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PODCAST: President Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order – What Changes Can Companies Expect, and When? — C&M's First 100 Days Series

Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.06.17

As part of our First 100 Days series, Tom Lorenzen and Dan Leff, both part of Crowell & Moring’s Environment & Natural Resources Group, sit down to discuss President Trump’s energy independence executive order. Tom is a partner in the group and the former assistant chief with the DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division. Dan is an associate who focuses on litigation, permitting, and counseling under environmental statutes including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act.

Discussed in this 17 minute podcast

  • An overview of the energy independence executive order.
  • What effect this might have on the Clean Power Plan, the NSPS, and the endangerment finding.
  • How ongoing litigation will be affected.
  • What other changes companies might expect.

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