiffany Ganthier to Government Advocacy and Public Policy Practice
• Biden Administration Announces Sweeping Slate of Administrative Actions
• Van Ness Feldman Elects Three New Partners
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 163
• Army Corps Finalizes Certain Nationwide Permits Two Years Ahead of Schedule
• 2021 Congressional Calendar
• Van Ness Feldman Recognized as Go-To Thought Leader by the National Law Review
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 8, Issue 1

• December 2020

• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 162
• Congress Clears Major Year-End Legislative Package Including Federal Spending, COVID-19 Relief, and other Measures
• Native Affairs Quarterly - Winter 2020
• Seattle Office Welcomes New Attorneys to Litigation/Land Use Practice
• VNF Live - Addressing Historical Trauma in Indian Country: Funding and Implementing Trauma-Informed Programming in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• November 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 12
• Kyle Danish Discusses Post-Election Impacts on the Energy Sector
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 161
• VNF Live - Post Election Natural Resources Policy Outlook
• Van Ness Feldman Practices Receive Best Law Firm Rankings from US News & World Report
• VNF Live - 2020 Election Debrief: Outcomes and Their Impacts on Public Policy

• October 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 11
• Michael Goodstein Named Senior Advisor to Lockton Capital Markets
• VNF Live - Election Outcomes and Climate Policy: Three Scenarios
• FERC Rescinds Pipeline Contracts and Reaffirms Capacity Posting Policy
• FERC Proposes Policy Statement on Incorporation of Carbon Prices in Wholesale Electricity Markets
• Kyle Danish Featured on Podcast Discussing Recent CFTC Report Regarding Climate Change and its Economic Impacts
• Law360 Ranks Van Ness Feldman One of the Top Firms for Female Attorneys
• Van Smith and Chris Zentz Promoted to Of Counsel
• Legal Challenge to Federal Ban on SEPs May Result in Change in Enforcement Policy
• VNF Live - Clean Electricity Policies – What Do We Expect Congress to Take Up in 2021?
• Andrew Cooper to Address Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions at REAL Professionals Network Event
• Van Ness Feldman Proudly Recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day
• EPA Approves Oklahoma Regulatory Control Over ‘Restored' Tribal Land
• PFAS — What You Need to Know in Transactions
• VNF Live - Changes to Congressional Committee Leadership: They are Coming No Matter the Results of the Election
• VNF Live - Changes to Congressional Committee Leadership: They are Coming No Matter the Results of the Election
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 160

• September 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 10
• Visit our COVID Client Help Center
• DOI Releases Proposal to Revise Supplemental Financial Assurance Requirements for Offshore Decommissioning Costs
• House Passes Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
• FERC Issues Order No. 2222 to Increase Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Organized Markets
• UPDATED: Army Corps Proposes to Reissue Nationwide Permits Two Years Ahead of Schedule
• PFAS Litigation in the Pacific Northwest
• LSU's 67th Mineral Law Virtual Institute
• From Disclosure to Regulation: Potential Impacts of Climate-related Regulation of Banks

• August 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 9
• Army Corps Proposes to Reissue Nationwide Permits Two Years Ahead of Schedule
• For 16th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 159
• Environmental Groups Challenge Final NEPA Rule
• Updated: CEQ Issues Final Rule to Modernize NEPA Regulations

• July 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 8
• DOE Loan Guarantees: What CCUS Developers Need to Know
• Shannon Angielski Testifies Before Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• NPS Proposes Regulatory Revisions to Improve Administration and Delivery of Visitor Services
• Democrats Coalesce on Energy and Climate Message Ahead of 2020 Election
• CEQ Issues Final Rule to Modernize NEPA Regulations
• FERC Revises PURPA Regulations to Increase State Flexibility, Modify the Mandatory Purchase Obligation, and Reform the "One-Mile Rule"
• Reactive Power Rate Certainty Delayed; FERC Establishes Paper Hearing Procedures
• UPDATE: House of Representatives Passes Sweeping Infrastructure Bill
• D.C. Circuit Tolls the Bell on Tolling Orders

• June 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 7
• Van Ness Feldman Named Top Tier Conventional Power and Oil & Gas Firm by the Legal 500, United States 2020
• Native American Financial Services Association's Virtual Regulatory Training Webinar Series
• How to Protect Communities: Facilitating and Coordinating Responses to Disasters
• VNF Live -  45Q Proposed Regulations: What Project Developers and Investors Need to Know 
• EPA Issues Compliance Advisory Regarding Pesticide Devices Making Claims to Kill the Novel Coronavirus
• Summer 2020 Congressional Outlook: Legislative Schedules, Priorities, and the Challenges That Lie Ahead
• Executive Order Seeks to Promote Economic Recovery by Expediting Environmental Reviews for Project Development
• Co-Chairs Statement on Racial Justice
• House Democrats Unveil Broad Infrastructure Legislation
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 158
• EPA Issues Final Rule to Streamline CWA Section 401 Review
• Proposed Regulations for CCUS Tax Credit: Greater Certainty for Developers and Investors

• May 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 6
• Revised FERC Policy on ROE and Proxy Group Composition May Have Positive Impacts for Pipelines
• Sweeping Executive Order on Deregulation Seeks to Spur Post-Pandemic Economy
• House Passes "HEROES Act", Remote Voting Resolution
• What Tribal Entities Need to Know to Pursue Business Interruption Coverage for COVID-19 Losses
• CARES Act Funding: Opportunity for Trauma-Informed Programs in Indian Country
• VNF Weekly Wrap Up - May 3-9, 2020
• President Orders National Security Review for Certain Electric System Equipment
• Appeals Court Expands Homestead Act to Include Towing Payment Plans for Vehicles Used as Principal Residence
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2020 Rankings
• Access to COVID-19 FEMA Funding for Tribal Governments

• April 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 5
• SBA Allows Tribal Casinos to Apply to Newly Replenished Paycheck Protection Program
• U.S. Supreme Court Holds Clean Water Act Covers Groundwater in Limited Circumstances
• COVID-19 Response - Weekly Wrap-up - April 24th
• Coronavirus Relief Fund: Treasury Issues Guidance for Tribal Governments
• Practical Tips for Tribal Organization Access to the SBA Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP")
• SCOTUS Decision Clarifies Property Owners' Restoration Claims at Superfund Sites
• Senate Passes Intermediate COVID-19 Relief Package
• Business Interruption Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Losses - Recent Developments
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 157
• Congressional COVID-19 Response: Actions and Events Powerpoint
• COVID-19 Response - Weekly Wrap-up
• "Environment & Energy Report" INSIGHT: On-Site Environmental Health, Safety During Covid-19
• Congressional Leaders Continue Work on Economic Relief Efforts Through April
• California Supreme Court Issues Decision Making it Easier for Insurance Policyholders to Access Policy Limits
• Business Interruption Insurance Coverage: Four States at the Forefront of Responding to COVID-19 Losses

• March 2020

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 4
• $2T CARES Act Enacted
• Medical Waste & COVID-19: Important Developments
• FERC Proposes Revised Incentive Rate Policies for Electric Transmission Investments
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 156
• COVID-19: Congressional, Federal Agency and Electric Sector Planning for Continued Operations
• FERC Extends Certain Filing Deadlines and Takes Other Actions in Response to the Impacts of COVID-19
• COVID-19 Insurance Impacts
• A Message from our Co-Chairs on Van Ness Feldman's Response to COVID-19
• Maranda Compton Quoted in The Durango Herald
• EPA Publishes List of Pesticides For Use Against Coronavirus
• Conference of Tribal Lending Commissioners

• February 2020

• 2020 NACo Legislative Conference
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 3
• Pro Bono Client Launches Campaign to Combat Childhood Trauma
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 155
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 154
• Global HVACR Industry Will Continue to Improve with Each Generation

• January 2020

• Critical Infrastructure: 3rd Annual Cybersecurity Year in Review/Look Ahead Analysis
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 2
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Codify Exemption of Incidental Take Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
• INSIGHT: California Industrial Companies—Your Business License Now Depends on Stormwater Permitting
• Navigable Waters Protection Rule Substantially Narrows the Scope of Waterbodies Subject to Regulation under the Clean Water Act
• SAE International's Government/Industry Meeting
• The 25th Annual Conference on Buying & Selling Electric Power in the West
• Keturah Brown Named to National Black Lawyers' 40 Under 40
• Jim Ziglar Interviewed on Impeachment Proceedings
• Van Ness Feldman Announces New Partners & Principal
• Richard Agnew Concludes Term as Chairman
• House Committee Releases Framework for Comprehensive Climate Legislation
• CEQ Proposes Revisions to Regulations Governing Federal Agency Implementation of NEPA
• EPA Publishes Final List of ‘Next' 20 High-Priority Chemicals
• New International Fuel Standard for Vessels Takes Effect
• Escalated Tension with Iran Heightens Cybersecurity Threat Despite Military De-Escalation
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 1
• 2020 Congressional Calendar

• December 2019

• Happy Holidays from Van Ness Feldman!
• Tribal Natural Resource Damage Assessments
• IMPEACHMENT: An Insider's Reflections and Perspective
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 12

• November 2019

• FERC Requires Public Utilities to Address Excess ADIT in Transmission Rates
• FERC Revises Policy for Evaluating Public Utility Return on Equity
• CURC Honored with Peabody Global Clean Coal Leadership Award
• Best Law Firms Names Van Ness Feldman Natural Resources Law Firm of the Year

• October 2019

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 11
• APPA's Legal and Regulatory Conference
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 153
• 7th Annual Fall Trauma Conference

• September 2019

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 10
• Kyle Danish Examines the Trump Administration's Environmental Rollbacks
• Settlement of County of Maui Prolongs Clean Water Act Uncertainty for Regulated Community
• 2019 National Tribal Energy Summit
• FERC Proposes Changes to PURPA Regulations to Increase State Flexibility, Modify the Mandatory Purchase Obligation, and Reform the "One-Mile Rule"
• Federal Agencies Repeal Obama-Era Clean Water Rule
• 2019 AOPL Annual Business Conference

• August 2019

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 9
• Celebrating the Wit and Wisdom of Howard Shapiro (1926-2019)
• EPA's 20 Proposed Low-Priority and High-Priority Chemical Substances: Comments are Due November 2019
• Federal Judge Limits the Reach of the WOTUS Rule
• Maranda Compton Featured on Native Business Podcast Discussing E-Commerce in Indian Country
• So, What Do Rail Shippers Really Want?
• For 15th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• Administration Issues Significant Revisions to Endangered Species Act Implementation
• EPA Proposes Rule to Narrow, Streamline CWA Section 401 Review
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 152
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Back Vincenzo Franco

• July 2019

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 8
• WaterISAC Releases Broader Cybersecurity Guidelines for Water & Waste Water Utilities
• FERC Adopts New Data Collection Requirements for Market-Based Rate Sellers, Streamlines Market Power Analysis for Certain Organized Markets
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 151
• The 16th Annual Conference on Electric Power in the Southwest
• Law360 Names Van Ness Feldman a Best Law Firm for Women and Minority Attorneys
• EPA Amends Freedom of Information Act Regulations

• June 2019

• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 150
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 7
• Water Law and Research Management in Washington
• EPA Finalizes Affordable Clean Energy Rule
• 2019 Northwest Land Camp
• Managing Unused Pharmaceuticals: New Obligations on Healthcare Providers, Expanded Definition of Healthcare Facility
• EPA Issues Revised CWA Section 401 Guidance to States
• Association of Transportation Law Professionals 90th Annual Meeting
• The Future of Pacific Northwest Low Carbon Fuels

