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Jayni Hein

Jayni F. Hein co-chairs the firm’s Carbon Management and Climate Mitigation industry group.

Jayni joined Covington after serving in the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) as Senior Director for Clean Energy, Infrastructure, and the National Environmental Policy Act. She draws on her significant government experience to help clients successfully advance clean energy and other infrastructure projects and counsels clients through government investigations, enforcement actions, and shareholder-driven assessments.

Jayni has experience advising clients on a wide variety of environmental and climate issues, including under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRCA, CERCLA, Endangered Species Act, and federal energy statutes. In addition, she leads environmental due diligence for complex corporate transactions.

She regularly advises companies and investors on compliance with climate disclosure laws and sustainability strategy in light of increased scrutiny of corporate climate and net-zero commitments.

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On January 14, 2025, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on “Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure” (the “EO”), with the goals of preserving U.S. economic competitiveness and access to powerful AI models, preventing U.S. dependence on foreign infrastructure, and promoting U.S. clean energy production to power the development and operation of AI.  Pursuant to these goals, the EO outlines criteria and timeframes for the construction and operation of “frontier AI infrastructure,” including data centers and clean energy resources, by private-sector entities on federal land.  The EO builds upon a series of actions on AI issued by the Biden Administration, including the October 2023 Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI and an October 2024 AI National Security Memorandum.Continue Reading Biden Administration Releases Executive Order on AI Infrastructure