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House Democrats press ahead with Build Back Better Act, including $550 billion in climate-related funding.
The House will send the package to the Senate to continue negotiations over controversial...more
11/5/2021
/ Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Oil & Gas ,
Popular ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Renewable Energy
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In the lead-up to November’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow, the United States has joined much of the rest of the world in its pursuit of a clean-energy economy that reduces emissions and environmental impacts from...more
On Wednesday, July 21, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) unanimously voted to issue a new policy statement to target unlawful right to repair acts or practices that violate competition laws or Section 5...more
The U.S. Senate recently passed the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act (Act) by a 92-8 vote to help American farmers, ranchers and private forest owners adopt, and ultimately profit from, activities that reduce or...more
This spring, Democratic members of both houses of Congress reintroduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, or CRDA, a bill that would require every public company to issue climate-related financial disclosures. While prior...more
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill backed by President Biden supporting the Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act (the “Act”), H.R. 1187. The Act supports the Securities and Exchange...more
Democratic members of both houses of Congress reintroduced last month the Climate Risk Disclosure Act (“Act”), H.R. 2570, a bill that would require every public company to issue climate-related financial disclosures. This...more
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- On Earth Day, the Biden-Harris administration announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50 to 52 percent reduction in economy-wide GHG emissions by 2030, which constitutes the country’s new NDC...more
5/3/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Electricity ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) ,
NHTSA ,
Paris Agreement ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
President Biden’s Discretionary Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2022 -
On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted President Biden’s discretionary funding request (the “Request”) to Congress for...more
4/30/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
NIST ,
OMB ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On Earth Day, April 22, President Biden will launch a two-day Leaders Summit on Climate, a key lead-up meeting to this November’s United Nations climate talks in Glasgow. The President invited over 40 world leaders to the...more
In March, House Democrats re-introduced the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for Our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, a comprehensive climate package that aims to transition virtually every major sector of the U.S....more
On Wednesday, March 10, the House passed the Senate-approved version of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, on a 220-211 vote (title-by-title summary available here). No Republicans supported the bill, and one...more
On Tuesday, March 2, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee introduced a sweeping climate proposal—the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act—an amended version of...more
A number of President Biden’s early climate and environmental policies direct federal funding, research and procurement decisions toward infrastructure. In this installment of our series on President Biden’s “Climate Day”...more
As we previewed yesterday morning, January 27 was the Biden administration’s “Climate Day.”
Yesterday’s actions—two executive orders and a presidential memorandum—provided further detail on the President’s roadmap for...more
As Senators-elect Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are sworn-in after certification of the Georgia elections, Democrats are poised to assume the majority in the Senate, which, along with their control of the White...more
1/18/2021
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Climate Change ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Security ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Members of Congress ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Supply Chain ,
Tax Reform ,
Telecommunications
With Democrats now in control of both houses of Congress, environmental and climate change issues will play a more prominent role in legislative deliberations in the United States over the next two years, and beyond. The...more
Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected to serve as the 46th President of the United States, crossing the 270 electoral vote threshold on Saturday, November 7, with a victory in Pennsylvania. His running mate, Sen....more
11/12/2020
/ Appropriations Bill ,
Biden Administration ,
Continuing Resolution ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Election Results ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Joe Biden ,
Kamala Harris ,
Lame Duck Session ,
Leadership ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NDAA ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Candidates ,
Presidential Elections ,
Regulatory Agenda
- It is apparent that former Vice President Joe Biden’s “clean energy revolution” and climate goals stand in stark contrast with the policies the Trump Administration has pursued during its first term, underscoring the...more
9/29/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Air Quality Standards ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Federal Land ,
Joe Biden ,
Oil & Gas ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Candidates ,
Popular ,
Presidential Elections ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Rollbacks ,
Trump Administration ,
Water Quality
On Thursday, September 17, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and other Committee Republicans introduced a finalized version of their long-awaited data privacy legislation, which was first unveiled as a...more
9/22/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Transfers ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation
On Thursday, May 14, House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chair Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce (CPC) Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced a bicameral counter-proposal to the...more
5/15/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health Emergency
Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee formally introduced legislation on May 7, 2020, to give Americans more control over and insight into how their personal health, proximity and...more
5/12/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contact Tracing ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Geological Data ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health Emergency
Last week, a subset of the Democratic Senators and Representatives who previously led the introduction of the “Green New Deal” proposed legislation that, while a longshot, would alter dramatically the U.S. energy industry....more
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- House Democrats have released draft text for the CLEAN Future Act, a comprehensive climate bill that aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution throughout the United States by 2050 by directing federal...more
2/10/2020
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
PFAS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Trump Administration
Last week the Trump administration released a set of regulatory artificial intelligence (AI) principles to govern the development of AI in the private sector. As private industry and government stakeholders increase their...more