• May 2019

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 6
• Law360 Names Van Ness Feldman a Best Law Firm for Female Attorneys
• Van Ness Feldman Named Top Tier Conventional Power and Oil & Gas Firm by the Legal 500, United States 2019
• Washington State's New Clean Energy Legislation Has Far Reaching Impacts
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 149
• Native Business Summit 2019
• Implementation of Recent Amendments to the 45Q Carbon Sequestration Tax Credit
• 2019 Environmental and Land Use Law Section Midyear Meeting & Conference
• The 34th Annual Western States Energy Conference

• April 2019

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 5
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2019 Rankings
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 148
• Science for Climate Action Network Launch Helps Communities Establish Climate Action Pathways
• FERC Transmission Ratemaking
• New Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical Rule Imposes New Obligations on Health Care Providers
• Four Corners Warrior Spirit Conference and Ceremony
• Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, Ch. 22
• EPA Issues New Emergency Response Requirements for Community Water Systems
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 4

• March 2019

• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 147
• FERC Revisiting its Policy for ROE Determinations and Seeking Comments
• FERC Revisiting its ROE Policy for Public Utilities
• FERC Opens Inquiry on Transmission Incentive Policy
• Transmission and Clean Energy in the Northeast
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 146
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 3

• February 2019

• Emerging Technologies Update
• Van Ness Feldman Celebrates Black History Month
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 145
• Federal Guidance on Section 404 Permitting Under Development
• Seattle Office Expands Natural Resources/Land Use Practices
• Van Ness Feldman Launches Environmental Cost Recovery Unit for Energy, Industrial, and Government Clients
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 2
• Race and the Law

• January 2019

• D.C. Circuit Holds that States Cannot Use Section 401 Authority to Delay Hydropower Relicensing
• Critical Infrastructure: 2018 Cybersecurity Year in Review/2019 Year Ahead Analysis
• Emerging Technologies Update
• EPA Reconsiders Cost Justification for MATS and Proposes No Additional Requirements for Power Plants
• Van Ness Feldman Named "Go-To Thought Leader" by National Law Review
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 144
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 1

• December 2018

• The Passing of Curt Moffatt
• Van Ness Feldman Elects First Native American Partner
• Season's Greetings from Van Ness Feldman
• 2019 Congressional Calendar
• Federal Agencies Release the New Clean Water Rule to Replace "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) Rule
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 143
• Successful Policy Development in an Ever-Changing Environment
• Federal Administration Issues Climate Report
• Trade Update: Energy in Focus

• November 2018

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 12
• VNF Litigation Team Scores Huge Victory for the City of Seattle in Its Efforts to Upzone More Than Two Dozen Neighborhoods and Impose Affordable-Housing Requirements
• FERC Proposes Rule Requiring Transmission Providers to Revise Rates Following Tax Rate Change
• T.C. Richmond Joins Board of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition
• 2018 Election Results: What Happened Yesterday and What Happens Next
• Van Ness Feldman Ranks Among Best Law Firms in the US

• October 2018

• Significant Cyber Supply Chain Management Changes on the Horizon for Electric Utilities
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 11
• Congress Enacts Legislation to Promote New Hydropower Development
• Landmark FERC Order Adopts New Method for ROE Determinations
• FERC Announces New Framework for Determining Public Utility ROE
• Final Corps Guidance Issued on Section 408 Permitting
• DOT Aims to Create Flexible Regulatory Framework for Automated Vehicle Technology
• BSEE Streamlines Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems Requirements
• Van Ness Feldman Enhances Environmental and Litigation Capabilities & Expands Reach with California Office
• Update of National Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan: What Clients Need to Know
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 142
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 10
• Van Ness Feldman White Paper: Assessing the Risks and Opportunities of Climate-Related Regulation and Litigation for the U.S. Power Sector

• September 2018

• Trump Administration Moves to Address Cybersecurity Concerns, Congress Funds Cyber Programs
• Update on Tax Legislative and Regulatory Priorities
• Northwest Land Matters Update - September 2018
• Court Reinforces Finality of Water Rights Determinations and Avoids Ownership Dispute
• Obama Era WOTUS Rule Reinstated in Washington State (For Now)
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 141
• Michael Goodstein Argues for Hopi Tribe before Arizona Supreme Court

• August 2018

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 9
• WOTUS Rule Reinstated in 26 States After Court Enjoins Delay
• EPA Proposes Affordable Clean Energy Rule
• For 14th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Are Among the Best Lawyers in America

• July 2018

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 8
• Annual Council for Tribal Employment Rights' National TERO Convention
• FERC Raises the Threshold for Cyber Incident Reporting
• EPA and Corps Seek Additional Comment on Proposal to Repeal Definition of WOTUS
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 140
• Van Ness Feldman Recognized as One of the Best Law Firms for Minority Attorneys by Law360
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 7

• June 2018

• Expedited Permitting to Save the Louisiana Coast: A Case Study
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 139
• OPPORTUNITY: CEQ Requests Comments on Ways to Modernize NEPA Process
• Firm Professionals Celebrate Lambda Legal's DC Anniversary
• Environmental Review and Permitting Reform for Infrastructure Projects - Breakfast Program
• Northwest Land Matters Update - June 2018
• FEMA Adopts Significant Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP") Under the Rubric of a "Clarification"
• Landowners Next to Unopened Rights-of-Way May Be Able to Secure Title to the Land Based on Washington's Non-User Statute
• Policy Update: Businesses need to be prepared for the Impact of Recent Changes in U.S. Strategy
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 6

• May 2018

• Legal 500 Recognizes Van Ness Feldman as Top Tier Energy Regulatory Firm
• Van Ness Feldman Recognized as One of the Best Law Firms for Female Attorneys by Law360
• Electric Reliability Update - May 24, 2018
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Former DOI Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Jason Larrabee, to Government Relations Practice
• Van Ness Feldman Expands Public Lands and Alaska Native Practice Capabilities
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 138
• 6th Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science Conference
• Congratulations to Yuba County Water Agency on the 10th Anniversary of the Yuba Accord
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Former Honeywell Executive Eric C. Wagner to Firm as Senior Policy Advisor
• Infrastructure Review and Permitting: Is Change in the Wind?
• Northwest Land Matters Update - May 2018
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2018 Rankings
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 137
• Expert Stakeholder Workshop: Energy and Environment Developments in the PJM Region

• April 2018

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 5
• Midstream Oil & Gas from the Upstream Prospective
• Updated TSA Guidelines Suggest New Approach for Pipeline Cybersecurity
• Electric Reliability Update - April 18, 2018
• Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing and Development
• New Source Review Reform: Past, Present, and Future
• Electric Transmission in the Northeast
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 136
• Why Capacity Markets are the Fitbits of the Electric Utility Industry
• The US Nuclear Waste Impasse

• March 2018

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 4
• Electric Reliability Update - March 30, 2018
• D.C. Circuit Decision Loosens Restrictions on Solid Waste
• Electric Reliability Update - March 16, 2018
• Van Ness Feldman Names Sharon White to Of Counsel
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 135
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 3
• Mary Landrieu Joins Former Senators at Reimagining Disruption Conference
• GAO Reports Challenges and Successes in Cybersecurity Framework Adoption
• Corps Issues Draft Guidance on Section 408 Permission Requests, Solicits Comments
• Northwest Land Matters Update - March 2018

• February 2018

• Electric Reliability Update - February 27, 2018
• Washington Legislature Adopts a "Hirst Fix," and Department of Ecology Considers Comments on Its Interpretation of the New Legislation
• A Call to Action: Potential Impacts of Section 408 Reform
• FERC Acts to Support Storage Deployment
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 134
• Decommissioning & Abandonment Summit 2018
• Van Ness Feldman Clients Score Legislative Victories
• EPA and Corps Amend Effective Date of WOTUS Rule, Open Door to Legal Challenges
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 133
• Keturah Brown Recognized by GW Law School for Commitment to Public Service

• January 2018

• Electric Reliability Update - January 31, 2018
• Hydro Newsletter 50th Edition - Volume 5, Issue 2
• Supreme Court Rules that District Courts Retain Jurisdiction Over "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) Rule
• Critical Infrastructure: 2017 Cybersecurity Review and What to Expect in 2018
• Electric Reliability Update - January 19, 2018
• FERC Rejects DOE Proposal, Initiates Fact-Finding on Grid Resilience
• Ninth Circuit Creates Uncertainty Concerning Transmission ROE Adder for RTO Participation
• VNF Associates Demonstrate the Heart of the Firm with Pro Bono Efforts
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 1

• December 2017

• FERC Proposes Fast-Start Pricing Reforms in Three Markets
• Electric Reliability Update - December 22, 2017
• Tax Reform: It happened, now what?
• Season's Greetings from Van Ness Feldman
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 132
• Northwest Land Matters Update - December 2017
• FLOODPLAINS AND FLOOD RISK:
  A Brief Overview of Changing Management Responsibilities
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 12
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 131

• November 2017

• Electric Reliability Update - November 30, 2017
• EPA Proposes to Amend Effective Date of WOTUS Rule
• The Passing of William Van Ness, Jr.
• Keturah Brown named "Rising Star" by Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
• Western Water/Growing Cities: An Examination of 11 States' Approach to the Issue
• Electric Reliability Update - November 7, 2017
• Sovereign Enterprise Partnership with Indian Tribes
• Association of Transportation Law Professionals Association Highlights - HazMat Column, November/December 2017
• Van Ness Feldman Ranks among Best Law Firms in the US; Law Firm of the Year for Native American Law

• October 2017

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 11
• Bob Nordhaus Honored at Energy Policy Conference
• FERC Revises License Term Policy for Hydropower Projects
• The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Energy Policy
• City of Houston Hires Former Senator Mary Landrieu and VNF Solutions to Assist with Disaster Recovery
• Former Senator Mary Landrieu Testifies on Offshore Drilling Revenues
• This Time it Could Happen: Comprehensive Tax Reform…
• Kyle Danish Quoted in New York Times Regarding Administration's Efforts to Rescind Obama-Era Environmental Regulations
• Congress Takes Another Step Forward to Promote Automated Vehicle Technology Deployment - Senate Committee Advances Legislation to Support the Development of Highly Automated Vehicles
• DOE Sends Market-Reshaping Grid Resiliency Proposal to FERC

• September 2017

• Electric Reliability Update - September 29, 2017
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 10
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 130
• The Future of the Clean Power Plan and Trump Administration Climate Policy
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Former EPA Chief of Staff, to Firm
• Van Ness Feldman Names Phil Mone to Of Counsel
• Federal Government Takes Steps to Shape Rules for Automated Vehicles
• Senator Landrieu on Houston Recovery: Lessons from Katrina
• Electric Reliability Update - September 8, 2017
• Navigating Tax and Economic Recovery Packages after Hurricane Harvey
• Sensible Updates Should Appeal to All Sectors

• August 2017

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 9
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 129
• Electric Reliability Update - August 16, 2017
• Court Ruling on Post-Spill Access to Records Highlights Importance of Corporate Safety Culture
• For 13th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• DOI's Repeal of Obama Administration Valuation Reforms May Signal More Change for Coal, Oil & Gas Industries
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 128
• ICRA Habeas Corpus Relief: A New Habeas Jurisprudence for the post-Oliphant World?

