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Investors and Regulators Demand Climate Disclosures, but Companies Should Beware of Greenwashing Claims

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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

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Solar Flare, Security Breach, and Therapeutic Treatment

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Residential Solar Firm Lumio Files Bankruptcy, Plans to Sell | Bloomberg - Privately owned provider of residential solar panels Lumio filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday in Delaware with plans to sell its company to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for May 2024

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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IP and Tech: Twin Engines of Innovative Sustainability

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In the quest for a sustainable future, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent goalposts, albeit lofty ones, that countries can aim for. These 17 interconnected goals address pressing global...more

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Midyear observations on the board agenda - Based on insights from the 2024 Board Leadership Conference

Approaching midyear, business leaders are bullish on growth and the opportunities ahead. At the same time, the macro forces of GenAI, climate change, a multipolar geopolitical landscape and the erosion of trust and healthy...more

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BOEM Releases Tougher Financial Assurance Requirements for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

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New and additional bonding requirements for certain companies operating on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) will take effect in June as a result of a recent rulemaking. These new requirements will be phased in over a...more

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Energy Law: Month in Review - March/April 2024

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. Please reach out to any of the authors, listed above, to discuss these issues....more

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The SEC Issues Final Climate Disclosure Rules for Public Companies, but Legal Challenges are Pending

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized its long-awaited climate disclosure rules on a party-line 3-2 vote. The new rules have been significantly watered down from the SEC’s March 21, 2022...more

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Weather & Climate Risk Management Part I: Management of Weather & Climate Risks

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2023 was the hottest year on record. Not only the hottest since U.S. meteorological recordkeeping began in 1850, but according to Scientific American, 2023 was also “the hottest temperature that our planet has experienced in...more

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SEC Adopts Long-Anticipated Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

The rules impose standardized disclosure requirements on public companies beginning as early as 2026 (for fiscal year ending 2025, depending on filer status). Climate-related disclosures, including in financial statement...more

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SEC Approves Sweeping New Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Takeaways

The Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued its long-awaited final rule concerning climate disclosures, entitled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” (“Climate Disclosure...more

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Narrowing the Scope: The SEC Finalized its Climate-Related Disclosures Rule

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Following a nearly two-year wait, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—on March 6, 2024. The...more

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SEC Issues Final Rule on Climate Disclosures

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In an open meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved in a 3-2 vote a Final Rule on climate disclosures that will “require registrants to provide certain climate-related...more

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Using Whistleblower Laws to Hold Polluters Accountable

Global political and business leaders have purported ambitious climate-focused goals for the decades ahead, such as eliminating landfill waste by 2030, transitioning to 100% renewable energy use by 2035, and achieving...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This Week’s Climate Policy Update - November 2023

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

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Current Trends in Climate Change Technology Investment

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As the world grapples with fast-changing weather patterns, wildfires, record-breaking heat, and many other climate-related issues, it is becoming increasingly important to develop the technologies that will help to combat...more

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ESG, VPPAs and Dodd-Frank

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As corporations experience increased pressure from shareholders, consumers, employees, and the federal government to adopt Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) goals, many are procuring renewable energy as one way of...more

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EPA to Announce Proposed Regulation To Control GHG Emissions From Power Plants

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It has been publicly reported that the Biden Administration's EPA will shortly "announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks."  In...more

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Cozen Currents: The Taxman Cometh, But Which Taxman?

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The Cozen Lens- •Congress isn't in its tax heyday like it was in 2017 or 2021, but tax policy is far from dormant as the Biden administration focuses on implementing the Inflation Reduction Act tax agenda and a major tax...more

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SEC Receives Complaint of Alleged Greenwashing by International Energy Company

On February 1, 2023, Global Witness – an international non-governmental organization – filed what it called a “groundbreaking greenwashing complaint” with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Climate and ESG Task...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Executive Branch Climate and Sustainability Developments to Watch in 2023—a “Go To” List for Business Leaders

2022 marked a historic year for climate change action in the Executive Branch. The Biden-Harris administration continued to deploy a “whole-of-government” approach to combating climate change, securing over $300 billion in...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Mitigating risks of greenwashing litigation

​​​​​​​On July 28, 2022, a group of environmental nonprofits filed a lawsuit in Washington D.C. Superior Court against a utility alleging that various marketing statements referring to natural gas as “clean,” “carbon...more

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Enforcement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors/Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Rule:...

The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) submitted comments to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) addressing its proposed rule titled: Enhancement and Standardization of...more

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Proposed Legislation Aims to Regulate Digital Assets' Energy Use

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On June 6, 2022, United States Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the first major bipartisan bill intended to regulate digital assets. Interestingly, the bill calls for additional...more

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SEC Proposes Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures and Extends Deadline for Public Comments

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Key Takeaways - ..The SEC proposed amendments to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in registration statements and periodic reports. ..The proposed rules would require a company to...more

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