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Climate Change Regulations Issued Under New York Climate Leadership And Community Protection Act

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a series of regulations – both proposed and final – to implement the 2019 New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act...

United States Environment

AP

Arnold & Porter

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — September 2025

On August 1, 2025, a federal district court judge rejected the attempt by three major asset managers to dismiss an antitrust complaint filed by a coalition of 11 Republican state attorneys...

United States Anti-trust

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Mintz

The Climate Report | Third Quarter 2025

Both Convergence and Divergence Seen in Emerging State Climate Disclosure Bills...

Worldwide Environment

JD

Jones Day

California's Climate Rules: What's Proposed, What's Next, According To CARB

To help companies understand the latest developments related to California climate disclosure regulations and prepare related reporting strategies, Riveron sustainability reporting experts share key takeaways from CARB's...

United States Environment

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Riveron

California Climate Reporting Laws: CARB Provides New Guidance

United States Environment

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ongoing Uncertainty Around California's Climate Disclosure Laws (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

California Air Resources Board Addresses The Who, What, How And When Of California's Corporate Climate Disclosure Laws At August 21 Workshop

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

The Hidden Risk Of Diminished Environmental Data: Could The United States Lose Its "Low-Risk" Status Under The EUDR?

European Union Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

California Climate Disclosure Laws Survive Preliminary Injunction On First Amendment Challenge: Reporting Obligations Swiftly Approaching

United States Environment

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Trump Administration Dismantles California's "Clean Truck Partnership" Through The Use Of Antitrust Law

United States Commercial

M

Mintz

EPA Officially Proposes Revocation Of Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Global Warning: ICJ Declares Climate Obligation

United States Environment

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Catch-All Provision In County Application Checklist Violated Permit Streamlining Act

United States Real Estate

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

The Current State Of Electric Vehicle Incentives In New York And Beyond

United States Transport

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

2025 Trade Policy Agenda Provides Rationale For Trump Tariff Actions

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

NM

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Trump Administration Passes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

United States Tax

FL

Foley & Lardner

Bridging Cultures, Avoiding Disputes: Why Construction Needs Partnering Dialogue More Than Ever

United States Litigation

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JAMS

AMTL's AICP Files Second Case Against TSMC, Its Advanced Memory Amends Against SK Hynix

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

California Wins Key Victory In Ongoing Challenge To Its Climate Disclosure Laws

The plaintiffs filed their case against SB 253 and SB 261 in the District Court on January 30, 2024.

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Proposes To Rescind Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

On Aug. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") published a proposed rule in which it proposes to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding and repeal all greenhouse gas...

United States Environment

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Clark Hill

Court Vacates Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing

On August 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Midland Odessa Division) granted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) request to vacate and remand...

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

District Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge To California Climate Disclosure Requirements

On Aug. 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to halt enforcement of California Senate Bill (SB) 253...

United States Environment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Predictably Unpredictable: Considerations & Lessons Learned Regarding Force Majeure (Video)

United States Government

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Nossaman LLP

EPA Proposes Repealing Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards And Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Climate Tort Lawsuit In South Carolina Dismissed By State Court

United States Environment

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Mintz

Up In The Air: EPA Opens Comment On Repealing Endangerment Finding, Motor Vehicle GHG Rules

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

P2N0 - Edition 34 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

United States Energy

BB

Baker Botts LLP

The Transatlantic Divide Widens: U.S. Vs EU 2025 Sustainability Policy

United States Commercial

BT

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

EPA Proposes To Rescind Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding And Associated Motor Vehicle And Engine Emission Standards

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Proposes To Rescind The 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

DG

Davis Graham

ICJ Advisory Opinion On Climate Change: Implications For States And Businesses

United States Environment

BS

Boies Schiller Flexner

Advanced Nuclear: Taking A Seat At The Clean Energy Table

United States Energy

FL

Foley & Lardner

EPA Proposes To Rescind Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding And Associated Motor Vehicle And Engine Emission Standards

The proposed rule would rescind the Endangerment Finding, which provided EPA the basis, for example, for regulating GHG emissions from new motor vehicles and engines.