• July 2017

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 8
• Electric Reliability Update - July 28, 2017
• Northwest Land Matters Update - August 2017
• Van Ness Feldman Appoints Nancy Macan McNally Managing Principal of the Washington, DC Office
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Former EPA Chief of Staff, Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming to Environmental Practice
• California Extends and Strengthens Cap-and Trade Program
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 127
• EPA Proposed Rule to Rescind Definition of "Waters of the United States"
• D.C. Circuit Decision Creates Significant Uncertainty Concerning PJM Capacity Auction Results
• DC Circuit Hands Pipelines Roadmaps to Construct Projects over Delays by Local Permitting Agencies
• Electric Reliability Update - July 6, 2017

• June 2017

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 7
• HydroVision International 2017
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 126
• Culvert Treaty Fishing Rights Litigation: While the Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing; Does the Dissent Provide Passage to the Supreme Court?
• Electric Reliability Update - June 19, 2017
• 21st Annual Mid-C Seminar
• BSEE Issues Rule Extending Development Time for Offshore Oil and Gas Leaseholders
• Van Ness Feldman Named 1st Tier Conventional Power and Oil & Gas Firm by The Legal 500, United States, 2017
• Kyle Danish Co-Authors Article on Trump Regulatory Reform Agenda
• Federal Litigation
• Shoreline Regulation in Washington State
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2017 Rankings
• Electric Reliability Update - June 1, 2017

• May 2017

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 6
• 2017 Electric Transmission in the West
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 125
• D.C. Circuit Upholds Conditional Certificates for Natural Gas Pipelines
• Van Ness Feldman Assists Africatown Community Land Trust Secure Innovative Land Deal
• Electric Reliability Update - May 15, 2017
• 2017 Environmental and Land Use Section Midyear Conference
• Van Ness Feldman Proud to Play a Key Role in Bringing Cuban Musicians to Jazz Fest
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 124
• Electric Reliability Update - May 1, 2017
• Northwest Land Matters Update - May 2017
• Considering the Public Convenience and Necessity in Pipeline Certificate Cases Under the Natural Gas Act
• Opportunities for New FERC Policies Promoting Hydropower Development Under New Administration
• Van Ness Feldman Hosts a Successful Take Your Child to Work Day
• Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed at Expanding Development of Offshore Oil & Gas Resources

• April 2017

• Conservation Easements: A Powerful Land Use, Estate, and Tax Planning Tool
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 5
• Grand River Dam Authority Successfully Secures DOE 202(c) Emergency Order
• DC Circuit's Emera Maine Decision Creates Questions for Electric Utility ROE Policy
• Electric Reliability Update - April 18, 2017
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 123
• California's Cap-and Trade Program Wins in Court, Program's Future Still Unclear
• Electric Reliability Update - April 4, 2017
• 2017 EBA Annual Meeting & Conference

• March 2017

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 4
• The American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources' 46th Spring Conference
• Trump Order Sets Up Rollback of Obama Energy and Climate Action
• ABA 2017 Water Law Conference
• Climate Change Policy Developments in Washington State
• Electric Reliability Update - March 17, 2017
• DecomWorld GOM 2017
• Northwest Land Matters Update - March 2017
• GMHB Finds "De Facto" GMA Amendment in County's Planning Action for Point Wells Sewer Service
• Tax Reform – The Big Picture
• Trump Executive Order Starts Review and Potential Revision of the "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) Rule
• Water Transfers & the CWA
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 3
• Electric Reliability Update - March 1, 2017

• February 2017

• Court of Appeals Confirms When LUPA's 21-Day Appeal Period Begins to Run and When "Collateral Attacks" on Prior Unchallenged Land Use Decisions Are Barred
• Rising Up or Run Aground? Updates on the National Flood Insurance Program and Proposed CERCLA Financial Assurance Regulations
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 122
• Electric Reliability Update - February 16, 2017
• 20th Annual Energy, Utility, & Environment Conference
• Maranda Compton Quoted in Washington Post Regarding Dakota Access Permitting
• Bill Van Ness: Creation of the National Environmental Policy Act

• January 2017

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 2
• Coal Utilization Research Council Announces Expanded Mission
• Administration Takes an Initial Step in its Regulatory Reform Agenda
• Electric Reliability Update - January 30, 2017
• Executive Actions May Impact the Future of Energy Infrastructure Projects and Domestic Manufacturing
• Second Circuit Reinstates EPA's Water Transfers Rule
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 121 Special Edition
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 120
• Army Corps of Engineers Releases 2017 Nationwide Permits
• House of Representatives Prioritize Actions to Reform the Regulatory Process
• Electric Reliability Update - January 13, 2017
• 14th Annual SEPA & NEPA Seminar
• Geothermal Transparency Guide
• A Warm New Year's Greeting from Van Ness Feldman
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1

• December 2016

• Electric Reliability Update - December 22, 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 119
• FERC Examines New Policy for Income Tax Costs
• Northwest Land Matters Update - December 2016
• VNF Talks: Roles of Northwest Tribes in Infrastructure Permitting
• Dakota Access Challenges Army Corps After Easement Determination Stalled
• State Supreme Court Roils Rural Water Supply in Growth Management Decision
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 118
• Electric Reliability Update - December 6, 2016
• 2017 Congressional Calendar

• November 2016

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 12
• FERC Proposes Market Reforms for Energy Storage and Distributed Energy Resources
• Van Ness Feldman Elects One New Principal, Five New Partners
• BLM's Final Methane and Waste Prevention Rule Creates Compliance Uncertainty
• FERC Reexamining Policy Governing Length of Hydroelectric Licenses
• Presidential Transition and Potential Executive Actions
• Electric Reliability Update - November 14, 2016
• How will a Trump Administration Re-set U.S. Climate Policies?
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 117
• 2016 Election Results: Impacts of the Presidential and Congressional Races
• 2016 EBA Primer Series: An Introduction to Federal Regulation of the Natural Gas Industry
• Pathways for US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction: What Options are on the Table?
• Kyle Danish Joins CSIS Panel to Discuss Reduction of GHG Emissions
• Van Ness Feldman Named a "Best Law Firm in the US" for 2017

• October 2016

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 11
• Electric Reliability Update - October 28, 2016
• The Mighty Columbia Conference
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 116
• Electric Reliability Update - October 14, 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 115
• District Energy: What's Stopping Us from Sharing in the Sharing Economy?
• The Basics of FERC Ratemaking for Interstate Pipelines
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 114
• Electric Reliability Update - October 3, 2016
• 2016 ACWA Regulatory Summit

• September 2016

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 10
• Obama Administration Seeks Tribal Input on Federal Infrastructure Decisions, Dakota Access Litigation Continues
• EPA Expands Tribal Authority to Administer Clean Water Act Programs on Reservations
  
  Part of a Host of New Administration Initiatives Addressing Tribal Issues
• Charles Curtis Discusses the History of FERC
• Northwest Land Matters Update - September 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 113
• National Hydropower Association's Alaska Regional Meeting
• Electric Reliability Update - September 16, 2016
• Van Ness Feldman Expands Litigation and Investigations Practice Welcomes Michael Farber as Partner
• Federal Intervention in Dakota Access Pipeline Project Focuses on Tribal Consultation Process
• AOPL's Annual Business Conference
• Doug Smith Testifies Before Congress on the Future of the Federal Power Act
• Patrick Daugherty and R. Scott Nuzum Named Of Counsel to Van Ness Feldman
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 112

• August 2016

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 9
• BSEE Director Urges Action on Offshore Well Cementing Safety Issues
• Deepwater Wind Launches Nation's First Offshore Wind Farm
• Electric Reliability Update - August 26, 2016
• BSEE Looks to Address Offshore Safety Component Failures at Upcoming Forum
• Proposed BSEE Rule Continues Interior Department Focus on Decommissioning Costs and Obligations
• Use of Drones for Monitoring and Inspection of Energy Infrastructure
• Power Plant Pollutant Control and Carbon Management "MEGA" Symposium
• For 12th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• Electric Reliability Update - August 12, 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 111
• Little-Noticed Provision in BSEE's Well Control Rule May Have a Major Impact on Risk Reduction
• National Water Resources Association's Western Water Seminar 2016
• Northwest Land Matters Update - August 2016
• Aliso Canyon Storage Leak

• July 2016

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 8
• Van Ness Feldman Expands Pipeline Safety Practice
• Your Passport To Street Vacations
• Oregon's Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Plan
• Electric Reliability Update - July 27, 2016
• Mid-C Seminar
• HydroVision International 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 110
• BOEM Unveils Significant New Supplemental Financial Assurance Requirements in NTL 2016-N01
• Powering the Future - Introducing Our 2016 Summer Class
• Dollar General Shows a Path Forward for Tribal Law
• AGA 2016 Legal Forum
• Electric Reliability Update - July 8, 2016
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 7
• D.C. Circuit Questions FERC's Income Tax Allowance Policy

• June 2016

• Ninth Circuit Concludes that Tribes' Treaty Fishing Rights Obligate State to Fix Fish Blocking Culverts
• Electric Reliability Update - June 27, 2016
• All Electrons Are Not Local: A Commentary on the Interplay of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions and State Efforts to Guide Local Transitions to Clean Power
• House Republicans Outline Vision for Tax Reform
• The Legal 500 Names Van Ness Feldman Top Tier Energy Regulatory Firm
• Van Ness Feldman Expands Native Affairs Practice
• Shannon Angielski Testifies at Republican Policy Committee on Clean Energy Innovation
• A Conservative Clean Energy Agenda
• Energy Bar Association Annual Conference
• Electric Reliability Update - June 3, 2016

• May 2016

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 6
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2016 Rankings
• Army Corps Proposes Renewal of Nationwide Permits for Work in Waters of the U.S.
• Northwest Land Matters Update - May 2016
• Resilient Energy Systems: District Energy and Microgrids
• Oregon Communities and Developers Face Significantly Heightened Standards Following ESA Consultation on National Flood Insurance Program
• Norm Dicks Recipient of Homer T. Bone Award
• AWEA Windpower Conference
• Electric Reliability Update - May 23, 2016
• 2016 Northwest Aerospace & Defense Symposium
• 2016 Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum
• EPA Takes Actions to Reduce Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 109
• Criminal Liability for OCS Contractors Reexamined in Black Elk Decision
• Electric Reliability Update - May 6, 2016

• April 2016

• Northwest Land Matters Update - April 2016
• U.S. Energy Policy in the 2016 Elections and Beyond: Incremental or Transformational?
• Electric Reliability Update - April 25, 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 108
• Hydro Newsletter - Special NHA Edition - Volume 3, Issue 5
• BSEE Releases Final Well Control Rule; Implications Still a Concern for Stakeholders
• Senator Mary Landrieu Interviewed in Politico Pro
• Supreme Court Addresses Limits on State Authority to Promote New Generation Development
• Contracts 101: Knowing What You Know/Don't Know Can Make All the Difference
• A Short Course on Local Planning
• FERC Pipeline Siting Program Deals with Legal Challenges
• Webinar: Overview of Natural Gas Pipeline Construction - A Constitution Pipeline Company Case Study
• Electric Reliability Update - April 8, 2016
• Plains and Eastern Clean Line Project Moves Forward with DOE Participation Decision
• 2016 API Pipeline Conference
• Revised Rules for Trial-Type Hearings: Room for Improvement

• March 2016

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 4
• Montana Energy 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 107
• Electric Reliability Update - March 25, 2016
• National Reservation Economic Summit
• 22nd Annual Real Estate Purchases & Sales Conference
• Northwest Land Matters Update - March 2016
• Proposed Air Quality Rules May Pose Challenge to Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
• Recap of Washington Legislative Session: Not For the Faint of Heart
• Van Ness Feldman Assists with Victory for the Alaska Native Community
• Electric Reliability Update - March 15, 2016
• Intro to Resilience and Energy Systems
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 106
• Tristan Brown Appointed to EPA
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 3

