6/10/2024 5:21:21 PM The Biden Administration and U.S. Agencies Publish a Joint Policy Statement and Principles on Voluntary Carbon Markets By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin A.J. Wissinger Clirae Bourke +1 more... Show less Action On May 28, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, and White House representatives published a joint Policy...
8/24/2022 9:53:02 PM Environmental aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 By Megan Haines Ben Patton Todd Maiden Peter Trimarchi Jennifer Smokelin Casey Snyder +3 more... Show less Introduction President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act) into law on August 16, 2022. The Act represents an...
12/13/2021 8:52:13 PM EPA issues proposal to reduce GHGs and VOCs from new and existing oil and natural gas sources By Megan Haines Keturah Brown In response to President Biden’s Executive Order entitled, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle...
11/4/2021 9:19:10 PM OSHA’s vaccine ETS has arrived for large private employers By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Jessyka Linton On October 21, 2021, we published an article called “Waiting for OSHA: pending vaccine ETS and increased enforcement.” In the article, we...
10/21/2021 7:22:02 PM Waiting for OSHA: pending vaccine ETS and increased enforcement By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Jessyka Linton Since President Joe Biden issued his “Path Out of the Pandemic” memorandum and Executive Order 14042 on September 9, 2021, employers have...
7/26/2021 8:10:27 PM ESG Watch: Carbon Tax vs. Clean Energy Standard By Jennifer Smokelin Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Ben Patton +2 more... Show less Many public companies are keeping a close watch on potential GHG regulations because the shape of these regulations can significantly...
7/14/2021 8:36:08 PM Environmental, Social and Governance Legislation in the Biden Era: The Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 PART II: Oil and Gas Sector By Megan Haines Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin In a previous post, we reported on the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 (the “Act’) being placed on list of all bills reported from...
7/8/2021 8:18:32 PM Environmental, Social and Governance Legislation in the Biden Era: The Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin Eric Schmoll Sara Eddy +1 more... Show less An example of a new trend towards recognizing “Environmental, Social and Governance” (“ESG”) impacts from business operations is the...
1/28/2021 4:54:26 PM The fall of Trump’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the strengthened EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases By Megan Haines Grace Hearn On January 19, 2021, in a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Circuit Court vacated the Trump administration’s 2019 Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule...