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This Week’s Climate Policy Update - 2024 #3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/24/2024

Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

Climate in context: Geopolitics, business, and the board

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) on 4/16/2024

In this collaboration between the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) and Eurasia Group, our aim is to help widen the boardroom aperture on the global climate challenge—where it stands, and what’s at stake—and to help boards...more

As Russia And China Grow Closer In Energy, America Unilaterally Disarms

Flaster Greenberg PC on 3/14/2022

Two new developments of enormous significance passed under the radar last week, buried by the growing threat of an outright Russia/Ukraine war and governmental encroachment on democracy in Canada. These developments, however,...more

New Global Initiatives Aim to Consolidate Climate and Sustainable Finance Standards

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/17/2021

The SBTi’s standard aims to clarify the target for net zero emissions, whilst the Common Ground Taxonomy indicates China-EU cooperation on sustainable finance issues. Last month, the Science Based Targets initiative...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2020 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/14/2020

China Resumes LNG Imports from the U.S. - "Chinese buyers have resumed imports of liquefied natural gas from U.S. exporters, as Beijing started granting waivers to a 25% import tariff." Why this is important: In the...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2020 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/18/2020

Energy-Related CO2 Emissions ‘Flatlined’ Last Year, IEA Says, Raising Hopes About Climate - "Global emissions remained at approximately 33 gigatonnes in 2019 despite the world economy growing by 2.9%, the IEA said." ...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 41, November 2019

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/11/2019

Why Everything They Say About California Fires — Including That Climate Matters Most — is Wrong - "'We’ve looked at the history of climate and fire throughout the whole state, and through much of the state, particularly...more

Carbon Markets Roundup

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 2/15/2019

Last year saw significant efforts to either impose a price on carbon or reform existing programs, and in some cases roll those programs back. The Paris Agreement advanced a critical step, but without settling on rules for...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2018 #4

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/23/2018

Trump Prepared to Hit China with $60 Billion in Annual Tariffs - "President Trump is preparing to impose a package of $60 billion in annual tariffs against Chinese products, following through on a longtime threat that he...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - December 2017

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/8/2017

WV DEP Waives Clean Water Act Authority Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline - "The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection waived the state's authority under the federal Clean Water Act to determine if another major...more

Private Equity Goes Green

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/20/2016

In December 2015, world leaders met to negotiate the Paris Agreement. Setting aside whether the Paris Agreement goes too far, not far enough or is just right, one cannot dispute that government commitments to limit an...more

EU to Fast-Track 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Post-COP 21

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/18/2016

The Paris Agreement, adopted by 195 countries following the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21), is the first multilateral agreement on climate change that covers almost all of the world’s emissions. The Paris...more

What Does COP-21 Mean for Business?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/2/2016

6 Answers From Around the Globe - The historic COP-21 Paris Agreement on climate change is the first major development in the climate area at the international level since adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. ...more

Energy & Environment Update - December 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 12/14/2015

Energy and Climate Debate - It’s a race to the end of the year, and the end of this week, for Congress, at it wraps up negotiations on tax extenders, the omnibus appropriations package, and other end of the year...more

Energy & Environment Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/5/2015

Energy and Climate Debate - In his final major effort prior to retiring last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) reached a bipartisan agreement, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, with other House and Senate...more

Energy & Environment Update - July 2015 #3

Mintz - ML Strategies on 7/22/2015

Energy and Climate Debate - With just two or three weeks before the August recess – two for the House, three for the Senate – Congress has a full schedule. The Senate will devote much of this week to the Highway bill,...more

Energy And Environment Update -- April 1, 2013

Mintz on 4/2/2013

In This Issue: Congress; Administration; Department of Energy; Environmental Protection Agency; Interior Department; Department of Homeland Security; Department of State; Department of Treasury; Government...more

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