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32 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Federal Energy Efficiency Standards Program: Background and Recent Developments
2025-09-25 · Posts · LSB11372 · HTML available · PDF available
Offshore Wind Energy Development: Legal Framework
2025-08-28 · Reports · R40175 · HTML available · PDF available
Federalism and the Electricity Markets: Balancing National and Local Interests
2025-04-30 · Posts · LSB11296 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Natural Gas Permitting and Litigation
2025-02-19 · Reports · R48347 · HTML available · PDF available
Biden Administration Withdraws Offshore Areas from Oil and Gas Leasing: Can a Withdrawal Be Withdrawn?
2025-01-13 · Posts · LSB11259 · HTML available · PDF available
The U.S. Mining Industry and the Rosemont Decision
2024-08-26 · Reports · R48166 · HTML available · PDF available
Energy Production on Federal Lands: Leasing and Authorization
2024-07-19 · Reports · R48130 · HTML available · PDF available
Mountain Valley Pipeline: Past the Finish Line
2024-06-13 · Posts · IN12032 · HTML available · PDF available
Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: History and Background
2024-01-09 · Reports · R44504 · HTML available · PDF available
Sheetz v. County of El Dorado: The Court Explores Legislative Exactions and the Takings Clause
2023-12-27 · Posts · LSB11098 · HTML available · PDF available
Electricity Transmission: What Is the Role of the Federal Government?
2023-12-04 · Reports · R47862 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Developments in the Federal Multipronged Approach to Solar and Wind Energy
2023-10-03 · Posts · LSB11054 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Land Management: When “Multiple Use” and “Sustained Yield” Diverge
2023-06-21 · Posts · LSB10982 · HTML available · PDF available
The Takings Clause of the Constitution: Overview of Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Key Topics
2023-05-22 · Reports · R47562 · HTML available · PDF available
The Willow Project: History and Litigation
2023-04-03 · Posts · LSB10943 · HTML available · PDF available
The Debate over Venting and Flaring on Federal Lands
2022-12-22 · Posts · LSB10882 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Litigation over the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases
2022-04-28 · Posts · LSB10736 · HTML available · PDF available
Gasoline Price Increases: Federal and State Authority to Limit “Price Gouging”
2022-04-19 · Reports · R47072 · HTML available · PDF available
Unpaused: District Court Enjoins Biden Administration from “Pausing” Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
2021-07-21 · Posts · LSB10627 · HTML available · PDF available
Court Rules Dakota Access Pipeline Needs Further Environmental Review
2021-02-01 · Posts · LSB10457 · HTML available · PDF available
For Whom the FERC Tolls: Federal Court Rejects Agency “Tolling Orders”
2020-09-08 · Posts · LSB10535 · HTML available
Forest Service Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs)
2020-08-28 · Reports · R46504 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Visits Appalachian Trail to Address Pipeline Permitting Dispute
2020-06-26 · Posts · LSB10503 · HTML available · PDF available
The Legal Framework of the Federal Power Act
2020-01-22 · Resources · IF11411 · HTML available · PDF available
Drilling Under New Wyoming Leases on Hold as Judge Requires BLM to Reconsider Impacts on Climate Change
2019-04-16 · Posts · LSB10289 · HTML available · PDF available
District Court Decision May Help Pave the Way for Trump Administration’s Border Wall Plans
2018-04-02 · Posts · LSB10111 · HTML available
Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues
2016-07-20 · Reports · R43152 · HTML available
Hydraulic Fracturing and Safe Drinking Water Act Regulatory Issues
2015-07-13 · Reports · R41760 · HTML available
Hydropower: Federal and Nonfederal Investment
2015-07-07 · Reports · R42579 · HTML available
U.S. Crude Oil Export Policy: Background and Considerations
2014-12-31 · Reports · R43442 · HTML available · PDF available
Electricity Transmission Cost Allocation
2012-12-18 · Reports · R41193 · HTML available
Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues
2010-07-29 · Reports · RL34741 · HTML available