Andrea Wortzel, practice group leader for Troutman Pepper Locke’s Environmental + Natural Resources Group, was quoted in the September 29, 2025 Reuters article, “Trump’s Expansion of Federal Control Hits Solar Developers.”

Two further orders issued after the DOI’s July memo provide insight into the government’s intended scrutiny of solar and wind power projects on federal lands, according to Andrea W. Wortzel, an environment and natural resource attorney at Troutman Pepper Locke.

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