As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) steps back from defending its March 2024 Climate Disclosure Rule, companies face growing uncertainty in navigating an increasingly fragmented and uncertain landscape of state...more
States are increasingly turning to “Climate Superfund” laws as a potential mechanism to offset the growing costs of climate-related disaster recovery and the construction of more climate change-resilient infrastructure. These...more
4/8/2025
/ Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Liability ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Oil & Gas ,
Preemption ,
State and Local Government ,
Superfund
In a “paradigm shift in environmental liability,” some states are seeking to legislate financial responsibility on large coal and oil & gas companies for the public costs associated with strengthening infrastructure against...more
1/7/2025
/ CERCLA ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Liability ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Financial Responsibility Standards ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Superfund
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to address a circuit split over whether an agency doing an environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) must consider effects beyond its regulatory jurisdiction,...more
12/20/2024
/ Appeals ,
Chevron Deference ,
Climate Change ,
Construction Project ,
Environmental Impact Statements ,
Government Agencies ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
NEPA ,
Oral Argument ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Surface Transportation Board ,
Vacatur