Armed with Republican control of Congress, President-elect Trump hopes to implement his environmental policy priorities, consisting of support for domestic fossil fuels production and man...
Last week, the Supreme Court declined to stay EPA’s power plant GHG emissions rule pending legal challenges in the D.C. Circuit. This order – together with the Supreme Court’s deni...
On May 9, 2024, EPA published a final rule requiring existing fossil fuel-fired steam generating units and new fossil fuel-fired combustion turbines to cut GHG emissions, including throug...
Governor Newsom has signed the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act, a law intended to combat “greenwashing” by requiring disclosure on net zero, carbon neutrality and emissions re...
Under a pair of California bills poised to become law, many large U.S. companies will be required to make broad-based climate-related disclosures starting as early as 2026. Once finalized...
On May 11, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rule to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants. The rule w...
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. EPA for the first time proposed public drinking water limits on six types of PFAS – a ubiquitous group of chemicals found in a broad array of products and in...
On November 11, 2022, at the United Nations Climate Conference, President Biden announced EPA’s supplemental proposal to broaden, clarify and strengthen its November 2021 proposed regul...
On August 16, 2022, President Biden is expected to sign the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), an energy and healthcare bill that includes approximately $369 billion in tax credits an...
On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA struck down the Clean Power Plan, concluding that the rule’s mandate that power companies shift from coal to natural gas and ...
