In this Issue: Permitting Reform, the Supreme Court, EV’s, and Climate Week 2024 -
After nearly a decade as New York State’s environmental chief, I recently joined Foley Hoag to help the firm’s clients emerge as global...more
9/19/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Reform ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Renewable Energy ,
Utilities Sector
In June 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS announced that U.S. consumers have saved more than $1 billion in upfront costs on their purchase of more than 150,000 clean vehicles since January 1, 2024, thanks to...more
9/10/2024
/ Automotive Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Charging Stations ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Green Energy ,
Infrastructure ,
Popular ,
Public Transportation ,
Renewable Energy ,
State and Local Government ,
Transportation Industry
One year after the adoption of New York’s Advanced Building Codes, Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards Act, New York has new minimum energy efficiency standards for products and appliances. The standards, which apply...more
7/18/2023
/ Building Codes ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Green Buildings ,
Natural Gas ,
New York ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Sustainability
After a month of hotly debated budget talks, New York passed its 2024 fiscal year budget late Tuesday night, and with it, took a long-awaited step towards decarbonizing New York’s building sector. The budget deal includes...more
A great deal of progress has been made in decarbonizing the power sector through deployment of clean electricity generation technologies such as wind and solar. But other technologies essential to our efforts to combat...more
On December 20, 2021, the Climate Action Council (“Council”) approved the release for public comment of its draft Scoping Plan, which describes how New York can achieve the requirements of the Climate Leadership and Community...more
As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) solicits comments regarding fundamental changes to its regulation of the country’s electricity transmission systems; as the temperature rises in New York State regarding...more
9/17/2021
/ Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Cost-Benefit Analysis ,
Energy Sector ,
New York ,
Public Service Commissions ,
Reliability Standards ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Transmission Lines ,
Transmission Planning ,
Utilities Sector ,
Wind Power
The biofuels industry has had a challenging season in the courts. Several weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that had limited EPA’s ability to grant...more
7/30/2021
/ Biofuel ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Ethanol ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Refineries ,
Renewable Fuel ,
Renewable Fuel Standard ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
On June 10, 2021, the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) states released a final model rule creating a regional cap-and-trade-program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. We wrote about...more
6/16/2021
/ Cap-and-Trade ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Justice ,
Final Rules ,
Green Initiatives ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Public Comment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Transportation Industry