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Proposes To Rescind The 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

On August 1, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule to reconsider the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and proposed to repeal all GHG emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines promulgated under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.

United States Environment

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Davis Graham

ICJ Advisory Opinion On Climate Change: Implications For States And Businesses

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on states' obligations under international law relating to climate change.

United States Environment

BS

Boies Schiller Flexner

Advanced Nuclear: Taking A Seat At The Clean Energy Table

As a firm that has spent years deep in the trenches of renewable energy – helping clients navigate the complex landscape of project development, financing...

United States Energy

FL

Foley & Lardner

9 Questions About The 2009 Endangerment Finding Reconsideration (Updated)

United States Environment

BB

Baker Botts LLP

Legal Questions For Your Sustainability Team #3

If your company must make a climate-related financial disclosure report, ask your sustainability team if they are preparing a report that is specific to the entity or entities covered by the law or if they expect to use one prepared for the enterprise as a whole.

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

GRI Releases New Climate And Energy Standards – Significant Reporting Changes Ahead

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) published two new topic standards—GRI 102: Climate Change (2025) and GRI 103: Energy (2025). These standards will replace GRI 305: Emissions (2016), GRI 302...

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

Legal Questions For Your Sustainability Team #2

This series of posts seeks to identify legal questions that can add definition and value to the good work that sustainability teams are doing.

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

Court Overturns Service Decision That Listing Joshua Tree Is Not Warranted

On May 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to reevaluate its decision not to list two species of Joshua tree—Yucca brevifolia and Yucca jaegeriana —as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act...

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

California Issues FAQs On Corporate GHG Reporting And Climate Risk Disclosure Requirements

United States Environment

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

What's A Company To Do?—State-Federal Conflict On EJ

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

California Issues Additional Guidance Concerning Mandatory Climate Disclosures

United States Commercial

M

Mintz

Who Gets To Set The Rules? California, EV Mandates, And The Fight Over Clean Air Authority

United States Environment

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Duane Morris LLP

CARB Breaks Its Silence On Climate Reporting Rules

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

EU Commission Adopts Simplification Measures For The EU Taxonomy

European Union Environment

JD

Jones Day

NEPA Is The Spotlight: FERC Overhauls Its NEPA Guidance To Streamline Permitting Days Before One Big Beautiful Bill Act Updates The Statute

United States Energy

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

P2N0 - Edition 33 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

United States Energy

BB

Baker Botts LLP

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — July 2025

United States Commercial

M

Mintz

Congress Eyes Sweeping Changes To Carbon And Biomass Incentives: 45Q Tax Credit Reforms, New Biochar Program, And Forest Residues Carbon Credit Introduced

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Climate Law Matters: Energy & Climate Newsletter - June 2025

United States Energy

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

DOEE Proposes New Stormwater Regulations, Finalizes Revisions To Flood Hazard Rules

United States Energy

HK

Holland & Knight

SEC Withdraws Guidance That Companies Must Disclose Foreign Climate Litigation

United States Environment

M

Mintz

EPA Shifts Regulatory Strategy On Power Plants

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Mid-Season Update: Shareholder Proposal Trends, No-Action Request Outcomes, And Voting Dynamics In The 2025 Proxy Season

United States Commercial

MB

Mayer Brown

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Latest Videos

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ESG Series: Part V: Navigating The Web Of Climate And Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: California, EU, And SEC Frameworks (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

The SEC Climate Change Disclosure Rules: An Overview (Video)

MB

Mayer Brown

Webinar: Navigating Global Climate Change - Learnings On How Financial Institutions Can Prepare (Video)

BP

Baringa Partners

Planning And Funding Climate Resilient California Coastal Infrastructure (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

We May Not Always Have Paris, But Perhaps We Can Do Better Than Paris (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

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