Bottleneck to Breakthrough/Permitting Blueprint to Build: National Petroleum Council Report
December 17, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The National Petroleum Council’s (“NPC”) Committee on Oil and Natural Gas Infrastructure Permitting issued a December 3rd draft report titled: Bottleneck to Breakthrough: A Permitting Blueprint to Build (“Report”). NPC describes the Report as providing: … practical solutions to modernize…
Renewable Energy/Secretary of Interior Elevated Review Memorandum: Bentonville & Russellville, Arkansas and 141 Other Solar Companies Letter to Senate/House Staff Expressing Concern
December 17, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
143 solar companies transmitted a December 4th letter to the United States Senate and House of Representatives leadership addressing a July 15th Memorandum from the Secretary of Interior related to review of wind and solar energy projects. Two Arkansas companies, Good Faith Solar of Bentonville and…
Environmental Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Navassa, North Carolina Chemical Processing Company Pleads Guilty to Alleged Violation
December 17, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Eastern District of North Carolina United States Attorney’s Office issued a December 15th news release stating that American Distillation, Inc. (“ADI”) pleaded guilty to knowingly discharging tert-Butyl alcohol and other pollutants into the Cape Fear River in violation of the federal Clean…
Title V/Clean Air Act: Harris County, Texas Attorney's Office Petition to Object Filed Addressing Baytown Olefins Plant
December 16, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Harris County, Texas Attorney’s Office (“Harris County”) filed a Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to the ExxonMobil Corporation’s Baytown Olefins Plant (“Plant”). The Plant is located in Baytown, Texas. The Title V…
2025 Impact Report: Northwest Arkansas Land Trust
December 16, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (“NWALT”) issued its 2025 IMPACT REPORT (“Report”). NWALT is a nonprofit organization that describes its mission as to: … preserve and enhance the quality of life for all people in Northwest Arkansas through the permanent protection of land. The service area…