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California Adds New Options to Growing Menu of Prop 65 Warning Labels for Foods Containing Acrylamide, Citing “Additional...

California recently amended its Proposition 65 regulations to add several additional alternative “safe harbor” warning labels for foods containing acrylamide, a naturally-occurring byproduct that can result during high-heat...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

President Trump’s First Energy Move

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When he assumes office again on January 20, 2025, newly reelected President Donald J. Trump can make one move regarding energy that not only will facilitate the increased availability of domestic oil and gas production but...more

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PE Firms Prepare to Navigate Market Uncertainty After U.S. Election

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31% of North American respondents believe that the Republican victory in November’s U.S. presidential election has the potential to boost portfolios, particularly for North American firms. Donald Trump’s victory in...more

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Southern District of New York Rules Lawsuit Seeking to Hold Banks Liable for Environmental Harm from Mining Must Be Brought in...

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On September 30, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that related lawsuits seeking to hold multiple global banks liable for financing mining activity that allegedly led to environmental...more

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Climate investment is rising fast – but the financing gap to deliver Net Zero is rising faster

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Our second annual study into the scale of the financing needed to decarbonize the global economy reveals the challenge is bigger than previously thought. - Our research shows we are USD6 trillion a year short of what needs...more

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What will happen to IRA clean energy subsidies in the Trump Administration?

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was one of the most significant legislative victories of the Biden administration, fostering tens of billions (USD) in planned clean energy investments, much of this yet to be...more

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Autumn Budget 2024: Key Takeaways for the UK’s Energy Sector - Part One

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The UK's new Labour Government’s first Budget has revealed key measures, aiming to support the UK’s transition into cleaner energy. Whilst many changes are largely positive for the renewable sector, the Budget does highlight...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Deadline for Carbon-Related Disclosures Under CA AB 1305 Quickly Approaching

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The deadline for the California law requiring disclosure of information substantiating carbon reduction claims is January 1, 2025, so companies should begin working on these disclosure statements if they are not underway or...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The Ghosts of Coal Combustion Residuals

Halloween is over, but spooky season just began for anyone that owned, or now owns, a coal-fired power plant. If not already, these facilities should be frightened about the potential liability implicated by the Hazardous and...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New CESA Candidate Species Impacts Project Permitting Requirements Throughout California

At its Oct. 9-–10, 2024, meeting in Sacramento, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) unanimously voted to make the western burrowing owl a “candidate” species under the California Endangered Species Act...more

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California Open to Input on Endangered Species Listing for Burrowing Owl

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The western burrowing owl was just recently elevated to a “candidate species” under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). As a candidate species, the owl now...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and White County Tree Service...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and James Osborne entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of Arkansas...more

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Citizen Suit Action/RCRA: Federal Court Addresses Applicability to Agency Supervised Site Remediation

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (“Court”) addressed in a June 25th Opinion an issue arising out of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Raritan Baykeeper,...more

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A Step Closer to CSRD’s Non-EU Group Reporting Standards

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On 30 October 2024, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") standards for global groups with a significant European footprint took a notable public step forward. The European Financial Reporting Advisory...more

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Foley Automotive Update - November 2024

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Foley & Lardner will provide podcast commentary on key trends impacting the automotive supply industry as part of the firm’s participation in the MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers Annual Conference on November 12-13, 2024...more

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Incident Response Guide/Water and Wastewater Sector: Three Federal Agencies Issue Joint Publication

Three federal agencies have collectively developed a document titled:                Incident Response Guide - Water and Wastewater Sector (“Guide”)....more

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Brazilian Supreme Court Allows Landfills to Continue Operating in Permanent Preservation Areas and Compensation of Legal Reserves...

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The Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal - STF) has decided by majority vote that landfills being installed or already operating or expanding in Permanent Preservation Areas (Áreas de Preservação Permanente -...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

First Commercial Offshore Wind Lease Sale in the Gulf of Maine Completed

On October 29, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held an auction for offshore wind areas in the Gulf of Maine. Although BOEM leased an offshore wind area in the Gulf of Maine for a research installation last...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Energy Policy Priorities for the 119th Congress and Trump Administration

President-elect Trump has been outspoken about his intent to reverse many of the Biden administration’s clean energy legislative and regulatory actions. We expect that the second Trump administration will seek to repeal...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Oregon EFSC Adopts Rules to Clarify Contested Case ‎Procedures for Energy Projects

Understanding the New Landscape for Energy Developers - The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) has introduced rule changes to clarify the contested case procedures for large-scale energy project approvals....more

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European Supervisory Authorities Publish Joint Report on Principal Adverse Impacts Disclosures under the EU Sustainable Finance...

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The European Supervisory Authorities have published their third annual report on disclosures of principal adverse impacts under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The report assesses both entity and...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Will Fracking Determine The Next President?

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On November 5, a few issues have come to dominate the national discourse. The right of a woman to an abortion, the fate of our porous borders and of those illegal/undocumented immigrants, and the wars in the Middle East and...more

Bracewell LLP

PRG Pulse 2024 Post-Election Analysis: Energy and Environmental Policy

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A second Trump administration is expected to prioritize “energy dominance,” focusing on expanding oil and gas, reducing regulations, and increasing drilling, especially with Republican-led committees in Congress likely...more

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PRG 2024 Post-Election Pulse Check: Carbon Markets and CCUS

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Anna Karakitsos, a senior government affairs advisor in Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group, discusses the future of carbon credits and carbon capture utilization and sequestration under a new Trump administration....more

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PRG 2024 Post-Election Pulse Check: Hydrogen

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E. Dee Martin, partner and co-head of Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group, and Rebecca Brown, a PRG principal, discuss the future of the hydrogen industry during the second Trump administration....more

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