Good morning! 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
8/19/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Hydropower ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Supply Chain
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
Good morning! 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
7/12/2024
/ Chevron Deference ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy & Climate Debates ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Nuclear Power ,
Offshore Wind
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past two weeks and forthcoming climate-related events and...more
2/9/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government
The past 12 months have been some of the trickiest to navigate for oil & gas companies in recent memory. Despite high energy prices and record cashflows, there is still uncertainty about what future paths to growth might look...more
12/21/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Raising ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Financing ,
Investment ,
Mergers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy
Introduction -
Congress returns from the August recess with a robust agenda and limited time to pursue it. The calendar is further constrained by the September 30 deadline to pass appropriations packages or a continuing...more
9/5/2023
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Climate Change ,
Continuing Resolution ,
EBITDA ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Shutdown ,
Healthcare ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Life Sciences ,
NDAA ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
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...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...more
Good morning!
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...more
Good evening!
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...more
Good evening!
This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past two weeks and forthcoming climate-related events and...more
On Wednesday, May 31, the House of Representatives voted 314-117, to send the Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3746; the “Act”) to the Senate. The permitting reform provisions tracked the deal announced by the White House and...more
President Biden issued his first veto to reject a Congressional Review Act measure to shoot down the Department of Labor’s environmental, social, and governance-related (ESG) rule. Governors are also pushing back on the Biden...more
On March 2, 2023, a bi-partisan group of Senators introduced a package of legislation dubbed the Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative aimed at facilitating the build out of the hydrogen infrastructure necessary to transport,...more
The Environmental Protection Agency issued its initial guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act. Further, the Treasury Department—in collaboration with the Internal Revenue Service and the...more
Last week, President Biden delivered the State of the Union and outlined his vision for the U.S. energy transition. Meanwhile, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) responded to a request from Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-TN),...more
To further the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind in the U.S. by 2030, the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium issued its supply chain roadmap. Meanwhile, the...more
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 forthcoming climate-related...more
Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) permitting reform hit the end of the road, failing with a vote of 47-47—however, Senate Democrats and Republicans signaled interest in addressing permitting approval in the new Congress....more
[co-author: Leila Fleming]
As a final effort to pass his permitting reform, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) released a new iteration of the bill with concessions on expanded authority to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission....more
[co-author: Leila Fleming]
The Biden administration announced that it will provide a $1.1 billion grant to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to prevent the closure of Diablo Canyon. Additionally, the Environmental Protection...more
[co-author: Kerry Mackenzie and Leila Fleming]
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) released a proposed rule that would establish greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements that would impact...more
11/23/2022
/ California Air Resources Board ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
COP ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Proposed Rules ,
United Nations
Talks during the tenth day of COP 27 focused on solutions and human settlements. Here’s what business leaders need to know to keep up-to-date on climate policy...more
Talks during the ninth day of COP 27 focused on youth, biodiversity, coastal zones and transport. Here’s what business leaders need to know to keep up-to-date on climate policy...more
Talks during the eighth day of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) focused on gender and energy. Here’s what business leaders need to know to keep up-to-date on climate policy...more