• February 2016

• Electric Reliability Update - February 29, 2016
• Ed Gehres Named to Law360 Editorial Board
• Congressional Outlook 2016: Energy
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 105
• Administration Marches Ahead on Critical Habitat:
  Final Rules and Exclusion Policy Lay Groundwork for Broader Designation of Critical Habitat and Reshape the Adverse Modification Inquiry
• Northwest Land Matters Update - February 2016
• Washington Streamlines Business Entity Administrative Requirements
• Implications of the Supreme Court Decision to Stay the Clean Power Plan
• Electric Reliability Update - February 12, 2016
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 104
• Reflections on the BLM's Proposed Methane and Waste Reduction Rule
• Greg Junge Named a Client Service All Star and MVP
• Seattle Office Seeking Real Estate Partner
• FERC Reaffirms Sanctity of Committed Shipper Contracts and Arm's-Length Bargaining
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 2

• January 2016

• Administration Proposes Improvements to ESA Petition Process
• Electric Reliability Update - January 28, 2016
• Clean Power Plan 2016 Outlook
• Supreme Court Upholds FERC Rule on Pricing of Demand Response in Organized Electricity Markets
• 2016 Congressional Calendar
• Van Ness Feldman Elects Margaret Claybour and Justin Moeller to Partnership
• Arctic Encounter Symposium 2016
• Shannon Angielski Named New Executive Director of the Coal Utilization Research Council (CURC)
• Northwest Land Matters Update - January 2016
• Electric Reliability Update - January 11, 2016
• New Rule & Initiatives to Limit Carbon Gaining Traction in Washington State
• Opportunities to Save with Washington's Open Space Taxation Act
• FERC Applies Order No. 773 to Exempt "Facilities Used in Local Distribution" from Mandatory Electric Reliability Standards
• President Signs Permanent Tax Relief for Businesses and Working Americans
• Congress Establishes Federal Permitting Reforms for Major Infrastructure Projects
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 1

• December 2015

• Transportation Infrastructure Law Includes Provisions on Energy Security
• Electric Reliability Update - December 21, 2015
• Policy Update: A Period of Significant Development
• Observations about the Paris Climate Agreement and its Implications for U.S. Businesses
• Electric Reliability Update - December 14, 2015
• Ed Gehres Featured on SCOTUSblog
• International Water & Climate Forum 2015
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 12
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Sean Taylor to Government Relations Team

• November 2015

• D.C. Circuit Overrules FERC's Effort to Narrow Section 7 Municipal Preference
• Northwest Land Matters Update - November 2015
• Electric Reliability Update - November 23, 2015
• FERC Issues Long-awaited Remand Order Responding to Delaware Riverkeeper v. FERC
• When it Comes to Wetland Mitigation, Choose Wisely
• Rural Water Strategies: The Saga Continues
• FERC Affirms Qualifying Facilities Under PURPA are Exempt from Section 203(a)(1) of the FPA
• New BIA Rule Could Have Unintended Consequences for Business in Indian Country
• American Gas Foundation and Van Ness Feldman Release Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Study
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 103
• Electric Reliability Update - November 6, 2015
• National Water Resources Association
• Van Ness Feldman Named a "Best Law Firm in the US" for 2016

• October 2015

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 11
• Northwest Land Matters Update - October 2015
• Electric Reliability Update - October 22, 2015
• 2015 AWRA Washington State Conference - Water Management Strategies in the Face of Climate Change
• Vested Rights – Now You Have Them, Now You Don't
• Will the Clean Power Plan Stand Up to Legal Scrutiny? Will it Survive?
• US Climate Policy: How We Got Here and What it Means for the Future
• The Basics of Natural Gas Pipeline Ratemaking Course
• Electric Reliability Update - October 9, 2015
• American Gas Association 8th Annual Energy Market Regulation Conference
• PHMSA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Rule
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 10
• 13th Annual Higher Education Real Estate Lawyers Conference

• September 2015

• Energy in the Northeast
• Electric Reliability Update - September 25, 2015
• Dan Press Featured in Columbia College Today
• Van Ness Feldman Publishes Clean Power Plan Resource Guide
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 102
• Northwest Land Matters Update - September 2015
• Building a Sustained Climate Assessment Process
• Tyson Kade Named Of Counsel to Van Ness Feldman
• The Clean Power Plan: Implications for Combined Heat & Power and District Energy Systems
• Shale Insight 2015
• AOPL 2015 Annual Business Conference
• A Context for Viewing Climate Change in the Northwest
• Electric Reliability Update - September 11, 2015
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 101
• Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Acquire Kerr Hydro Project in Historic Transaction
• Wetland Regulations in Drought Conditions and a Changing Climate

• August 2015

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 9
• Electric Reliability Update - August 28, 2015
• Dangerous Waste and Recycling Conference
• EPA Issues Package of Proposed Rules to Reduce Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector
• Crude Oil Swaps with Mexico: Is the Export Ban on its Last Legs?
• National Hydropower Association 2015 Alaska Regional Meeting
• Energy Exports in the Pacific Northwest
• Northwest Land Matters Update - August 2015
• Caught "Short": Are You Better Off Under the Clean Power Plan than You Were 14 Months Ago?
• For 11th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• Electric Reliability Update - August 14, 2015
• Washington's Extreme Drought Stresses Water Users, Regulators, and Legal System
• Are You Better Off Under the Clean Power Plan than You Were 14 Months Ago?
• EPA Issues Regulations to Control Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Power Sector
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 100
• 2015 Western Water Seminar
• Washington Post Features Mark Henderson and the Warrior Scholar Program
• FEMA's ESA Approach Affirmed in the Puget Sound

• July 2015

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 8
• Options for Consolidated Storage of Nuclear Waste and States' Authority to Regulate Nuclear Waste
• FERC Issues "Best Practices" for Natural Gas Industry Outreach to Stakeholders
• Water Law in Washington
• Electric Reliability Update - July 24, 2015
• Northwest Land Matters Update - July 2015
• Southern Gas Association's Operating Conference & Exhibits
• AGA Legal Forum 2015
• "Take this as a Sign" Supreme Court Sends Strong Message to Municipalities Concerning Content Based Sign Codes
• HydroVision International 2015
• Electric Reliability Update - July 10, 2015
• Keith Coyle Appointed to Pennsylvania Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force
• After Michigan v. EPA: What Comes Next for EPA's Power Plant Mercury Rule?

• June 2015

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 7
• Association of Transportation Law Professionals 86th Annual Meeting
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 99
• Electric Reliability Update - June 25, 2015
• The Legal 500 Names Van Ness Feldman 1st Tier Energy Regulatory Firm
• Ed Gehres Named to Law360 Editorial Board
• FERC Issues Final Audit Reports for Colonial Pipeline Company and Enterprise Product Partners L.P.
• Washington State's 2015 Legislative Session: Update
• Northwest Land Matters Update - June 2015
• EPA Moves to Expand Scope of U.S. GHG Regulations to Include Aircraft
• Electric Reliability Update - June 11, 2015
• Waters of the U.S. TeleBriefing
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 98
• AGA and Van Ness Feldman Release 2015-2016 FERC Manual
• Fish and Wildlife Service Contemplates Expansive Permitting Regime to Address Incidental Take of Migratory Birds
• Federal Agencies Release Final "Waters of the United States" Rulemaking, Sending Ripples Through the Regulated Community
• The University of Washington Recognizes Congressman Norm Dicks
• Preparing for the Future - An Indepth Look at the Issues Facing U.S. Hydroelectric Licensing

• May 2015

• Electric Reliability Update - May 29, 2015
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 6
• Hydrology and the Law Conference
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 97
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Senator Mary Landrieu
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2015 Rankings
• Northwest Land Matters Update - May 2015
• Seattle's Affordable Housing "Linkage Fee": A Renewed Attempt to Impose Mandatory Affordable Housing Requirements
• Electric Reliability Update - May 15, 2015
• Shannon Angielski Appointed to the National Coal Council
• COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY LEGISLATION
• PHMSA Issues Final Rule on Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Rail Operational Controls for Flammable Liquid Transport
• Electric Transmission in the West
• Legal Essentials for Energy Professionals
• Proposed Safety Rule Could Impact Offshore Oil and Gas Operators

• April 2015

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 5
• Electric Reliability Update - April 23, 2015
• BLM Contemplates Oil and Gas Royalty Reform
• Shippers Request More Transparency in FERC Form No. 6
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 96
• 6th Annual Pipe Tech Americas Summit
• FERC Approves Pipeline Modernization Policy Statement
• Understanding Appalachian Basin Midstream Assets
• Northwest Land Matters Update - April 2015
• 9th Annual Gas Processors Association Convention
• Electric Reliability Update - April 9, 2015
• Van Ness Feldman Prevails on Behalf of MoGas in U.S. Court of Appeals
• The Third National Climate Assessment: The Role of District Energy and Combined Heat and Power
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 4
• Federal Agencies Issue Revised Interim Final Rules for Trial-Type Hearings; Seek Comments

• March 2015

• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 95
• Electric Reliability Update - March 26, 2015
• ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes Mona Tandon as Partner
• 5th Tribal Land Staff National Conference
• Northwest Land Matters Update - March 2015
• President's Executive Order Expands Regulated Floodplain to Account for Climate Change
• Electric Reliability Update - March 12, 2015
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 94 - Special Edition
• American Public Power Association
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 93
• The Clean Power Plan & Hydro Power: How EPA's Proposed 111(d) Rule Impacts Hydro
• Interior Releases Proposed Arctic Drilling Rule
• Roadmaps to the New Congress: Calendar and Committee Rosters
• Energy Bar Association's Energy Enforcers and Defenders Forum
• The Keystone XL Pipeline: Fueling the debate over presidential permit authority

• February 2015

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3
• Electric Reliability Update - February 26, 2015
• Court Delivers Victory to Whatcom County on GMA Case Regarding Rural Water Supply
• Policy Outlook for 2015
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 92
• FERC's Clean Power Plan Technical Conferences: Investigating Reliability, Market Structure, and Infrastructure Impacts of EPA's 111(d) Proposal
• Electric Reliability Update - February 12, 2015
• Inaugural Tribal Government E-Commerce: Innovating a New Geography of Indian Country
• My Best and Worst Experiences Facing the Appeals Court Judges: Lessons from Real World Experiences
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 91
• Early Clean Power Planning - A Hedging Strategy for Sec. 111(d)

• January 2015

• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 2
• Electric Reliability Update - January 29, 2015
• Proposed Federal 111(d) Plan: Potential Opportunity for Utilities, Stakeholders, and States to Inform the EPA Process
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 90
• Electric Reliability Update - January 16, 2015
• National Flood Insurance Program: The Changing Landscape of Floodplain Insurance & Regulation
• Obama Administration Announces Plans to Control Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector
• Five Things to Look for in the Obama Methane Policy Announcement
• Budget Reconciliation - What is it and Why does it Matter?
• Hydro Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 1

• December 2014

• 113th Congress Adjourns Sine Die; 114th Congress Commences January 6, 2015
• EPA Promulgates Long-Awaited Final Rule Revising the Definition of Solid Waste
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 89
• Sealaska Bill Passes U.S. Senate
• Electric Reliability Update - December 11, 2014
• Down to the Wire: Congress Poised to Advance Must Pass Legislation Prior to Adjournment
• Weekend Voting in Louisiana Adds Three More Republican Victories in Congress - Lame Duck Session Continues
• Legislative Progress in the Lame Duck Session; Organization for the 114th Congress Continues
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 88
• Historical Perspectives on §111(d) of the Clean Air Act

