On August 6, 2025, a South Carolina Court of Common Pleas judge dismissed the City of Charleston's lawsuit against more than 20 fossil fuel manufacturers, retailers, and pipelines, seeking to recover for alleged harms related...more
9/2/2025
/ Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Failure To Warn ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Judicial Authority ,
Political Question Doctrine ,
Preemption ,
Public Health ,
State and Local Government ,
Unfair Trade Practices Act
REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES -
Update on Australia's New Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Regime -
Australia's mandatory climate-related financial disclosure regime is inching closer to implementation after the proposed...more
9/23/2024
/ Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Popular ,
Tax Credits
In City of Baltimore v. BP, et al., court holds that nuisance and tort claims are preempted by federal law and beyond the limits of state law....more
8/2/2024
/ BP PLC v Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Manufacturers ,
Natural Gas ,
Nuisance ,
Oil & Gas ,
Preemption ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Tort