Rachel Jacobson
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Articles
Biden Administration Begins Comprehensive Review of Trump-Era Environmental Rules
USA - January 21 2021 On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order titled “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science…
Public Lands Management in the Biden Era
USA - November 16 2020 As the 2020 presidential campaign made clear, President-elect Biden plans to usher in a sharp shift in policy priorities across the federal…
President Biden’s Executive Order Sets Agenda for Whole-of-Government Approach on Climate and Environmental Justice
USA - February 1 2021 Fulfilling one of his central campaign promises, President Biden signed a wide-ranging Executive Order last week addressing climate change through…
Nathaniel B. Custer, Bonnie L. Heiple, Shannon Morrissey, Peggy Otum
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club: US Supreme Court Boosts Ability of Agencies to Withhold Draft Documents
USA - March 15 2021 On March 4, 2021, the US Supreme Court held that draft biological opinions prepared by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine…
Clean Water Act Alert - October 2018
USA - October 1 2018 On September 24, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the Clean Water Act (CWA) does not require a National Pollution…
