Business Better Podcast Episode: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – Insights Three Years Later
Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
Harnessing Technology in Litigation: Insights from Troutman Pepper eMerge - Energy Law Insights
Podcast - Hot Topics in Nuclear Waste
Episode 344 -- SEC Settles FCPA Case with Moog for $1.7 Million
Growing the Solar and Storage Landscape With Mike Hall, Anza Renewables - Battery + Storage Podcast
Podcast - Beyond Compliance: A Deep Dive into Carbon Markets Fraud and the Government's Response
Navigating Complexities in Tax Equity Transactions - Energy Law Insights
Capacity Crunch Series Continued: Balancing Reliability, Unprecedented Load Growth & Affordability in the Energy Transition (Part 2) - Energy Law Insights
Capacity Crunch Series Continued: Balancing Reliability, Unprecedented Load Growth & Affordability in the Energy Transition (Part 1) - Energy Law Insights
Episode 340: DOJ Updates Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
Podcast - Gestión del gobierno en el sector de energía: Una mirada desde los entes de control
Navigating Intellectual Property Challenges in the Renewable Energy Sector - Energy Law Insights
Navigating Clean Hydrogen Tax Credits: Insights and Implications - Energy Law Insights
Come & Take It: The Eminent Domain Podcast (Episode #13), Featuring Winstead Shareholder Tom Forestier
Expanding Energy Storage Through Cross-Cultural Insights With Dr. Marco Terruzin, Energy Vault — Battery + Storage Podcast
Episode 337 -- Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
Minería en tiempos de transición energética
Recent Developments in Florida Energy and Environmental Legislation
Storing Gravitational and Hybrid Energy, With Dr. Raj Talluri, Enovix — Battery + Storage Podcast
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on November 13, 2024, the release of its latest Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report, “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Sustainable Aviation Fuel,” which analyzes the technical...more
We are pleased to share the November 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more
On November 20, 2024, Angola enacted Presidential Decree 8/24 on Oil & Gas Incremental Production (“Incremental Production Decree”). This legal statute creates a new special legal and tax framework aimed to promote additional...more
On November 19, 2024, the Chamber of Deputies approved Bill No. 182/2024, establishing the Brazilian Emissions Trading System (SBCE), following its approval by the Federal Senate on November 13. The text now awaits...more
As the world moves toward cleaner energy, lithium has become crucial, powering electric vehicles and renewable-energy storage systems. With lithium demand set to increase more than 40-fold by 2040, the race to extract this...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order No. 904, Compensation for Reactive Power Within the Standard Power Factor Range, 189 FERC ¶ 61,034 (2024), eliminating most compensation for reactive power service...more
The re-election of former president Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States will have major implications for the key policy issues described below. Empowered by a Republican majority in both chambers, though...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Phillips 66 Company with violating the Clean Water Act. The matter is being handled by the...more
As the dust settles from the elections in Mexico, a new set of political decisions that have transpired in constitutional amendments pose new and major challenges for local and foreign investors with current or future...more
Three years ago, a court in the Netherlands had ruled that Shell--a multinational fossil fuel company based in the Netherlands--had the obligation to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by forty-five percent by 2030, relative...more
As mentioned in a previous post, the P3 Awards are held yearly to recognize and celebrate projects and individuals in the P3 space. This year many incredible projects and teams were nominated but only some of them took home a...more
Welcome to the November 2024 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we summarize five key developments impacting REITs this past year....more
The 2024 election ushers in a renewed focus on “energy independence” under a second Trump administration. Policies emphasizing expanded oil and gas development, regulatory rollbacks, and traditional infrastructure investment...more
In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Predictions and Practical Policies Podcast, ESG Co-chair Jen Rubin moderates a forward-looking discussion on what businesses can expect for ESG, clean tech, and energy regulation...more
The re-election of Donald Trump has renewed focus on policies prioritizing American interests. The “America First” agenda is expected to impact the logistics industry, both domestically and globally. As the new administration...more
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the immediate future of the U.S. offshore wind industry after the re-election of Donald Trump, industry participants including the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) are cautiously...more
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) ) will host the next Project Peer Review from April 22-25, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. During the 2025 Project Peer Review, around 200 projects in...more
While we often associate solar panels with homes, businesses are also turning to renewable alternatives to power their properties. As electricity costs remain volatile one of the ways environmentally aware landlords and...more
On November 12, 2024, less than one week after the most recent presidential election which will likely result in substantial changes to energy policy in the United States, the United States Environmental Protection Agency...more
With the commitment of no less than 22 countries at COP 28 to triple global nuclear power capacity by 2050, and the UK government’s announcement in its Spring Budget that it would buy two sites for two new nuclear power...more
Just as many national, local and company-specific clean energy and sustainability goals are aiming for carbon reduction or carbon neutrality by certain future dates, such as the U.S. federal government’s target of at least 50...more
While still a newly minted lawyer early in 1977, I had the good fortune to land a job with the then brand-new Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. This coincided with the 1976 election of Jimmy Carter as...more
The November election results signal changes to energy policy at the state and federal levels. While it is not yet clear how these changes will develop in the months to come, one winner that appears to have emerged at the...more
As the effects of climate change become more urgent, municipalities across the United States are enacting laws attempting to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy performance. These initiatives present both landlords and...more
On October 7, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (the “Board”) issued a Notice of Proposed Substantial Changes to its previously proposed Community Solar Energy Program regulations (the “Proposed Changes”). The...more