COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
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Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Vicinity Energy
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State Low Carbon Fuel Standard Outlook
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
Climate Risk, the emerging risk
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Aramark
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: U.S.-EU Global Arrangement
The Now and Next in International Trade: 5 Fast Facts About CFIUS – a National Security Agency You Should Know
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The Legal and Practical Challenges of California's Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation
Unpacking California's 2024 Zero Emission Fleet Mandate
Podcast - Cracking Down on Carbon Markets: CFTC and FTC Exercise Heightened Scrutiny
Regulated Markets, Generation Planning, and Carbon Reduction: The Ongoing North Carolina Case Study
Climate-Proofing Our Infrastructure: Building Climate Resilience with the Army Corps of Engineers
The ESG Report - Shawn Kreloff - Anaerobic Digestion
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast S2E4: S2E4: Skye Root, Founder of Root Agricultural Advisory
In this Issue: Permitting Reform, the Supreme Court, EV’s, and Climate Week 2024 - After nearly a decade as New York State’s environmental chief, I recently joined Foley Hoag to help the firm’s clients emerge as global...more
Critics say voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are suffering from an “integrity crisis.” Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group examines the Biden Administration’s attempt to bring increased rigor and reliability to...more
The renewable energy industry in the United States has entered a new era of (relative) policy predictability and unprecedented economic incentives. From a legal perspective, the only certainty in a renewable energy practice...more
In June 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS announced that U.S. consumers have saved more than $1 billion in upfront costs on their purchase of more than 150,000 clean vehicles since January 1, 2024, thanks to...more
This month, we are excited to feature Tiburon Subsea, a pioneering ocean technologies solutions platform encouraging sustainability efforts in subsea intelligence. The company’s knowledge, experience, and abilities are rooted...more
Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more
Welcome to the eighth 2024 issue of Currents - our e-newsletter focused on energy topics. Is Nuclear the Panacea to Data Center Load Growth? Per public data, after years of relatively flat load growth around the...more
HyBuildTM North America Initiative - The Green Hydrogen Coalition’s HyBuildTM North America Initiative seeks to bring together key ecosystem stakeholders to plan and develop the competitive, high-volume supply chain...more
Signed into law on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the most significant long-term commitment made by the U.S. government to encourage and support a clean energy future. The IRA modifies and revises the...more
In the first episode of our "A Lo Legal Con Energía" podcast series, Energy & Natural Resources Partner Inés Elvira Vesga engages in a discussion with Colombia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Dr. Amylkar Acosta. Together,...more
Good afternoon! 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
Governor Janet Mills and Maine’s congressional delegation announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $147 million grant to develop the largest long-duration energy storage project in the world to date....more
The last several weeks of unexpected and unprecedented political events have thrown even more confusion into the presidential election. While the outcome of a now Harris-versus-Trump race is maybe even more uncertain, we do...more
This episode is part of our Sustainability Spotlight series, which highlights the sustainability efforts that businesses are making to combat climate change and other environmental challenges. This episode features a...more
Regulatory Updates - Governor Newsom (D-CA) recently proposed a two-year delay to California’s sweeping new mandatory climate disclosures, which apply to all large companies—public or private—doing business in California....more
Two Boston Globe stories I read this weekend on the rapidly shrinking island of Nantucket this weekend are worthy of your attention. The first story is about EPA's consideration of a plan to intentionally dump 6600...more
‘Energy security and net zero are two sides of the same coin.’ This is the opening line of the UK government’s ‘Net Zero Growth Plan’, published in March 2023, and leaves no doubt as to the government’s perception of the...more
As a follow-up to our previous client alert, President Biden has signed the ADVANCE (Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy) Act into law. The ADVANCE Act is aimed at speeding up the...more
States are increasingly holding the fossil fuel sector liable for costs related to climate change. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group unpacks what companies need to know about these new state “superfund”...more
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
Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world. Global - IFRS Foundation releases jurisdictional adoption guide for ISSB Standards- On...more
Finch v. Surrey calls for assessment of all likely direct and indirect environmental effects in EIAs, including certain Scope 3 emissions if a reasonable estimate is feasible. On 20 June 2024, the UK Supreme Court (the...more
The U.S. Senate has passed a groundbreaking bill aimed at accelerating the deployment of nuclear energy capacity. The ADVANCE (Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy) Act seeks to expedite...more
On June 4, 2024, a number of Congressional Democrats (10 Senators; 28 Congressmen) sent a letter to SEC Chairman Gensler, urging that the SEC “enforce existing SEC climate disclosure-related guidance” while the legal...more
During recent Senate hearings pertaining to energy and appointment made by the Biden administration to the United States Department of Energy, some of the most interesting questions have been asked by Senator John Kennedy of...more