Daily Compliance News: June 4, 2025, The Climate Disaster Management Edition
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy
Navigating Environmental Restrictions on Alternative Project Delivery for Complex Infrastructure Projects
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC
Navigating Clean Hydrogen Tax Credits: Insights and Implications - Energy Law Insights
COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast - Panorama del sector energético en Colombia
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Vicinity Energy
Video: Food for Thought and Thoughts on Food: Innovating USDA Science with Sanah Baig, Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
State Low Carbon Fuel Standard Outlook
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
Climate Risk, the emerging risk
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Aramark
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: U.S.-EU Global Arrangement
The Now and Next in International Trade: 5 Fast Facts About CFIUS – a National Security Agency You Should Know
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The Legal and Practical Challenges of California's Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation
On June 13, 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published its framework for the disclosure of climate-related financial risks. The framework is entirely voluntary and has several notable changes from...more
California is often the vanguard of climate-related policies and programs. From legislation requiring the state to reduce overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and procure electricity from renewable and carbon-free sources...more
Beginning January 1, 2025, the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” regulatory framework requires urban retail water suppliers — not individual households or businesses — to adopt a series of “urban water use...more
In the summer of 2024, the State Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform began convening public hearings, interviews, and forums to understand how to reform land use permitting to address California’s ongoing “housing...more
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (“NARUC”) has issued a report titled: Long-Term Planning among Regulated Natural Gas Utilities: A Review of State Requirements (“Report”)....more
The methodology outlines a three-step approach for obtaining credits: retirement of coal-fired power plants, generation of replacement renewable electricity, and assurance of a just transition....more
Trump Paves Way for Coal Renaissance and Targets State Climate Change Efforts - In early April, President Trump issued several presidential actions to revive the coal industry, including rolling back environmental...more
The Congressional Review Act (“CRA”), enacted in 1996, allows Congress to disapprove federal regulations promulgated by government agencies within 60 legislative working days after the rule is submitted to Congress. In order...more
On April 7, 2025, a coalition of climate-impacted individuals and leading environmental NGOs—including Greenpeace and Notre Affaire à Tous—addressed a formal notice to the French government, challenging France's adaptation...more
On March 31, 2025, a coalition of environmental groups in New York filed a lawsuit to compel the New York Department of Environmental Conservation ("DEC") to issue regulations implementing the Climate Leadership and Community...more
On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a virtual public workshop to discuss forthcoming regulations implementing California’s corporate climate disclosure laws. The workshop focused on the scope of...more
After eight years of legal proceedings, the Hamm Higher Regional Court has issued its final judgment in the Lliuya v. RWE AG case. The court dismissed the appeal by Mr. Luciano Lliuya without allowing for further appeal...more
On June 13, 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released a voluntary framework for climate-related financial risk disclosures, marking a significant advancement in global banking transparency. This framework...more
The National Environmental Protection Act ("NEPA") requires that federal agencies assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making final decisions, including decisions on issuing federal permits,...more
Former Congressman Peter Roskam, who leads BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, provides listeners with a front-row seat to the most important policy and political debates in Congress. In this episode of “The Cloakroom with...more
On January 30, 2025, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana proposed a joint resolution of disapproval aimed at rescinding the recent Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Guidance on Carbon Credits ("the Guidance"). The...more
The UK's Climate Change Act 2008 requires the UK government to set five-year carbon budgets that cap total greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions. The UK is currently operating within its Fourth Carbon Budget, which covers the...more
On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) hosted a virtual public workshop to discuss its progress in implementing California’s sweeping new climate disclosure laws. California Senate Bills (SB) 253, 261, and...more
France is doubling down on nuclear energy. Once a symbol of national pride and now the backbone of its decarbonized electricity mix, nuclear power is experiencing a full-fledged renaissance in France. After years of...more
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) and Cornell University issued a report titled: Driving Loss Reduction Through State-Created Residual Insurance Markets (“Report”)....more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved this Wednesday to erase limits on greenhouse gases from power plants and to weaken restrictions on other hazardous power plant emissions, including mercury, arsenic, and...more
As the 2025 hurricane season unfolds, insurance companies prepare. Early summer is time to closely monitor hurricane forecasts, assess risks, and account for financial implications that could arise due to increased property...more
In early April, President Trump issued several energy-related presidential actions aimed at reviving the coal industry. These actions could boost the domestic coal industry, including by rolling back environmental regulations...more
As discussed in a previous article, the European Union is seeking to "bring competitiveness and climate goals together," and therefore launched a reform package—the Omnibus package—regarding sustainability reporting and...more
New York has failed to adopt climate reporting requirements in the 2025 legislative session, according to Forbes. ...more
