Action On May 28, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, and White House representatives published a joint Policy...
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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the long awaited and controversial Climate-Related Disclosure...
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently pledged to sign two groundbreaking climate disclosure bills into law. These bills will mandate...
What is “ESG”? “ESG” is perhaps the most divisive acronym of this year’s legislative session. But what does it mean?“Environmental,...
As previously reported, California may soon pass the most stringent Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) disclosure requirements...
As we previously covered in our blog last week, both the Federal and certain State governments are proposing legislation to subsidize or...
As economies pivot away from reliance on petroleum, the use of hydrogen is increasingly considered as a key component in a portfolio of...
The Biden administration just announced draft regulations that would require most coal-fired and gas power plants to capture and...
The California Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (“SB 253”) was recently introduced and passed the state’s Senate Environmental...
As we previously covered, California has been working towards the development of “green hydrogen,” i.e., hydrogen fuel produced by...
The agencies regulating industrial chemical processes are taking a second look at modernizing regulations aimed at preventing chemical...
We previously reported on requirements for Scope 3 emissions in the proposed climate disclosure rule released by the U.S. Securities...
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries increasingly power electric vehicles and a wide range of consumer electronics, and are a critical...
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed amendments to their existing disclosure policy that would require publicly...
On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved and released a proposed rulemaking package (the “Proposed...
On March 14, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published (1) a direct final rule and (2) a proposed rule that would...