Environmental Law

Over the last four months, carbon prices have tumbled nearly 70 percent amid fears that oversupply and lagging economic growth in Europe will drive down demand.

The European Commission’s recent proposals to revise and recast the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID, and the Market Abuse Directive, or MAD, include, for the first time, regulating carbon emissions allowances as financial instruments.

On Thursday, May 26, 2011, the Secretary of the Interior announced a joint effort between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("USFWS") and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, "the Agencies") to identify and implement administrative reforms to the regulatory process used to implement the Endangered Species Act ("ESA").

On the heels of President Trump's January 20, 2025, Executive Order "Unleashing American Energy" promoting domestic energy and resource independence...

Last November, I posted about litigation filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, asserting public nuisance and other claims against...

On March 12, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Executive Order 25-38, for "Creating Opportunity Through Reduction of Excessive Environmental Regulation" (Order)...

The staff at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is asking for help.1 They are under a legislative mandate2 to reduce the carbon intensity of building materials in California by 40 percent by 2035...

In a widely anticipated move, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it will no longer defend the agency's climate disclosure rule issued during the Biden administration.

On March 12, 2025, the EPA announced numerous actions aimed at reconsidering regulations, with a special focus on climate change regulations.

On March 12, 2025, the EPA announced numerous actions aimed at reconsidering regulations, with a special focus on climate change regulations.

On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a sweeping deregulatory initiative, claiming it to be the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history."

Last November, I posted about litigation filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, asserting public nuisance and other claims against...