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Data Centres And Artificial Intelligence: A Growing Opportunity For Canadian Nuclear Power?

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a special report about "Energy and AI" in 2025. The report focuses on the consequences of the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Fasken

ECHA's Member State Committee Identifies DBDPE As SVHC

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on October 9, 2025, that at its October 7-8, 2025, meeting, the Member State Committee (MSC) agreed to identify 1,1′-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis[pentabromobenzene]...

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

FERC Seeks Comments By November 14, 2025 On Proposed DOE Reforms To Accelerate The Interconnection Of Large Loads

By letter dated October 23, 2025, Department of Energy ("DOE") Secretary Chris Wright ("the Secretary") directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC")...

United States Energy

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Bracewell

Planeación Vinculante Para La Actividad De Generación De Energía Eléctrica

El 17 de octubre de 2025, la Secretaría de Energía ("SENER") emitió los criterios de planeación vinculante para la actividad de generación de energía eléctrica que debe considerar...

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Regulatory Reform In Washington: Clean Energy Siting Council Releases 2025 Report Recommending Reforms To Speed Clean Energy Projects

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Department Of Energy Directs FERC To Act On The Study And Interconnection Of Large Loads And Hybrid Facilities, FERC Opens Public Comment Period

United States Energy

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Van Ness Feldman

Convocatoria para la atención prioritaria de solicitudes de permisos de generación eléctrica e interconexión: nuevos plazos y procedimientos

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Secretary Of Energy Directs FERC To Develop Rules For Interconnecting Large Loads

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

DOE Proposes New Federal Standards For Interconnecting Large Loads To The Grid

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Administration Tees Up Major Expansion Of FERC Jurisdiction Over Large-Load Interconnections

United States Energy

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Les centres de données et l'intelligence artificielle : une belle occasion pour l'énergie nucléaire canadienne?

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Fasken (French)

National Instrument 43-101: The Effect Of An Updated Mineral Resource Estimate On A Preliminary Economic Assessment

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Cassels

New Army Corps Guidance Puts Wind And Solar Projects In The Slow Lane

United States Energy

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Holland & Hart

States Contend With The Proliferation Of Data Centers Across The East Coast

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

Control, Creativity, Closure: The Mediation Advantage

United States Litigation

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JAMS

From Conflict To Clarity: Why The ADR Experience Matters In Successful Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Tariffs, Contracts And The Negotiation Imperative: Why The Old Playbook Won't Work

United States International

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JAMS

USCIS Announces Changes To The Naturalization Test

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

District Court Invalidates Patents For Bridge Cheating Detection Software Under § 101

United States IP

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

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Regulatory Reform In Washington: Clean Energy Siting Council Releases 2025 Report Recommending Reforms To Speed Clean Energy Projects

Who's Impacted: Clean energy developers, transmission operators, local siting authorities, and Tribal governments.

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

New Army Corps Guidance Puts Wind And Solar Projects In The Slow Lane

On September 18, 2025, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works issued a memorandum directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to consider new factors when deciding...

United States Energy

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Holland & Hart

Montana Announces Multistate Investigation Of Big Tech Renewable Energy Claims (Podcast)

Sixteen Republican state attorneys general, led by Montana AG Austin Knudsen, have launched an investigation into four major tech companies over allegedly deceptive renewable...

United States Energy

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

United States Energy

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Fennemore

Empowering Innovation: Intellectual Property Funding Opportunities In Canada

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Cassels

NYCDOB Issues Two New Energy Storage System Rules

United States Energy

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Significant Amendments Announced To The Accord Acts – Final Update

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Cox & Palmer

The New Frontier: Financing Storage-Only And Co-Located Projects

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Post Loper-Bright, D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC's Interpretation Of Power Facility Capacity Under PURPA

United States Energy

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Bracewell

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Energy Law

Alberta Energy Regulator Finds Athabasca River Basin Is Not A 'Person'

On October 22, 2025, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released its decision (RA decision) dismissing a regulatory appeal filed by Ecojustice on behalf of the Athabasca River Basin...

Canada Environment

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

UK And U.S. Impose Major New Sanctions On Russian Oil Sector

On October 15, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed major new sanctions targeting Russia's oil industry, including asset freezes on Rosneft and Lukoil, the country's two largest oil companies. A week later, on October 22 and despite an ongoing government shutdown, the United States followed suit by issuing parallel sanctions on both entities.