• November 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 12
• Update on Election Results, the Lame Duck Session and Organizational Decisions for the 114th Congress
• Electric Reliability Update - November 24, 2014
• FERC Offers Analytical Framework for Pipeline Recovery of Costs Related to Safety, Reliability, and Environmental Compliance Costs and Requests Comments
• Webinar: Recent Developments in the Regulation of Small-Scale Liquefaction Facilities
• Proposed Rule Redefining Jurisdictional "Waters of the United States" Under the Clean Water Act – Comment Period Closes, but Questions Remain Open
• National Association of Utility Regulatory Commissioner's 126th Annual Meeting
• Electric Reliability Update - November 13, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 87
• Preparing for Climate Change - New Regulations and New Litigation
• National Water Resources Association 83rd Annual Conference
• Transportation Forum XI
• Friends of Van Ness Feldman Victorious in Maryland Election
• Republicans Win Big in National Elections: Attention Turns to Lame Duck Session
• Van Ness Feldman Ranked as a "Best Law Firm in the US" by US News & World Report
• Van Ness Feldman Honored by Energy Bar Association

• October 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 11
• Electric Reliability Update - October 30, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 86
• Court Concludes that FEMA's Implementation of the Puget Sound Biological Opinion is Close Enough for Government Work
• 2014 AASHE Annual Conference & Expo
• 2014 AFN Annual Convention
• Fracking Revisited - Current and Past Developments
• 14th Annual Wetlands in Washington
• Van Ness Feldman Client Skyonic to Open Carbon Capture Reuse Facility
• APPA's Legal Seminar
• Electric Reliability Update - October 16, 2014
• Ute Tribal Energy Conference and Expo
• The Basics of Natural Gas Pipeline Ratemaking Course
• Van Ness Feldman Aids Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless in Major Victory
• Comprehensive Review of Hydropower in the Northwest
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 85
• Electric Reliability Update - October 2, 2014

• September 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 10
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 84
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - September 11 - 24, 2014
• Shale Insight 2014
• McKesson Helps Fight Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone
• Electric Reliability Update - September 18, 2014
• EBA Primer Series: An Introduction to Hydropower Law and Regulation
• Energy in California
• Van Ness Feldman Awarded 2014 NiSource Crystal Key Award
• NIPPC Annual Meeting 2014 - Embracing Change: The Northwest Way
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 83
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Aug. 28 - Sept. 10, 2014

• August 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 9
• Van Ness Feldman Proudly Supports the Launch of the Diverse Environmental Leaders National Speakers Bureau
• Electric Reliability Update - August 28, 2014
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - August 14 - 27, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 82
• For 10th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• D.C. Circuit Denies Order No. 1000 Appeals, Upholds FERC's Vision for Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
• Electric Reliability Update - August 14, 2014
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - August 1 - 13, 2014
• Washington State Ecology Re-Issues Municipal Stormwater General Permits
• National Geothermal Summit
• The Columbia River Treaty at 50: Looking back, looking ahead

• July 2014

• Electric Reliability Update - July 31, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 81
• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 8
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - July 16 - 30, 2014
• HydroVision International 2014
• Electric Reliability Update - July 17, 2014
• Van Ness Feldman Congratulates Willie Phillips on Being Named to the District of Columbia Public Service Commission
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - June 26 - July 9, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 80
• LSI Telebriefing: Changes to Endangered Species Act Critical Habitat Designations
• Seventh Circuit Again Rejects FERC's Approval of "Postage Stamp" Cost Allocation for High Voltage PJM Transmission Projects

• June 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 7
• Electric Reliability Update - June 26, 2014
• Van Ness Feldman Named 1st Tier Energy Regulatory Firm by The Legal 500, United States, 2014
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - June 12 - 25, 2014
• FERC Holds that Federal Power Act Preempts State Shoreline Management Act for Hydro Tidal Project
• Supreme Court Rejects Extending Clean Air Act Permitting Authority Based Solely on GHGs but Upholds GHG Limitations on Otherwise Regulated Stationary Sources
• FERC Adopts New Return on Equity Methodology for Electric Utility Ratemaking
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 79
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Announces Proposed Sale Notice for Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Energy Area
• Telebriefing: Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community
• Energy Export Permitting in the Northwest
• Webinar: Pipeline Safety Enforcement and Compliance: Recent Trends and Developments
• Electric Reliability Update - June 12, 2014
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - May 29 - June 11, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 78
• Reducing Methane Emissions from the U.S. Natural Gas Sector
• National Hydropower Association 2014 Alaska Regional Meeting
• IDEA's 105th Annual Conference and Trade Show
• EPA Proposal for Regulating CO₂ Emissions from Modified Power Plants Would Require Efficiency Improvements, But Not CCS
• BOEM Takes New Steps Toward Offshore Wind, Marine Hydrokinetic Development Off Atlantic, Pacific Coasts
• 2014 Water Law Conference
• EPA Issues Proposed Clean Power Plan to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Power Plants

• May 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 6
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community: A Positive Outcome for Tribes with Important Lessons for the Future
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - May 15 - 28, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 77
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2014 Rankings
• D.C. Circuit Vacates FERC Rule on Pricing of Demand Response in Organized Energy Markets
• EPA Releases Final Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Power Plants and Other Facilities
• Electric Reliability Update - May 22, 2014
• FERC NOPR Proposes to Reduce Open Access Regulation of Generator Lead Lines
• EBA's Natural Gas Primer: An Introduction to FERC Regulation of the Natural Gas Industry
• 3rd Annual Electric Transmission in the West
• Administration Proposes Changes to Endangered Species Act Critical Habitat Designations and "Adverse Modification" Definition
• White House Releases Third U.S. National Climate Assessment
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - May 1 - 14, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 76
• Seaway Initial Decision on Remand Spurns FERC Holding on Committed Shipper Rates and Finds them Subject to Modification
• Electric Reliability Update - May 9, 2014
• Former Congressman Norm Dicks Remembers Billy Frank, Jr.
• Supreme Court Rejects D.C. Circuit Vacatur of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - April 17 - 30, 2014
• 2014 Environmental and Land Use Law Midyear Meeting & Conference

• April 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 5
• Rethinking Washington's State Environmental Policy Act
• Mike Swiger Receives National Hydropower Association's Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award
• Webinar: Shale Gas—Infrastructure, Impacts and Issues
• NHA 2014 Annual Conference
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 75
• Alaska Lawmakers Approve LNG Project Legislation
• Loan Guarantee Solicitation Announcement for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - April 2 - 16, 2014
• Broad Definition of "Substantial Economic Interest" Permits Standing in Shell Pipeline Co. LP
• Senator Landrieu Convenes Hearing to Keep the Lights On
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 74
• Partner Bob Szabo Featured in Railway Age
• 2014 Pipeline Conference and Cybernetics Symposium
• 20th Annual Commercial Real Estate Purchases & Sales
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Mar. 20 - Apr. 2, 2014
• The American Gas Association and Van Ness Feldman Release 2014 FERC Manual

• March 2014

• Committed Shipper Rates the Subject of Further Questioning in Seaway Remand
• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 4
• White House Releases Climate Action Plan to Reduce Methane Emissions
• Electric Reliability Update - March 28, 2014
• Federal Agencies Issue Long-Awaited "Waters of the United States" Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 73
• FERC Proposes Reforms to Improve Gas-Electric Scheduling Coordination and Flexibility
• Tidal-Power License Issued for Snohomish County PUD
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - March 5 - 19, 2014
• Electric Reliability Update - March 14, 2014
• DOE Announces New Funding Opportunities for Marine and Hydrokinetic Projects
• FERC Orders New Reliability Standards for Physical Security at Critical Facilities
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 72
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Feb. 18 - Mar. 5, 2014

• February 2014

• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 3
• Electric Reliability Update - February 27, 2014
• Electric Utility Rate Cases
• Pipeline Safety Seminar
• Connecticut Microgrid Reforms May Signal Changes in Other States
• 27th Annual Campus Energy Conference
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Jan. 30 - Feb. 12, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 71
• Electric Reliability Update - February 7, 2014
• Final Environmental Analysis for Keystone XL Pipeline Project Elevates Climate Change Issues
• 17th Annual Energy, Environment & Utility Conference
• Inventory of Federal Regulations Affecting Biofuels other than the Renewable Fuel Standard

• January 2014

• President Reaffirms Support for "All-of-the-Above" Energy Policy, Announces Initiative to Streamline Energy Infrastructure Permitting
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Jan. 16 - 29, 2014
• LSI's Cybersecurity Law and Strategies
• Electric Reliability Update - January 24, 2014
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 70
• Van Ness Feldman Elects Six New Partners
• OUTLOOK 2014: KEY POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 2
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Jan. 1 - 15, 2014
• Norm Dicks Honored with "Norm Dicks Visitor Center" at Nisqually Wildlife Refuge
• Buying & Selling Electric Power in the West 2014
• Fractured Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Decision on Constitutionality of Oil and Gas Law
• New and Emerging Developments in California's Cap-and-Trade Program Will Have Significant Impacts on Western Power Markets
• Electric Reliability Update - January 9, 2014
• A Roadmap for the Advancement of Low-Emissions Coal Technologies
• Planning for District Energy, CHP and Microgrids: A checklist for campus administrators
• Welcome to the New VNF.com

• December 2013

• Clearer Picture Emerging on Proposed Rule Redefining Jurisdictional Waters of the United States
• FERC Limits Hydro Municipal Preference to Projects in Vicinity of Municipality
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 69
• Electric Reliability Update - December 19, 2013
• Chairman Baucus Releases Energy Tax Reform Draft
• BOEM to Auction New Wind Energy Area off Maryland Coast
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Dec. 4 - 18, 2013
• Hydro Newsletter - Vol. 1
• New ESA Rule on Economic Impacts in Critical Habitat Designations
• Electric Reliability Update - December 5, 2013
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 68

• November 2013

• FERC Order Permits Rockies Express Pipeline LLC to Move Forward with East to West Transportation of Shale Gas Production
• FERC Streamlines Small Generator Interconnection Process
• FERC Issues Final Rule Clarifying Work Space Requirements for Section 2.55(a) Auxiliary Installations
• Nuclear Waste Fee to Be Suspended Indefinitely
• Electric Reliability Update - November 21, 2013
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Nov. 7 - 20, 2013
• 34th Annual Alaska Resource Development Council Conference
• Climate Power Play: Financial, Legislative, and Regulatory Moves Toward a New Energy Enconomy
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 67
• CFTC Proposes Position Limits and Aggregation Rules for Energy and Other Commodity Derivatives
• NWSC's 2013 Fall Meeting
• 22nd Annual Conference on Growth Management Act and Land Use
• Electric Reliability Update - November 7, 2013
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Oct. 24 - Nov. 6, 2013
• Indiana Energy Conference
• Van Ness Feldman Named "Best Law Firm" in Multiple Categories for 2014
• Ignoring Authoritative Science

