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
REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES - Update on Australia's New Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Regime - Australia's mandatory climate-related financial disclosure regime is inching closer to implementation after the...more
On August 31, the California Assembly and Senate passed SB 219, which provides for the following notable changes to the climate disclosure laws, among others: Gov. Gavin Newsom has until September 30 to sign or veto SB 219....more
In a update to the Environmental Law Monitor’s continuing coverage of California’s historic climate disclosure laws, California State Sen. Scott Weiner put forth on August 13 proposals to Senate Bill 219 that would delay the...more
The California legislature continues to press forward with the implementation of two of the state's sweeping climate disclosure laws after a proposal to delay the implementation dates by the governor failed to be considered...more
Australia's mandatory climate-related financial disclosure regime is inching closer to implementation after the proposed legislative reforms were passed by both Houses of Parliament in September 2024. As discussed in our...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In the December 2023 edition of Regulatory Updates in Asia ESG we provided an update on how jurisdictions across Asia are responding to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards. Several regulators in...more
Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s regular bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more