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
In the July edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including important reminders for companies’ upcoming Form 10-Q filings; the themes revealed by the 12 proxy contests that have...more
In the third attempt in less than 10 years, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule package (“Proposal”) that would apply strict greenhouse gas emissions standards to the fossil fuel-fired power sector. The...more
Key Points - The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA limits the EPA’s options for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, but the agency can still pursue emission reductions at individual power plants and other...more
On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court held that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to promulgate a program requiring power plants to shift away from coal to...more
On 30 June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, limiting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants...more
After seven years, three presidential administrations, and two appearances before the Supreme Court, the Obama Administration’s “Clean Power Plan” (“CPP”)—a Clean Air Act regulation designed to limit carbon emissions from...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in the case of West Virginia v. EPA regarding the agency’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) from new and existing coal- and gas-fired power...more
The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear an appeal of the D.C. Circuit's decision to strike down Trump-era restrictions--which were quite weak--on coal-burning power plants. The Court's ruling here may limit the ability of...more
Last week, we wrote about the Supreme Court's unprecedented issuance of a stay prohibiting the implementation of the "Clean Power Plan" while a judicial challenge to the Plan is pending. The extraordinary stay decision...more
On February 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) took an unprecedented step by halting the implementation of the Obama Administration's federal regulation to control carbon dioxide emissions, generally...more
On February 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an unprecedented grant of applications to stay the Clean Power Plan, President Obama’s signature climate change rule. The rule is being challenged in the U.S....more
In a highly unusual action, the United States Supreme Court yesterday issued a stay prohibiting the implementation of the "Clean Power Plan," a final regulation issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") on...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Clean Power Plan (Plan) in its final form on August 3, 2015. The rule reshapes energy policy nationwide by setting state-by-state greenhouse gas emissions...more
Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA et al. 573 U.S. ____ (2014) - On June 23, 2014, the United States Supreme Court held that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped its authority under the Clean Air Act...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Supreme Court upholds EPA's power to regulate greenhouse gas: Allen Matkins - Jun 24: On Monday, June 23, in a long-awaited decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Utility Air Regulatory Group v....more
On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated decision in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from...more
The last few weeks have brought significant developments in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. On June 18, 2014, the EPA published for public comment a proposed...more
On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the first decision to place limitations on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases (GHG) under the Clean Air Act. In the...more
Last Monday, the Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated opinion in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, No. 12-1146 (June 23, 2014), partially upholding and partially invalidating EPA’s 2010 regulations governing...more
The Supreme Court partially upheld and partially rejected June 23 a set of Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations for major pollution sources, following a legal challenge from the utility industry. The 5-4...more
In 2007, the Supreme Court told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) it was wrong to conclude that it lacked the authority to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted from vehicles, because GHGs are an “air...more
On June 23, 2014, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision,1 affirmed in part and reversed in part the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") greenhouse gas ("GHG")...more
GHG Rules Allowable for Sources Otherwise Subject to Federal Clean Air Act Permitting - On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated decision in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA concerning...more
Excerpt from Energy and Climate Debate: The Supreme Court partially upheld and partially rejected June 23 a set of Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations for major pollution sources, following a...more
No matter how you slice it (and we are all still studying it), yesterday’s Supreme Court omnibus decision on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) regulation (the lead case being Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, No. 12-1146, decided...more