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Eighth Circuit Temporarily Pauses Climate Rules Litigation and Seeks Response from SEC

Following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s action in March 2025 to end its defense of the final climate-related disclosure rules (Climate Rules), the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and other states...more

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9 Questions About the 2009 Endangerment Finding Reconsideration in 2025

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Over the course of the last 15 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a suite of regulations under the Clean Air Act (CAA) built upon EPA’s finding – originally made in 2009 – that greenhouse gas...more

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NGOs File A Formal Complaint Against the Omnibus Procedure

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Just as the European institutions adopted a Stop The Clock before a deep dive on Omnibus provisions, a coalition of NGOs filed a formal complaint on April 18, 2025, with the European Ombudsman. They claim the European...more

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Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — April 2025

On March 27, 2025, as expected, the SEC under the Trump administration abandoned the climate disclosure rule promulgated by the Biden administration, specifically stating in a court filing that it would no longer defend the...more

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SEC Ends Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

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In March of 2024, we reported on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s adoption of a comprehensive set of rules governing climate-related disclosures. The rules would require public companies to disclose climate-related...more

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SEC Walks Away From Climate Disclosure Litigation

The SEC announced that the Commission had voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions....more

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Commissioner Crenshaw decries SEC action pulling the plug on defense of climate disclosure rules

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As reported in this PubCo post, the SEC announced yesterday that it was ending its “defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions”—the climate disclosure rules. In response to...more

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EPA Announces Deregulatory Initiative to "Power the Great American Comeback"

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on March 12, 2025, that EPA will undertake 31 distinct actions in an effort to advance President Donald Trump's Day One executive orders (EOs) to...more

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Change is in the Air: Everything You Need to Know About California’s Sweeping New Climate Disclosure Laws

On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two sweeping climate disclosure bills, Senate Bill 253 (“SB 253”), the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and Senate Bill 261 (“SB 261”), the...more

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Service Proposes Listing Two California Salamander Species with Critical Habitat Designations

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On October 18, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced 12-month findings on a petition to list three California-based salamander species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): the Kern Plateau salamander...more

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SEC Extends/Reopens Comment Periods for Certain Rulemakings, Including The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemaking process has received much attention under Chair Gensler’s leadership not only because of the volume and substance of proposed rules, but also because of the...more

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Diminutive Desert Owl Makes Big Waves

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On December 22, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) (Owl) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) primarily due...more

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DOL Proposes Another Round of ESG Investing Rules for Plan Fiduciaries

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Summary - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released Proposed Regulations for plan fiduciaries on the role Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations should play in investment decisions....more

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Turning to Transmission: A Critical Connection in the Energy Transition

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Building on the sweeping climate and energy goals set forth by the Biden administration, the spotlight turns to transmission development and power grid infrastructure. An array of federal and state proposals may usher in a...more

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Environmental Law outlook under a Biden Administration

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The Biden administration, now set to take office in January 2021, will face unprecedented challenges. These challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump’s legal challenges to the election results, the call...more

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NEPA Modernization Promises Significant Change

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Agency consideration of climate change curtailed in update to decades-old policy - On January 9, 2020, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) proposed to “update” the nearly forty-year-old regulations...more

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FWS Decides Not to List Long-Living Tree Impacted by Climate Change

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On October 7, 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the agency’s 12-month findings that a dozen species are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened...more

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