Worldwide International

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Arnold & Porter

Data Centres And Artificial Intelligence: A Growing Opportunity For Canadian Nuclear Power?

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a special report about "Energy and AI" in 2025. The report focuses on the consequences of the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Fasken

FERC Seeks Comments By November 14, 2025 On Proposed DOE Reforms To Accelerate The Interconnection Of Large Loads

United States Energy

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Bracewell

57. October 22, 2025 | Trump Administration Blocks Major Russian Oil Firms

United States International

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Planeación Vinculante Para La Actividad De Generación De Energía Eléctrica

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Regulatory Reform In Washington: Clean Energy Siting Council Releases 2025 Report Recommending Reforms To Speed Clean Energy Projects

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

New OFAC Sanctions Adversely Impact Rosneft And Lukoil: Extra Diligence Required

United States International

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Department Of Energy Directs FERC To Act On The Study And Interconnection Of Large Loads And Hybrid Facilities, FERC Opens Public Comment Period

United States Energy

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Van Ness Feldman

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Oil, Gas & Electricity

UK And U.S. Impose Major New Sanctions On Russian Oil Sector

On October 15, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed major new sanctions targeting Russia's oil industry, including asset freezes on Rosneft and Lukoil, the country's two largest oil companies. A week later, on October 22 and despite an ongoing government shutdown, the United States followed suit by issuing parallel sanctions on both entities.

Worldwide International

AP

Arnold & Porter

Data Centres And Artificial Intelligence: A Growing Opportunity For Canadian Nuclear Power?

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a special report about "Energy and AI" in 2025. The report focuses on the consequences of the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Fasken

57. October 22, 2025 | Trump Administration Blocks Major Russian Oil Firms

In response to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in March 2014 and February 2022, the Department of Treasury implemented various sanctions on Russian entities.

United States International

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Planeación Vinculante Para La Actividad De Generación De Energía Eléctrica

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

New OFAC Sanctions Adversely Impact Rosneft And Lukoil: Extra Diligence Required

United States International

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Department Of Energy Directs FERC To Act On The Study And Interconnection Of Large Loads And Hybrid Facilities, FERC Opens Public Comment Period

United States Energy

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Van Ness Feldman

Court Requires DEC To Promulgate Regulations In NYS Climate Regulation Case

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Coordinated & Far-Reaching New Sanctions On Russia Represent Strongest Yet As UK, US, & EU Push To End The War In Ukraine

United States International

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Bracewell

Convocatoria para la atención prioritaria de solicitudes de permisos de generación eléctrica e interconexión: nuevos plazos y procedimientos

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Chemicals

ECHA's Member State Committee Identifies DBDPE As SVHC

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on October 9, 2025, that at its October 7-8, 2025, meeting, the Member State Committee (MSC) agreed to identify 1,1′-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis[pentabromobenzene]...

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Prioritizes TSCA Review Of New Chemicals Used In Data Centers

Efforts are underway to support data center development with respect to new chemicals that may be used in such projects. EPA has provided instructions on what to include in a cover letter...

United States Environment

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Jones Day

AICIS Will Require Information On 522 PFAS Imported Or Manufactured In Australia

On October 14, 2025, the Australia Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) announced that it has initiated an evaluation on the introduction and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australia under Section 74 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 (IC Act).

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

U.S. State PFAS Initiatives — A Conversation With Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. And Carla N. Hutton (Podcast)

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Shutdown Stalemate: How EPA's Pause Could Reshape Chemical Regulatory Timelines

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

"Forever Chemicals": PFAS Update On Issues Of Concern To Businesses

United States Environment

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Senate Subcommittee Will Hold Hearing On "Examining The Beneficial Use And Regulation Of Chemicals"

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Phthalate Risk Evaluation Under TSCA: B&C's October 30 Webinar Explores Potential Impacts To The Plastics Industry

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Comments On Final Risk Management Rule For Carbon Tetrachloride Are Due November 10, 2025

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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Latest Videos

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U.S. State PFAS Initiatives — A Conversation With Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. And Carla N. Hutton (Podcast)

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Bergeson & Campbell

One Minute Matters [Video]: Is Co-Location Energy Making Data Centers Harder To Build? (With Richard Darke)

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Dykema

Cash Is King Again: Navigating Clean Energy's Financial Crossroads (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Scaling Industrial Decarbonization Through Integrated Action (Video)

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Arcadis

Adapting To The Changing Conditions Of The Canadian Energy Industry (Video)

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

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