• October 2013

• Coal Utilization Research Council's Ben Yamagata Featured on E&E TV
• Electric Reliability Update - October 25, 2013
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 66
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Oct. 10 - 23, 2013
• Supreme Court Will Review Whether EPA Clean Air Act Permitting Authority Extends to Greenhouse Gases
• APPA Legal Seminar
• Former Congressman Norm Dicks Remembers Speaker Tom Foley
• Fifth Circuit Holds that Federal Power Act Preempts Certain State Property Damage Claims
• Government Shut-down: Update #6: The Government Opens and Debt Default Is Avoided
• Federal Agencies to Implement Contingency Plans Following Government Shut-down: Update #5
• Federal Agencies to Implement Contingency Plans Following Government Shut-down: Update #4
• Electric Reliability Update - October 11, 2013
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 65
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Sep. 19 - Oct. 9, 2013
• Federal Agencies to Implement Contingency Plans Following Government Shut-down: Update #3
• Federal Agencies to Implement Contingency Plans Following Government Shut-down: Update #2
• AGA Energy Market Regulation Conference 2013
• 13th Annual Wetlands in Washington
• New Hydropower Laws for Irrigators: New Challenges and Opportunities
• Federal Agencies to Implement Contingency Plans Following Government Shutdown

• September 2013

• Ben Yamagata Featured on CNN
• Kyle Danish Featured at the Bipartisan Policy Center's Clean Air Act Workshop
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 64
• Electric Reliability Update - September 26, 2013
• NHA's 2013 Alaska Regional Meeting
• Energy Policy, 40 Years Later: Meeting Challenges — Both Old and New
• Murky Floodplain Rules Sink Development Plans
• Rick Agnew and Jon Simon Featured at NHA's Alaska Regional Meeting
• EPA Proposes New Standards to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions from New Power Plants
• FERC Rule Expands Reliability Requirements For Generator Interconnection Facilities
• Draft Rulemaking Likely to Expand Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - Sep. 3 - 18, 2013
• Association of Oil Pipelines 2013 Annual Business Conference
• Janna Chesno Presents on LNG Export Projects
• Electric Reliability Update - September 12, 2013
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 63
• Lisa Epifani Presents on CFTC's Final Dodd-Frank Rules for Energy Regulation
• For 9th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among the Best Lawyers in America
• Electric Reliability Update - August 9, 2013

• August 2013

• Electric Reliability Update - August 29, 2013
• HydroVision International 2013
• FERC Rejects PacifiCorp's Proposed Wind Integration Charge
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 62
• Yucca Mountain Litigation Saga Update: No Flouting Allowed
• FERC Judge Issues Initial Decision Reducing Transmission Owners' Return on Equity

• July 2013

• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - July 18 - 31, 2013
• Electric Reliability Update - July 26, 2013
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 61
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - July 4 - 17, 2013
• 17th Annual Mid-C Seminar
• Susan Olenchuk Presents on PHMSA Regulations at the 36th Annual AGA Legal Forum
• AGA Legal Forum 2013
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 60
• Electric Reliability Update - July 11, 2013
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - June 20 - July 3, 2013

• June 2013

• Electric Reliability Update - June 28, 2013
• Pipeline Safety Update - Issue No. 59
• EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Power Plants: Issues and Options
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - June 6 - 19, 2013
• Circuit Court Upholds Broad Transmission Project Cost Allocation in MISO
• Electric Reliability Update - June 13, 2013
• Jim Ziglar Named to New Gulf of Mexico Advisory Group
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - May 23 - June 5, 2013
• Van Ness Feldman Named 1st Tier Energy Regulatory Firm by The Legal 500, United States, 2013

• May 2013

• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2013 Rankings
• Electric Reliability Update - May 24, 2013
• 2013 Managing Marcellus Training Series
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - May 9 - 22, 2013
• Waiting for DOE Action on LNG Exports, Again
• 2nd Annual Electric Transmission in the West
• The American Gas Association and Van Ness Feldman Release 2013 FERC Manual
• Congratulations to Partners Susan Olenchuk and Evan Reese on Service to the Energy Bar Association
• New Legislation Aids Environmental Planning/Development
• CEQ Proposes Paradigm Shift for Funding Federal Water Investments
• Electric Reliability Update - May 9, 2013
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - April 25 - May 8, 2013
• "Adverse Modification" Rulemaking on the Horizon for the Endangered Species Act?

• April 2013

• EPA Proposes New Standards to Regulate Water Discharges from Power Plants
• National Ocean Council Releases Final Ocean Policy Implementation Plan
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - April 11-24, 2013
• FERC Proposes to Expand Reliability Standards for Certain Generator Interconnection Facilities
• Kyle Danish Quoted on EPA Missing Deadline for New Power Plant Rule
• Federal District Court Orders Washington State Agencies to Repair Culverts that Block Fish Passage in Violation of Tribes' Treaty Fishing Right
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - March 28 - April 10, 2013
• 20th Annual Commercial Real Estate Purchases & Sales
• EPA Proposes New, Stringent Standards for Vehicle Emissions and Fuels (Updated April 8, 2013)
• FEMA Developing Procedures for Tribal Governments to Request Disaster Declarations
• CFTC Issues Final Dodd Frank RTO/ISO and 201(f) Exemptions
• Needed: Research Guidelines for Solar Radiation Management

• March 2013

• FERC Issues Declaratory Order that Ends Practice of Assessing Charges for Use of Non-Federal Lands Subject to Power Site Reservation
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - March 13 - 27, 2013
• Kyle Danish Opines on McCarthy EPA Nomination
• Defining the Bulk Electric System: How Bright is NERC's New 'Bright Line' Rule
• Nuclear Power at the Crossroads

• February 2013

• Kyle Danish Profiled by Environmental Finance as a "Carbon Market Mover"
• D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC's Decision That Rates Resulting from a Capacity Auction are Presumed to be Just and Reasonable
• Obama Administration Moves Forward on Cybersecurity
• FERC Issues Final Rule on Annual Charges for Use of Government Lands by Hydropower Licensees
• Climate, Energy, & Air Update - January 31 - February 13, 2013
• TEDx EmbryRiddle
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in SNL Energy's Power Daily
• Making Progress in Regulatory Reforms for Low-Head Hydro Development

• January 2013

• In Case of "First Impression" FERC Dismisses Application To Operate Facilities in Hawaii to Receive LNG from Continental U.S.
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Environmental Finance
• New FERC Definition of Bulk Electric System
• FERC Allows Merchant and Nonincumbent Participant-Funded Transmission Developers to Allocate 100% of Capacity Through Bilateral Negotiations
• FERC Extends Deadline for Compliance and Affirms Basic Determinations of Variable Energy Resource Integration Final Rule
• Van Ness Feldman's Stephen Fotis Quoted in the Energy Daily
• Supreme Court Reverses Ninth Circuit on Clean Water Act Issue
• President Signs Fiscal Cliff Deal
• FERC Approves New Definition of Bulk Electric System, Reserves Determination of Which Facilities Are "Used in Local Distribution"

• December 2012

• Federal District Court Upholds Criminal Conviction Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for Bird Deaths Resulting from Oil Refinery Operations

• November 2012

• FERC Raises Bar on Transmission Investment Incentives
• CFTC's General Counsel Issues Clarification Regarding Two-Part Rate Transactions
• Energy in California: New Policy Drivers, Opportunities and Challenges
• Van Ness Feldman's Sam Kalen Co-Authors ABA Basic Practice Series book on Endangered Species Act

• October 2012

• New Reliability Standards to Address Solar Storm Damage and Vegetation Management
• Federal District Court Upholds Criminal Conviction Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for Bird deaths Resulting from Oil Refinery Operations
• Legal and Policy Implications of the Perception of Property Rights in Catch Shares
• After the Marshall Spill: Oil Pipelines in the Great Lakes Region
• Will FERC Abandonment Policy Fit Today's Market and Regulatory Environment?

• September 2012

• FERC Requires EQR Reporting by Non-Public Utilities, Expands EQR Data Collected by All Filers
• 26 Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America for 2013
• NIPPC Annual Meeting 2012
• Pipeline Records Verification: Compliance Questions for Operators
• How will changing pipeline safety requirements affect America's growing domestic gas supply?

• August 2012

• U.S. Department of Energy Issues Final Order and "Finding of No Significant Impact" for Sabine Pass Liquefaction Export Project

• July 2012

• Market Forces Moving Gas and Electric Industries Toward Consensus on Convergence?

• June 2012

• VNF's Shannon Angielski Quoted in Greenwire
• FERC Finalizes Variable Energy Resource Integration Rule
• FERC Proposes Revisions to the EQR Filing Process
• The U.S. Policy and Political Landscape and its Potential Impacts on the Glass Industry: Through a Glass Darkly
• Van Ness Feldman Profiled in The National Law Journal
• Van Ness Feldman Again Recognized as a Leading Law Firm by Chambers USA, Legal 500
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Environmental Finance on the fate of CAIR and CSAPR
• Van Ness Feldman Named 1st Tier Energy Regulatory Firm by The Legal 500, United States, 2012
• FERC and NERC Speed Processing of Electric Reliability Violations

• May 2012

• Alaska Federation of Natives: Challenges and Opportunities for Renewable Energy in Alaska
• Legal Perspective of the MATS Rule
• FERC Finalizes Policy for Advising EPA on Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Compliance Extensions
• Van Ness Feldman Further Expands Gas and Electric Regulatory and Litigation Capabilities
• Van Ness Feldman's Michael McBride Quoted in Argus Rail Business on Surface Transportation Board
• Van Ness Feldman's Julia Wood Quoted in SNL Energy's Power Daily
• Van Ness Feldman's Mark Palmer Comments in National Journal on the 2012 Farm Bill
• Van Ness Feldman's Lisa Epifani quoted in National Journal on the Sierra Club's Expanding Natural-Gas Reform Campaign
• Van Ness Feldman's Ben Yamagata Quoted in Greenwire on EPA Carbon Rule's Impact on CCS Development
• Federal Environmental Law Update (May 2012)

• April 2012

• Van Ness Feldman Assists Client in Drafting Successful Tax Credit Application Resulting in Over $100 Million
• Summary of Comments in Response to "Coordination between the Natural Gas and Electricity Markets" FERC Docket No. AD12-12-000
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Environmental Finance on CSAPR
• Van Ness Feldman's Michael McBride Quoted in Greenwire on EPA's E15 Decision
• Van Ness Feldman's Lisa Epifani Quoted in SNL Financial on LNG Exports
• The Potential Impact of New Pipeline Safety Laws on PHMSA's Regulatory Initiatives

• March 2012

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in SNL Financial on EPA's Proposed Carbon Standard
• EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits for New Electric Generating Units
• 19th Annual Commercial Real Estate Purchases & Sales
• Van Ness Feldman's Mike Swiger Quoted in Relicensing Review
• Van Ness Feldman Advises Blackstone on Regulatory Issues Associated with Potential $2 Billion Equity Investment in the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project
• FWS Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Promote and Recognize Voluntary Conservation of Species under the ESA
• Blue Ribbon Commission Recognizes Van Ness Feldman for Outstanding Work
• Van Ness Feldman's Lisa Epifani Featured in E&ETV

• February 2012

• Van Ness Feldman's Bob Szabo Quoted in Wall Street Journal on Freight Rail Regulations
• The Economist Seeks Kyle Danish's Views on Environmental Regulation
• EPA Effluent Guidelines: Proposed Regulation of Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Effluent
• Renewable Energy Certificates: A Patchwork Approach To Deploying Clean Technologies
• Van Ness Feldman Welcomes GordonDerr Colleagues
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Coal Power Magazine on CSAPR

