As we previously covered, California has been working towards the development of “green hydrogen,” i.e., hydrogen fuel produced by...
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We are not expecting further big climate reduction commitments from countries this year at COP27. The leaders of China and Russia (the...
US EPA periodically issues compliance advisories and enforcement alerts that highlight the agency’s enforcement efforts related to...
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed three bills addressing carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) and carbon...
The Sixth Circuit issued an order on September 9, 2022 granting review of a class certification from March 7, 2022 that certified a class...
Introduction President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act) into law on August 16, 2022. The Act represents an...
As anticipated, on Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed Risk Management Program (RMP) Safer...
Over the last year, we have seen the emergence of a new carbon market based on the tokenisation of voluntary carbon credits. It...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring large business to report on their (indirect) Scope 3 emissions. This reporting...
The voluntary carbon market has really taken off in the last few years, with the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2016 and the Glasgow...
Before the 2010s, many real estate deals closed without the mere mention of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as part of...
Can carbon-neutral fossil fuels can gain credibility and scale up through voluntary efforts, or will market adoption have to be compelled...
In this article, we take stock of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and similar initiatives in the United States, Canada,...
In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) rejected U.S. EPA’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan in West Virginia v. EPA on...
On the back of unfortunate geopolitical developments this year, which have drastically changed the path to a carbon-neutral economy, we...
Status Last month, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released a revised discussion draft of a proposed...