Laws & Regulations

How Wehrum’s Law Firm Profited From The Fight To Roll Back Air Rules

"The nation’s biggest coal-burning power companies paid a top lobbying firm millions of dollars to fight a wide range of Obama-era environmental rules, documents obtained by POLITICO reveal — shortly before one of the firm’s partners became President Donald Trump’s top air pollution regulator."

Source: Politico, 02/21/2019

Complaint: Interior Filled With Ex-Lobbyists Cozy with Former Employers

"Only a few short weeks after President Donald Trump nominated David Bernhardt, a former oil and agriculture industry lobbyist, to run the Interior Department, the agency is facing a slew of new allegations that top officials violated federal ethics rules by keeping cozy ties to their former employers."

Source: The Intercept, 02/21/2019

"House Opens Inquiry Into Proposed US Nuclear Venture in Saudi Arabia"

"Top Trump administration officials have pushed to build nuclear power plants throughout Saudi Arabia over the vigorous objections of White House lawyers who question the legality of the plan and the ethics of a venture that could enrich Trump allies, according to a new report by House Democrats released on Tuesday."

Source: NY Times, 02/20/2019

"Security: FERC Chairman Reconsiders Cyber Rules For Pipelines"

"Neil Chatterjee, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, yesterday rebuffed calls for mandatory cybersecurity standards for natural gas pipelines, citing improvement in the industry's effort to strengthen its defenses."

Source: EnergyWire, 02/18/2019

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