On August 21, 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (the “ACE Rule”) which would replace its 2015 Clean Power P...
On April 10, 2017, Justice Neil Gorsuch assumed the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court previously held by Justice Antonin Scalia. Justice Gorsuch, who was appointed by President George W. Bus...
On March 28, 2017, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at rolling back signature portions of the Obama administration’s climate change agenda. Framed as a series of ...
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reversing the controversial Clean Water Rule, also known as the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule, implemented under t...
On February 16, 2017, President Trump approved a joint resolution of Congress nullifying the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement’s (...
President-elect Trump has promised to undo a number of environmental policies and regulations issued by the Obama administration, to promote increased fossil fuel exploration and producti...
This memorandum highlights key issues for companies to consider when preparing environmental disclosures for their upcoming 10-K and 20-F filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Com...
This memorandum, which updates our January 2009 and February 2010 memoranda on this topic, summarizes the key developments in the past year relating to environmental disclosure and provid...
In This Issue
EPA Delineates Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Stationary Sources
Kerry-Lieberman Climate Change Bill Unveiled
Significant Developments in Climate Change Nu...
In This Issue
New Federal Greenhouse Gas Emission Laws Begin to Take Effect January 2011
EPA Seeks Corporate Ownership Information Under Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and Expansion of...