In an interview with Brunswick Review, Partner Tommy Beaudreau discusses what he sees as the Biden administration’s “unfinished business” on energy and climate policy, the value choices that policymakers will have to make to reduce the country’s emissions and what drew him to WilmerHale, among other topics.
Excerpt: “The most fundamental reform that would accelerate critical mineral production in the United States is the development of the leasing program. It’s how we unleashed renewable energy on public lands. It’s how we unlocked offshore wind in the United States. We implemented a leasing process that has built into it stakeholder participation and resolution of the types of conflicts that cause these mines to be delayed for 15 or 20 years.”