On March 12, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced more than 30 actions to roll back regulations to advance President Trump’s Day One executive orders. These include actions...more
On October 7, 2024, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case dealing with whether an insurance company owes a defense in cases where the defendant, a fossil fuel company, is being sued by county governments for...more
Introduction Designated contract markets (DCMs) and participants in voluntary carbon markets would do well to evaluate new guidance from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) aimed at preventing manipulation of...more
Voluntary carbon credit markets (VCMs) stand to play a growing role in global decarbonization efforts. Through its support of the generation, and subsequent purchase and sale, of carbon credits (or carbon offsets), VCMs can...more
In early October 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three related climate disclosure bills into law. Together, the three laws require various entities, as defined under each law, to disclose...more