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KK Law Alert: Agencies Instructed to Continue NEPA Analysis as Usual as Regulatory Landscape Shifts

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy, which directed the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to propose rescinding CEQ’s NEPA regulations and to instead provide guidance on implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Executive Order 14154 also explicitly revoked the 1977 Carter Administration’s Executive Order 11191 which directed CEQ

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Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing After ‘Possible Smoke’ in Plane, F.A.A. Says

Flight 876 returned to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday after the crew reported seeing haze in the flight deck. A flight headed for Columbia, S.C., from Atlanta turned back for an emergency landing on Monday after the crew reported “possible smoke” inside the aircraft. “Jesus Christ.” “Ladies and gentlemen, please breathe through your clothing.

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State backs green aviation fuel plant as industry struggles to cut emissions

Workers connect a tanker truck at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to an Airbus A350 passenger jet, operated by Air France-KLM, fueling it with sustainable aviation fuel ahead of a flight to Montreal. (Nathan Laine / Bloomberg, 2021)

By  Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Washington state has awarded a new $1.5 million grant for a planned sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel production facility projected to open in 2029 at Wallula Gap on the Columbia River. That’s a very small portion of the funding required to complete the facility being developed by

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Plane goes off taxiway at Lambert International Airport

United Airlines Flight Skids Off Taxiway in St. Louis Amid Snowy Conditions A United Express CRJ-550, operated by GoJet Airlines, skidded off the taxiway after landing at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) on Wednesday morning. The aircraft, arriving from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), touched down on Runway 10:50 a.m. before veering into a

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1 dead, 4 injured after jets collide at Scottsdale Airport

A Learjet veered off the runway after landing at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona and crashed into a Gulfstream 2100 business jet on Feb. 10, 2025. @donniefitz2 / X

The incident occurred after the landing gear of a jet failed. By Clara McMichael, T. Michelle Murphy, Laryssa Demkiw, and Jennifer Watts February 10, 2025, 7:22 PM One person is dead and four others are injured after a Bombardier Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing at Scottsdale Airport and crashed into a Gulfstream