Podcast - Carbon Markets Lightning Round: State and Federal Updates
A Discussion on Environmental Commodities with Bill Flederbach, President and CEO at ClimeCo
Nota Bene Episode 101: Catching up with Global Climate Regulation with Nico van Aelstyn
Happy Earth Month! In today’s blog, we observe the historic investment opportunity presented by the convergence of efforts to address climate change and spur the energy transition, such as public grant programs, regulatory...more
Ratification of the Kigali Amendment formally commits the U.S. to a global effort to significantly reduce production and use of HFCs and reinforces the aggressive domestic HFC phasedown begun last year by the AIM Act. ...more
Many have characterized West Virginia v. EPA as a decision depriving EPA of an important tool to address climate change under the Clean Air Act. The decision is better viewed as steering EPA away from a flawed regulatory...more
This episode is another in our Energy and Environment Review series, in which Ballard’s energy and environmental lawyers will address the energy evolution driven by climate change, renewable energy innovation,...more
The Biden Administration has pledged to put the nation on track to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and simultaneously to promote environmental justice. Both goals are achievable and, indeed, are complementary. Their...more
The Earth’s climate is changing. With unprecedented fires in California and the State’s litigation with the federal government, the Brazilian rainforest fires, and the aircraft industry’s inability to curb aircraft emissions,...more
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates - California Air Resources Board Amends Cap-and-Trade Regulations - On December 13, 2018, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") adopted amendments to California's...more
The governments of Ontario and British Columbia recently released new environmental plans that will guide the development of environmental legislation and policies in each province for the foreseeable future. Ontario released...more
On July 17, 2017, the California Assembly and the Senate voted to extend California’s Cap-and-Trade Program from 2021 to 2030 (Assembly Bill (“AB”) 398). Governor Brown is widely expected to sign the bill in the coming weeks....more
Just yesterday, we issued an alert that discussed among other things the uncertainty surrounding California’s cap-and-trade program under Assembly Bill 32 (“AB 32”). Today, that uncertainty has been lessened considerably,...more
On Thursday, April 06, 2017, California’s Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District upheld California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, the cornerstone of California’s climate change policy, by a 2-1 vote. In the case,...more
With federal climate change regulations facing an uncertain future, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently released a far-reaching new plan to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 40 percent below...more
On September 8, California's Governor Brown signed companion bills from the Senate and Assembly, Senate Bill 32 (SB 32) and Assembly Bill 197 (AB 197), continuing California on a path to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions –...more
Ontario has released a proposed new statute called the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act, 2016 (the Climate Change Act). The Ontario government also released the Cap and Trade Regulatory Proposal (the Cap...more
California's drought is now in its fourth year, and state leaders are faced with making unprecedented decisions further restricting water use. The brown lawns and dying trees are all too obvious and painful examples of the...more
Notwithstanding Congressional gridlock on climate change legislation, cap-and-trade remains the tried and true efficient method for reducing air emissions. Although the acid rain provisions of the Clean Air Act are the most...more
The Sacramento Superior Court has upheld the constitutionality of California Air Resources Board's ("ARB") cap and trade auctions in the related cases California Chamber of Commerce v. ARB and Morning Star Packing Company v....more