Recent Updates to Federal Environmental and Natural Resource Regulations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Vicinity Energy
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: U.S.-EU Global Arrangement
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
How Do You Measure The Economic Value of Ecosystems?
Is My Company Required to Comply with the Paris Agreement?
West Virginia vs. EPA Part II: U.S. Supreme Court Applies the Major Questions Doctrine to limit EPA Regulatory Authority
Corruption, Crime, and Compliance - SEC Update: Proposed Climate Change and Cyber Incident Rules
2BInformed: The EPA’s Impact on Supply Chains and Climate Change, and Defining “Unreasonable Risk”
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Six: Understanding the Intersection of ESG and the Forest Sector with MaryKate Bullen, Director of Sustainability and ESG of Forest Investment Associates
Monthly Minute | Green Technology Resources
JONES DAY TALKS®: Carbon Markets are Booming, and Regulators are Watching
Climate Change: What’s Next With Regulation and Renewable Energy
Nota Bene Episode 101: Catching up with Global Climate Regulation with Nico van Aelstyn
Videocast: Section 45Q Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) credit
[WEBINAR] Update on the California Environmental Quality Act: What’s New for 2018
Senate Bill 375 and Susatainable Communities Strategies
Update: In August 2024, the California Legislature passed SB 219. This bill makes minor but important amendments to SB 253 and SB 261. Notably, SB 219 provides CARB with additional flexibility on the timing of Scope 3...more
Recently, Governor Newsom proposed that California delay the implementation of its recently-enacted climate disclosure laws for two years. The California legislature has effectively rejected this proposal by passing S.B....more
Kilpatrick’s John Livingston recently presented “An In-House Counsel’s Guide to Corporate Energy Procurement and Pathways to Meet Sustainability Goals” at the firm’s annual In- House Counsel Summit in Raleigh. Mr. Livingston...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
On September 4, 2024, the New Mexico Environment Department’s Air Quality Bureau (AQB) updated its Civil Penalty Policy, making several key changes to its assessment of civil penalties and administrative compliance costs in...more
California Climate Disclosure Laws – New Developments, Old Timelines - The California legislature recently rejected Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to delay the deadlines to comply with California’s climate disclosure...more
On Aug. 31, the California legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 219, making targeted changes to SB253, the landmark California law that requires firms to report Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions beginning in 2026 and Scope 3...more
Thomas Paoletti, Managing Partner at Paoletti Law Group, provides expert opinion on ESG in the Middle East – the current situation and what still needs to be done to work towards a more sustainable future....more
On July 17, 2024, Pennsylvania joined a growing number of states establishing a legal framework for the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and underground sequestration (“CCUS”) is promoted as a technology...more
Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group explains how – if approved by the governor – the deadline to set precise compliance dates for the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CCDAA) and Climate-Related...more
On August 31, 2024, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 219, approving certain technical amendments to the climate disclosure requirements under Senate Bill 253 (greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions) and Senate Bill...more
On September 3, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) published proposed regulations relating to the Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program (the...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
Pressure from consumers, investors, and regulators to provide climate, environmental, and sustainability disclosures is increasing, but it is important for companies to ensure such disclosures are accurate, verifiable, and...more
The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) has floated two straw proposals (available here) outlining conceptual frameworks to update the 2021...more
As we previously reported in October 2023, the California legislature adopted three significant climate disclosure laws...more
Last year, California passed three first-in-the-nation climate laws imposing disclosure obligations on thousands of companies with a presence in California. In October of 2023, California signed into law AB 1305, requiring...more
After not accepting California Governor Newsom’s proposal to delay implementing California’s Climate Accountability laws by two years, the California legislature passed amendments on August 31, 2024, to California’s 2023...more
On July 18, 2024, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided that environmental groups were entitled to intervene in a case challenging the lawfulness of a greenhouse gas regulation because the state’s attorneys failed to raise...more
In 2023, when California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills related to climate disclosure—Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and SB 261, Greenhouse gases: climate-related financial...more
El Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible busca reglamentar un programa que evitaría la doble contabilización de los gases no emitidos, y establece los lineamientos sobre los cupos transables de emisiones para las...more
On 14 April 2024, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited published conclusions to its consultation on the enhancement of climate-related disclosures under its environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) framework. With...more
Much has been said about Chair Gary Gensler's aggressive rulemaking since his arrival at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2021. Certainly, the number of rule proposals has increased: The SEC has proposed...more
In October 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Climate Corporate Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate‐Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261), jointly referred to as the Climate Accountability...more
In this week’s edition, we discuss the UK’s advertising regulator’s continued focus on greenwashing enforcement – this time, in relation to Virgin Atlantic and its use of sustainable aviation fuel. We also discuss the latest...more