On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published its proposal in the Federal Register to list the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)....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
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261) into law, which means the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is now tasked with...more
Governor Gavin Newsom further expanded California’s regulation of chemicals in personal care products by signing AB 2762 and SB 312 on September 30, 2020.
Commencing on January 1, 2025, AB 2762 prohibits manufacturing or...more
Companies required to report under the Toxic Substances Control Act’s (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) regulations need to consider and address new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provisions governing reporting of...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not immune from negligence claims that would “eviscerate” liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). So says United States District Judge Judith E. Levy in her...more