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
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month....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
The German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) adopted the reform of the Federal Emission Control Act (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz – “BImSchG“) with the Acceleration Pact for Renewable Energies and Electrolyzers on June 6, 2024,...more
There are three offshore wind farms operational in the United States today: the Block Island Wind Farm, which commenced operation in 2016; the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which became operational in 2020; and most...more
Our climate emergency has spurred all kinds of innovation around alternatives to the combustion of fossil fuels to generate energy. Today's Boston Globe reports on two different streams of that innovation that couldn't be...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA” or “Act”) added and modified several renewable energy tax provisions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRC”).[1] These changes provide many opportunities...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the government’s motion for summary judgment on May 17, 2023, in a case seeking to invalidate agency approvals of the first utility-scale offshore wind project...more
It’s a well-worn cliché that siting clean energy projects in Massachusetts is difficult. The statutes, regulations, and permitting processes intended to protect the Commonwealth’s environment and communities can also slow...more
On 9 March 2023, the European Commission adopted the Temporary Crisis and Transition State aid Framework ("TCTF") aimed at boosting and retaining clean tech investments in Europe. The TCTF marks an unprecedented loosening of...more
As the climate crisis continues, we're now on the verge of meeting our energy needs through a combination of water, wind, and sun generated electricity. Sadly many Federal and State permits are needed to get that cleaner...more
Inflation Reduction Act Is Now Law – Rollout Begins - Following months of intense closed-door negotiations, Democrats successfully advanced significant portions of their energy and climate agenda with the passage and...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, paving the way for the largest investment in clean energy development and climate change mitigation in U.S. history. The Act will provide...more
On August 16, President Biden signed into law the much-anticipated Inflation Reduction Act. The Act includes numerous clean energy, decarbonization, and climate-related provisions. ...more
In a special episode, Elizabeth Crouse, tax lawyer and practice group coordinator of the K&L Gates Power group, discusses the winners, losers, and many other highlights of the new U.S. federal income tax credit rules just...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 reflects a significant step toward meeting the United States’ greenhouse gas emission reduction targets from the Paris Convention and recognizes the indispensable role that nuclear power...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act) was signed into law on August 16, 2022, and includes about $370 billon for American energy security and climate change. Those changes include very substantial extensions,...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The IRA includes a host of programs aimed at addressing climate change and energy production. These include, for example, major new or...more
Following 15 hours of debate and votes, the U.S. Senate passed legislation this weekend tackling inflation, climate change, and health care. The Senate approved the Inflation Reduction Act on a 51-50 party-line vote,...more
[co-author: Leila Fleming] Good evening! This is Akin Gump’s weekly policy newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from this past week and...more
The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently released a report entitled “Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation Options” (UNECE Report; Report). The Report analyzes the environmental profiles of the full...more
Biden's Build Back Better plan passes House of Representatives as Senate battle looms - PV-Tech – November 22 - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden's Build Back Better act, which now moves...more
This is the second in a series of Quarles & Brady client alerts concerning the approximately 1,000-page Illinois omnibus energy legislation commonly referred to as The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). ...more
On July 30, 2021, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) together with the Port Authority of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)...more
Today brings another lawsuit in federal court by NIMBYies, this time on Nantucket, seeking to kill the Vineyard Wind project. As in a lawsuit filed by a Martha's Vineyard NIMBY earlier this summer, the Nantucket NIMBYies...more
In docket R.20-05-003, its Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) proceeding, the California Public Utilities Commission is considering its preferred portfolio of new resources for the next ten years. A lengthy administrative...more