After years of attempts with varying success to regulate methane emissions from new oil and gas wells, the Biden administration has shifted strategy in proposing a regulatory program covering both new and existing oil and...more
11/22/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Comment Period ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Methane ,
New Regulations ,
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
In transactions, climate change diligence is generally directed at examining the climate change impact of a potential investment. This involves focusing both on confirming the information provided by the target of the...more
Interim Update on Biden Administration Climate Change Initiatives -
The last edition of the Climate Report discussed President Biden's signing, on his first day in office, of an instrument for the United States to re-join...more
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
Interim Update on Biden Administration Climate Change Initiatives -
The last edition of the Climate Report discussed President Biden's signing, on his first day in office,...more
The Biden administration's Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad ("Executive Order") expands upon the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order No. 3395 and indefinitely suspends the federal...more
2/3/2021
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Climate Change ,
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Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Mineral Leasing Act ,
Moratorium ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ,
Regulatory Reform
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates -
EPA Issues Affordable Clean Energy Rule -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued the Affordable Clean Energy rule on July 8 to repeal the Clean Power Plan...more
The Situation: Proposed resolutions in Congress and an injunction request in a Ninth Circuit case both seek significant reductions in fossil fuel use throughout the economy.
The Result: In the near term, it is easy to...more
3/15/2019
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Climate Change ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Green New Deal ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Trust Doctrine
US. REGULATORY AND LITIGATION DEVELOPMENTS -
EPA PROPOSES TO RESCIND CLEAN POWER PLAN -
What EPA Did -
In a decision expected and promised since the election of President Donald Trump, the United States...more
11/27/2017
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Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Company Vehicles ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Fracking ,
France ,
Global Warming ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investors ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Netherlands ,
Nonprofits ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Rescission ,
Stakeholder Engagement ,
Sustainable Business Practices
On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that the "United States will cease all implementation" of the Paris Climate Accord. This Commentary provides a short summary of the impacts of President Trump's announcement....more
6/8/2017
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Coal ,
Energy Policy ,
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
International Relations ,
Paris Agreement ,
Private Sector ,
Renewable Energy ,
State and Local Government ,
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