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Recap Of Environmental Issues In Oregon's 2025 Legislative Session

Oregon's 2025 legislative session marked a significant moment in the state's ongoing leadership on environmental protection and sustainability.

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Ninth Circuit Asked To Delay California's Climate Disclosure Requirements

We've been closely following the litigation brought by the U.S. and California Chambers of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Los Angeles County Business Federation...

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

GHG Protocol Announces ISO Partnership To Develop Unified Carbon Accounting Standards

On September 9, 2025, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced a new strategic partnership to harmonize...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Court Ruling Clears Path For California's Climate Disclosure Laws

On September 11, 2025, a California federal court denied business groups' request to enjoin two California climate disclosure laws pending their appeal to the Ninth Circuit from the court's...

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

EPA Proposes To Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Regulatory Climate Shift: Updates On The SEC Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

United States Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Eighth Circuit Orders SEC To Either Defend Climate Disclosure Regulation Or Write New Rules

United States Commercial

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Mintz

CFTC Withdraws Guidance On Carbon Credits

United States Environment

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Mintz

Trump Administration Continues Dismantling Government Organizations Focused On Climate Change

United States Environment

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Mintz

A Turning Point For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation: EPA Seeks To Repeal Its Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

CARB Publishes Draft Guidance For Initial Reports Under California's Climate‐Related Financial Risk Act (S.B. 261)

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

California Issues Further Guidance For Climate Disclosures

United States Commercial

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Mintz

Navigating Compliance With California's Climate Disclosure Laws

United States Environment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

California's Climate Disclosure Laws Continue To Roll Forward

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Business Tax Law Provisions Of The OBBA

United States Commercial

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Offit Kurman

Are Emotional Distress Damages In FEHA Settlements Taxable?

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Resolving Construction Conflicts Efficiently: A Guided Mediation Approach

United States Litigation

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JAMS

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Customizing Dispute Resolution For Commercial Contracts

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Silicon, Sanctions And Security: How National Security Laws Are Reshaping The Semiconductor Industry (Video)

United States Government

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Foley & Lardner

Antitrust Risks And Considerations Related To ESG Initiatives And Net Zero Alliances

Antitrust authorities in the U.S. and abroad are intensifying their scrutiny of collaborative activities surrounding environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives...

United States Anti-trust

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Holland & Knight

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

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Jones Day

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

United States Environment

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Riveron

California Climate Reporting Laws: CARB Provides New Guidance

United States Environment

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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

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Bergeson & Campbell

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

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

United States Commercial

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Mintz

EPA Officially Proposes Revocation Of Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Global Warning: ICJ Declares Climate Obligation

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

United States Real Estate

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Perkins Coie LLP

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

On August 12, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had "closed its investigation into whether several truck and engine manufacturers and their trade association violated the antitrust laws by entering the ‘Clean Truck Partnership' with the California Air Resources Board."

United States Commercial

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Mintz

EPA Officially Proposes Revocation Of Endangerment Finding

The EPA recently published its heavily anticipated proposal to revoke its 2009 determination under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act that GHG "cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare."

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Global Warning: ICJ Declares Climate Obligation

On July 23, 2025, the ICJ issued a landmark advisory opinion, holding that nation-states have obligations under international law to mitigate GHG emissions, adapt to the effects of climate change and cooperate in good faith with one another ...

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

A Court of Appeal held that a provision in the County of Amador's checklist for an encroachment permit requiring "[o]ther information as may be required" violated the Permit Streamlining Act. Old Golden Oaks LLC v. County of Amador, 111 Cal.App.5th 794 (2025)...

United States Real Estate

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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

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

Events of force majeure may not be as "unforeseen" as they once were. Climate change has led to increasingly severe weather across the globe.

United States Government

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Nossaman LLP

EPA Proposes Repealing Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards And Endangerment Finding

On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a series of alternative proposals seeking to repeal greenhouse gas...

United States Environment

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Climate Tort Lawsuit In South Carolina Dismissed By State Court

On August 6, 2025, a state court judge in South Carolina dismissed the climate change tort lawsuit filed by the City of Charleston against a number of major fossil fuel companies.

United States Environment

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Mintz

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

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug. 1, 2025, published a proposal to repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines from model year...

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

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

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

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

United States Commercial

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

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

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Proposes To Rescind The 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Davis Graham

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

United States Environment

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Boies Schiller Flexner

Advanced Nuclear: Taking A Seat At The Clean Energy Table

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

9 Questions About The 2009 Endangerment Finding Reconsideration (Updated)

United States Environment

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Baker Botts LLP

Federal Agencies Overhaul Longstanding NEPA Regulations

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

French Wine Sustainability Agreement Approved: EU And U.S. Antitrust Considerations

United States Anti-trust

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Clark Hill

Florida AG Announces Investigation Into Climate Nonprofits For Alleged Violations Of Consumer Protection And Antitrust Laws Based Upon Environmental Disclosures

United States Environment

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Mintz

ICJ Issues Advisory Opinion On States' Legal Obligations Regarding Climate Change

United States Environment

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Jones Day

Legal Questions For Your Sustainability Team #3

United States Environment

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Jones Day

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

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

Legal Questions For Your Sustainability Team #2

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

Court Overturns Service Decision That Listing Joshua Tree Is Not Warranted

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

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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: Governance And Management Related Disclosures And Considerations (Video)

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Mayer Brown

Can We Afford To Mitigate The Impact Of Climate Change? Can We Afford Not To? (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

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

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Baringa Partners

Planning And Funding Climate Resilient California Coastal Infrastructure (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

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