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Should the U.S. government declare that the environmental and/or sustainable commodities that have been generated under a state law regime are illegal, lenders and borrowers using state-generated carbon...more
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
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
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