• January 2012

• Buying and Selling Electric Power in the West
• Van Ness Feldman Elects Shannon Angielski Principal of the Firm
• Van Ness Feldman Policy Outlook Quoted in Environmental Finance
• Van Ness Feldman Helps U.S. Green Building Council Prepare Green Building Executive Action Report
• Van Ness Feldman's Stephen Fotis Quoted in Environmental Finance on Delay to CSAPR Deadlines
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in E&E Daily on EPA Fuel Standards
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Megawatt Daily on California's Cap-and-Trade Program
• Van Ness Feldman Congratulates The Gores Group on Cosmopolis Mill Redevelopment Project
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Argus Air Daily on Cross-State Stay

• December 2011

• EPA Issues Final Rule Regulating Mercury, Other Pollutants from Power Plants
• Three Van Ness Feldman Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers for Environment by Washingtonian Magazine
• Van Ness Feldman Named Best Emissions Trading Law Firm for North American Carbon Markets Second Year in a Row
• Leading Energy/Environment and Real Estate/Land Use Law Firms to Combine Practices
• Federal Environmental Law Update (Dec. 2011)
• Rebuttal in Defense of the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement
• Report of the Natural Gas Regulation Committee

• November 2011

• Van Ness Feldman's Mark Palmer Quoted in Quincy Herald-Whig on Funding for Lock and Dam Improvements
• Van Ness Feldman Named a “Best Law Firm” in Energy, Environmental, Government Relations, Litigation, and Natural Resources by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
• The National Transportation Safety Board's Report on San Bruno: Implications for Pipeline Safety

• October 2011

• Fifth Circuit Vacates FERC Order Requiring Information Posting by Intrastate Pipelines
• Van Ness Feldman Alert Quoted in The Energy Daily
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Greenwire Article on Greenhouse Gas Standards
• 11th Annual Wetlands in Washington
• Shale Gas Production Gathers Speed: What You Need to Know About Pending Air and Water Regulations, Pipeline Safety and the Management of Stakeholder Issues

• September 2011

• 10th Annual Gas and Power Institute
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Environmental Finance on US Climate Rule Delay
• Van Ness Feldman Elects Rick Agnew as Chairman
• Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: Implications for the Energy Sector
• For 7th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among "The Best Lawyers in America"
• New Proposed Guidance on the Jurisdictional Reach of the Clean Water Act
• Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Interim Agency Rules; Industry Hopes that Rulemaking will Improve Hearing Procedures
• Enabling Environments or Enabling Discord: Intellectual Property Rights, Public-Private Partnerships, and the Quest for Green Technology Transfer
• Agriculture, Food, & Environmental Policy

• August 2011

• NHA 2011 Alaska Regional Meeting
• EPA Finalizes Air Pollution Transport Rule
• The Clean Air Act and Global Climate Change
• Renewable Energy in the Pacific Northwest
• Van Ness Feldman's Susan Olenchuk and Jim Curry Interviewed in Pipeline & Gas Journal

• July 2011

• Van Ness Feldman Expands Corporate, Transactional, and Finance Capabilities in the Pacific Northwest
• Bill Van Ness Featured in History of Washington State
• HydroVision International 2011
• Chuck Sensiba Authors Chapter in ABA Book, The Law of Clean Energy: Efficiency and Renewables
• Van Ness Feldman's Work on Behalf of Native American Tribes Entering Carbon Offset Market Noted by Forbes
• From Massachusetts to Minnesota: The RPS, Carbon Caps, and the Dormant Commerce Clause in 2010
• Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Meets Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
• Maintaining a Balance: Innovation in Power System Balancing Authorities

• June 2011

• Van Ness Feldman Again Recognized as a Leading Firm in Energy, Environment, and Climate Change by Chambers USA and Legal 500
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Point Carbon on Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• Van Ness Feldman’s Energy and Environmental Practices Receive National Recognition by Legal 500, The Clients Guide to the Legal Profession
• Van Ness Feldman’s Electricity, Oil & Gas, Environment, Government Relations, Climate Change, Native American, Transportation Practices Receive National Recognition by Chambers USA 2011
• Van Ness Feldman Entertains Wounded U.S. Army, Marine Corps Veterans at U.S. Open Golf Championship
• VNF Presents a Reliability Compliance Roundtable
• Federal Environmental Law Update (June 2011)

• May 2011

• FERC Issues Notice of Inquiry Regarding Transmission Incentives

• April 2011

• Standard Arguments
• The Real Price of Sealing the Border
• FERC Drops Market Manipulation Charges Against National Fuel Marketing, Proposes New Rules on Affiliate Bidding
• Small Hydro Projects: 10 Questions Every Developer Should Ask

• March 2011

• Federal Clean Energy Standard: Game-Changer or Game Over?
• Progressive Policy Decisions Help The Merchant Model Stick
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Platts Energy Weekly on New Source Performance Standards

• February 2011

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in an Article on msnbc.com on Cuts to Climate Change Regulation
• DOE Issues $343 Million Loan Guarantee for Nevada Transmission Project

• January 2011

• Van Ness Feldman Elects Mona Tandon Of Counsel
• Van Ness Feldman Hires USDA Senior Advisor, Furthers Capabilities in Biofuels, Clean Energy and Public Policy
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Carbon Control News on Greenhouse Gas Rules
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in BNA's Daily Environment Report on the Departure of Carol Browner
• EPA Expands Climate Agenda to the Current Fleet of Power Plants and Refineries
• Van Ness Feldman Natural Gas, Hydropower Clients Prevail in Key Appellate Decisions
• Van Ness Feldman's Climate Change Update Featured in Environmental Finance
• 8th Annual Advanced Workshop on SEPA & NEPA
• Jim Ziglar Featured in Washington Post Online Discussion on Security of Elected Officials
• Chuck Sensiba Quoted in Energy Daily on DC Circuit Decision Throwing Out Fee Hikes for Hydro Projects on Federal Lands

• December 2010

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Trading Carbon on Cap-and-Trade Legislation
• Lisa Epifani Interviewed on Houston NPR Member Station KUHF
• Van Ness Feldman Named as Best Emissions Trading Law Firm for U.S. Carbon Markets
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Argus Air Daily on Greenhouse Gas Regulations
• Michael Platner Joins Van Ness Feldman as Senior Tax Counsel
• Report of the Natural Gas Regulation Committee

• November 2010

• EPA Lays Further Groundwork for Permitting of Greenhouse Gas Sources Under The Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program
• Van Ness Feldman Congratulates Jack Lew on Senate Confirmation to Serve as Head of White House Office of Management and Budget
• The Policy and Regulatory Response to Deepwater Horizon: Transforming Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing?

• October 2010

• Are State Renewable Feed-In-Tariff Initiatives Truly Throttled by Federal Statutes After the FERC California Decision?
• Van Ness Feldman Bolsters Pipeline Safety Practice with New Associate from PHMSA
• Van Ness Feldman's Stephen Fotis Quoted in Inside EPA on Retroactive EPA GHG Enforcement
• Van Ness Feldman's Stephen Fotis and Kyle Danish quoted in Platt's Electric Power Daily on EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• September 2010

• Van Ness Feldman's Judy Sullivan Receives NAHC's 2010 Jerry Voorhis Award
• Greenhouse Gas Regulation: EPA Takes Center Stage (Webinar)
• Van Ness Feldman Client, FutureGen Industrial Alliance, and Partners, Close Agreement with DOE for $1 Billion in Recovery Act Funding for FutureGen 2.0
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in BNA's Daily Environment Report on Control Technology Guidance To Help States Enforce Emissions Regulation
• FERC Issues Revisions to Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines
• Van Ness Feldman’s Energy, Environmental, and Government Relations Practices Named to Top Tier of “Best Law Firms” in Inaugural Survey by U.S. News and Best Lawyers of Leading Firms

• August 2010

• Van Ness Feldman's David Yaffe Quoted in Platts Inside FERC on the CPUC Filing on Feed-In-Tarriffs
• Van Ness Feldman's Mike McBride Quoted in SNL Energy Power Daily on Nuclear Waste Storage
• For 5th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among "The Best Lawyers in America"
• 6th Annual Renewable Energy in the Pacific Northwest
• Endangered Species Act, Impacts of Compliance in Alaska

• July 2010

• Van Ness Feldman Elects Lisa Epifani a Member
• Why the U.S. had to challenge Arizona on immigration
• Van Ness Feldman's Mike Swiger Quoted in a Tacoma Power Press Release on Receiving a Long-Term License for Cushman Dam
• Van Ness Feldman Congratulates Jack Lew on His Anticipated Nomination to Serve as Head of the White House Office of Management and Budget
• Van Ness Feldman's Howard Shapiro Quoted in The Christian Science Monitor on the Gulf Oil Spill drilling Moratorium
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Carbon Finance on "Utility-only" Cap and Trade Legislation
• Opening Editorial of the Special Issue on Climate Legislation and Regulation in the United States
• Hydropower: A Renewable We Can Believe In
• International Offsets and U.S. Climate Legislation

• June 2010

• Van Ness Feldman's Jennifer Owen Quoted in The Atlantic on Drilling Moratorium.
• VNF's Shannon Angielski quoted in BNA's World Climate Change Report
• Van Ness Feldman’s Climate Change, Energy Practices Again Receive Top Rankings by Chambers USA 2010
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish comments on Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-AK) Resolution of Disapproval of EPA's Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish is featured in a Q and A on the Kerry-Lieberman bill in Argus US Carbon
• Ecology Comes of Age: NEPA's Lost Mandate

• May 2010

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Point Carbon Article on Kerry-Lieberman Bill
• The Intersection of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Energy Companies: An Uncertain Crossroad
• Second-Best World

• April 2010

• Van Ness Feldman Helps U.S. Green Building Council Prepare Report on Existing Federal Authority for Green Buildings
• Ben McMakin to Head Van Ness Feldman’s Public Policy Practice
• Van Ness Feldman's Malcolm McLellan Was Quoted in Puget Sound Business Journal on the Expanding Role of the USO
• Key EPA Actions Lay Foundation for Regulation of GHG Emissions Under the Clean Air Act

• March 2010

• Effective and Empowered Collaborative Institutions for Multi-State Decisions on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
• Power System Balancing Authority Innovation
• New and Improved Course for a Climate Regime
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Washington Lawyer Global Warming Article

• February 2010

• Van Ness Feldman Again Named As Leading Emissions Trading Law Firm
• Van Ness Feldman Elects New Member in Electricity and Renewable Energy Practice
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in The Christian Science Monitor

• January 2010

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted on CNBC.com
• Van Ness Feldman's Curt Rich Quoted in Environmental Finance on Climate Legislation
• 2010 Outlook for U.S. Energy and Environmental Policy
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Talks About Climate Change in Megawatt Daily
• Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Take Center Stage in the Obama Era

• December 2009

• Conservation Tools: An Evaluation and Comparison of the Use of Certain Land Preservation Mechanisms
• Howard Shapiro Quoted in a New York Times Article on Gashouse Emissions
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Greenwire Article on EPA and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• EPA Finalizes Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases
• Van Ness Feldman's Robert Szabo Quoted in Energy Biz Insider Article
• Wet Growth: Exploring the Intersection Between Water Resources and Land Use Law in Washington

• November 2009

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Point Carbon Article on California Draft Carbon Market Rules
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in the Isramart Green Economic World Blog
• Van Ness Feldman’s Doug Smith Recognized as One of Public Utilities Fortnightly’s “Groundbreaking Lawyers of 2009”
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Point Carbon Article on the Clean Energy Partnership Act
• The Devolution of NEPA: How the APA Transformed the Nation's Environmental Policy
• Cap and Trade Meets the Interstate Commerce Clause: Are Greenhouse Gas Regulations Constitutional after Lopez and Morrison?

