This Client Alert—Part 2 of an ongoing series—provides an overview of one of EPA’s key objectives in its draft Strategic Plan: Developing resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts. Other alerts in the series can be...more
1/5/2022
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Climate Change ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Register ,
FEMA ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Comment ,
Strategic Planning
Emphasis on Environmental Justice and Climate Change -
The EPA's draft Strategic Plan provides the key to understanding the agency's priority goals and initiatives, including Climate Change and Environmental Justice...more
10/21/2021
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Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
NEPA ,
RCRA ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Site Remediation ,
Strategic Planning ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Advancing Environmental Justice (“EJ”) is a central pillar of the Biden Administration. Beginning with President Biden’s Executive Order “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad,” signed during his first week in...more
EPA and OMB issue directives and propose an initial budget for the Biden Administration’s EJ initiatives -
With the Biden Administration’s appointees now in place, environmental justice (EJ) is moving to the forefront of...more
4/27/2021
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CERCLA ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Infrastructure ,
NEPA ,
OMB ,
PFAS ,
Public Land ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Superfund
BlackRock Doubles Down on Sustainability -
• BlackRock signals substantially more assertive posture on climate-related issues
• New approach to shareholder proposals saw BlackRock support 54% of environmental and social...more
4/23/2021
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BlackRock ,
Climate Change ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
EEO-1 ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Investment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Street ,
Sustainability ,
Transparency ,
Vanguard
Potential wide-ranging impacts on Engines, Energy, Infrastructure and Shipping -
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-79-20 seeks to address climate change concerns and significantly reduce greenhouse gas...more
10/5/2020
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CARB ,
Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Newsom ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
Low Carbon Fuel Standard ,
National Highway Safety Administration ,
Renewable Energy ,
Shipping ,
Tax Credits ,
Utilities Sector ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
A Texas Federal Judge Turns Up the Heat on Oil Companies Facing Climate Change-Related Securities Class Actions -
On August 14, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a...more
9/17/2018
/ Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fuel Standards ,
Hydropower ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
Shareholders ,
Waste Management ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wind Power