• October 2009

• Van Ness Feldman's Gary Bachman Quoted in Article on FERC FP&L Settlement
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted on CNBC Website on Climate Change Legislation
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Point Carbon Article on Carbon Offset Legislation
• Van Ness Feldman's Curt Rich Was Quoted in Biofuels Digest
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish is Quoted on Carbon Regulations on CNBC.Com
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in New York Times Article

• September 2009

• Van Ness Feldman Quoted in Energy Washington Week Article on Connecticut v. AEP
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Article on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Van Ness Feldman's Curt Rich Quoted in Article on DOE Loan Guarantees
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Megawatt Daily Article on Carbon Dioxide Offsets
• 10 Van Ness Feldman Lawyers Recognized as Leaders in their Field by The Best Lawyers in America
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Featured as "Climate Practitioner" in The Environmental Forum

• August 2009

• Van Ness Feldman's Curt Rich Quoted in Article on DOE Stimulus Spending
• Van Ness Feldman's Jim Ziglar Featured in U.S. State Department Article on Trip to Mongolia
• Van Ness Feldman's Jim Ziglar Quoted in Article on Biometric Technology
• The Public Interest Jurisdictionally and Extra-Jurisdictionally: Toward Effective and Empowered Collaborative Institutions for Multistate Decisions on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
• Van Ness Feldman Congratulates the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia on Another Successful Fund Raising Campaign

• June 2009

• Van Ness Feldman Again Lauded by Legal 500 for Energy Litigation Capabilities
• Van Ness Feldman’s Climate Change, Energy Practices Again Receive Top Rankings by Chambers USA 2009
• Van Ness Feldman Elects Four New Members

• May 2009

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Carbon Finance on Offsets in the Waxman-Markey Bill
• Van Ness Feldman Releases Summary of EPA RFS Regulations
• Former Assistant Secretary of Energy Joins Van Ness Feldman

• April 2009

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in a ClimateWire Article on Provisions in the House Climate Change Bill
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Point Carbon Article on New Offset Legislation Being Considered in Congress
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in an Inside Counsel Magazine Article About the New EPA Administrator
• Van Ness Feldman's Susan Olenchuk and Emily Pitlick Quoted in American Gas Magazine on PHMSA Rules
• Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Regulation

• March 2009

• Stimulating the Economy, One Green Job at a Time
• Renewable Energy Tax Incentives and Loan Guarantees Under the New Stimulus Plan
• Former Senior Government Official and Corporate Executive Joins Van Ness Feldman's Public Policy Practice
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Inside Counsel Magazine on Vacating the Clean Air Interstate Rule of 2005
• Is the Price-Anderson Act an Appropriate Model for the Railroads?
• Carbon taxes are fine, but a cap-and-trade program is better
• Today's CAA a Blunt Instrument for GHG Control

• February 2009

• Van Ness Feldman Recognized as a Top Pro Bono Firm
• Van Ness Feldman’s Seattle Office Elects New Member, Adds Two Associates

• January 2009

• Van Ness Feldman Dubbed Champion of Youth
• Van Ness Feldman's Shelley Fidler Mentioned in Article on Energy Spending in the New Stimulus Plan
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Article on Businesses' Plans to Cut GHGs
• Van Ness Feldman's Curt Rich Quoted in Biofuels Digest on Tax Credits
• U.S. Energy and Climate Change Policy: What to Expect in 2009

• December 2008

• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in MSNBC Article
• Power Administrations Seek Increased Role

• October 2008

• Changes Affecting Hydropower Projects
• AGA Executive Conference 2008

• September 2008

• Van Ness Feldman Helps Secure Approval for First LNG Import Terminal on the West Coast of the U.S.
• Van Ness Feldman Elevates Clean Energy Policy Professional To Firm Membership
• Legal, Regulatory & Government Relations Roundtable
• Congress and Cellulosic Biofuels: Opportunities and Risks

• August 2008

• Former In-House Energy Counsel, President-Elect of Energy Bar Association Joins Van Ness Feldman
• Van Ness Feldman's Susan Olenchuk Quoted in Article on FERC Compliance

• July 2008

• Ben Yamagata Testifies Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Carbon Capture and Sequestration
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in E&E Daily Article
• Van Ness Feldman's Bob Szabo Quoted in Traffic World Article on the STB's June 30 Ruling
• HydroVision 2008
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Scientific American Article on Coal-Fied Power Plant
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Point Carbon Article on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• June 2008

• Ben Yamagata Interviewed on the Inclusion of CCS in Future Climate Change Legislation
• Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street
• Van Ness Feldman Receives Top Rankings from Chambers USA 2008
• Van Ness Feldman’s Energy Litigation Capabilities Win Praise from Legal 500
• VNF's Kyle Danish Quoted in Argus Air Daily Article on the Greenhouse Gas Bill
• Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Article on the Markey Bill
• The Transformation of Modern Administrative Law: Changing Administrations and Environmental Guidance Documents

• May 2008

• Van Ness Feldman's Tom Roberts Featured in ClimateWire Article on Climate Change Lobbying
• VNF's Bob Szabo Quoted in EnergyBiz Insider's Article on Railroad Antitrust Laws
• Van Ness Feldman Continues to Strengthen its Energy Policy, Climate Change, and Clean Tech Practices with Addition of Two Senior Congressional Policy Advisors
• FERC Compliance Summit 2008
• NGA Summit on Clean Power & Efficiency 2008
• Colorado River Management Plan Update

• April 2008

• Michael McBride Offers Testimony to Surface Transportation Board on Railroad "Common Carrier" Obligation
• VNF’s Bob Szabo Quoted in Washington Post Article on Rail Industry
• VNF's Malcolm McLellan quoted in The News Tribune
• 2nd Annual National Climate Change Regulation Conference
• Air Quality Regulation in California
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law's Special Institute on Resources and Climate Change
• ALI-ABA Global Warming: Climate Change and the Law
• Railroad Transportation of Nuclear Waste and Other Hazardous Materials
• Women's Land Rights in Rural China: Transforming Existing Laws into a Source of Property Rights
• Bright Lines, Safe Harbors: Urban and Rural Densities under the Growth Management Act (And Who Gets to Decide?)

• March 2008

• VNF's Kyle Danish Quoted in ClimateWire Article on Key Provision in Climate Bill
• Van Ness Feldman Bolsters Transportation, Litigation, Nuclear Practice Capabilities with Arrival of Michael McBride
• Van Ness Feldman Elects Two New Members in Natural Gas, Hydropower Practice Areas
• Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008)
• Electric Energy: Markets, Regulation and Investment
• U.S. Climate Change Policy Will Drive Significant Investment Opportunities in Traditional and Alternative Energy

• February 2008

• Carbon Forum America 2008
• Cleantech Forum XVI
• VNF's Kyle Danish Quoted in Bloomberg Article on Coal Mine Methane
• NWHA 2008 Annual Conference: "The Climate of Hydro"
• Powering Our Low Carbon Future

• January 2008

• VNF's Kyle Danish Quoted in Bloomberg on US Carbon Offsets Policy
• Van Ness Feldman Again Ranked as a Top Emissions Trading Law Firm

• December 2007

• VNF's Tom Roberts Quoted in the Dallas Business Journal
• VNF's Curt Rich Provides Insight on Ethanol as an Energy Resource
• Energy's Next Step
• Affordable Housing Incentive Programs under HB 2984: 'Bonus' or Burden?

• November 2007

• VNF's Tom Roberts Quoted in Petroleum News
• VNF Clients Announce Plans to Produce 100 Million Gallons of Biodiesel
• Going Pro: Pro Bono and the Legal Professional
• VNF's Curt Rich and Ben McMakin Offer Insights on Clean Tech and Federal Policy
• Clean tech depends on federal policy
• In-House Scientists Offer Expertise for Environmental and Regulatory Law Matters
• Energy in Alaska: Emerging Policies, Markets and Resources
• Van Ness Feldman Climate Change Practice Ranked in Chambers 2008
• VNF's Kyle Danish is Quoted in Environmental Finance Article on Cap-and-Trade Bill
• VNF's Kyle Danish Offers Comments on Global Carbon Trading in this Carbon Finance Article
• Colorado River Management Plan Update

• October 2007

• Carbon Market Insights Americas 2007
• Energy in the Northeast
• Alternative Energy: Regulations & Technical Developments
• Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
• APPA Annual Legal Seminar 2007
• VNF's Curt Rich Offers Insight on Biofuels
• Beyond Corn - Oklahoma Positions Other Alternative Fuel Sources
• Air Quality Regulation in the Pacific Northwest
• Bob Szabo Testifies Before Congress on the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act

• September 2007

• Van Ness Feldman Helps American Electric Power (AEP) Develop Green Building Commitment at Clinton Global Initiative
• Van Ness Feldman Structures Commitment to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Clinton Global Initiative 2007 Annual Meeting
• VNF's Bob Szabo Quoted in USA Today on Rail Monopoly Issues
• Van Ness Feldman Assists Eight Electric Utilities to Structure Major Energy Efficiency Commitment at Clinton Global Initiative
• VNF's Kyle Danish Offers Perspective on Climate Change Risk Disclosure to Washington Post
• NCTA Annual Conference 2007

• August 2007

• Seven Van Ness Feldman Attorneys Named Best Lawyers, in 2007
• Van Ness Feldman Augments Active Environmental Practice with Addition of New Associate in Seattle

• July 2007

• AGA Legal Forum & Golf Tournament 2007

• June 2007

• Nine Van Ness Feldman Lawyers Ranked in Chambers USA 2007

• May 2007

• Massachusetts v. EPA Decision

• April 2007

• Van Ness Feldman Helps New York Power Authority Secure New 50 Year License for the Niagara Power Project
• Supreme Court Holds EPA Must Consider States' Request for Climate Change Rule

• March 2007

• New Wine Into Old Bottles: The Feasibility of Greenhouse Gas Regulation Under the Clean Air Act

• February 2007

• Van Ness Feldman Helps Celunol Corporation* Open First Demonstration-Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in the U.S.
• Van Ness Feldman Ranked as a Top Emissions Trading Law Firm

• January 2007

• Van Ness Feldman Helps Swiss Carbon Fund Meet its Transaction Targets
• The International Regime: An Overview of the International Structures Addressing Climate Change

• October 2006

• VNF Bolsters Leading Hydropower Practice With Addition of Senior FERC Official
• An Inconvenient State?

• September 2006

• Washington's New E-Waste Regulations

• June 2006

• Uncertainties surround state's new 'e-waste' law

• April 2006

• Connecting the Dots on Climate Change

• February 2006

• Wetlands & The Clean Water Act

• June 2005

• Dynamic Conservation Easements: Facing the Problem of Perpetuity in Land Conservation
• The Exxon Valdez Reopener: Natural Resources Damage Settlements and Roads Not Taken

• May 2005

• FERC's Authority to Impose Monetary Remedies for Federal Power Act and Natural Gas Act Violations: An Analysis

• June 2004

• LNG: FERC Asserts Control

• May 2004

• Creating a New FERC Licensing Process

• January 2004

• Climate Change: The Heat Is On

• May 2003

• Designing a Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program for the U.S.

• March 2003

• Hydro Licensing Reform: A Comprehensive Look at the Proposals

• January 2003

• Buying and Selling Electric Power in the West: A Review of Key Elements of FERC's Standard Market Design Proposal

• July 2002

• Designing a Climate-Friendly Energy Policy: Options for the Near Term
• Electricity regulation: How is federal policy changing?

• May 2002

• A Five Point Plan for Expanding the Nation's Wetlands Base and Improving the Section 404 Program

• December 2000

• Transmission at a Crossroads