News & Analysis as of

Carbon Emissions Biden Administration

Vinson & Elkins LLP

EPA Proposes to Repeal Biden-era Regulations Governing Air Toxic Emissions from Coal- and Oil-Fired Power Plants

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule to repeal the amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (“MATS”) adopted by the Biden administration in 2024. These...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement/Assessing Performance of the National Highway System: Federal Highway Administration Rule...

The Federal Highway Administration (“FHA”) published a final rule that repeals the requirement that state Departments of Transportation (“DOTs”) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (“MPOs”) undertake certain greenhouse...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Empire Wind 1 Stop-Work Order Targets Offshore Wind but Raises Questions for Other Industries

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On Wednesday, April 16, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to order Equinor to “stop work” on its 812 megawatt Empire Wind 1 project just outside of New York Harbor....more

Hanson Bridgett

Trucks, Trains, and Automobiles: Untangling the Status of California’s Vehicle Emission Waivers

Hanson Bridgett on

Vehicle manufacturers and operators in California are no stranger to complex regulations, with the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) history of pioneering mobile emission regulations. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Potential Rollback of Biden's Climate Policies Targets Billions in Clean Energy Projects

Womble Bond Dickinson on

According to media reports, Energy Department officials are compiling a list of clean energy projects, awarded billions of dollars, that could be overturned by the Trump administration in what may become the most significant...more

Goldberg Segalla

New Congress Reverses Biden-Era Methane Waste Emissions Fee

Goldberg Segalla on

Despite longstanding bipartisan support, the U.S. Senate on Feb. 27 — just as the House did the day prior — passed a resolution withdrawing the waste emissions charge (WEC), which is a fee on methane waste emissions caused by...more

(ACOEL) | American College of Environmental...

The Clean Power Plan—And Around We Go

In 2015, EPA proposed a rule requiring states to develop plans to cut CO2 emissions from the power sector—the Clean Power Plan (“CPP”). EPA explained the rule would result in “significant emission reductions” for that sector,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Some States Prepare for the Expected Rollback of Biden Environmental Regulations

President-elect Trump has said he would reverse his predecessor’s climate policies, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emissions and rescinding some EPA emissions rules....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

Proposed Greenhouse Gas FAR Clause Withdrawn as Inauguration Approaches

The Biden Administration withdrew a proposed climate change-inspired amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) one week before former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. According to a notice...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 1.10.25

Allen Matkins on

The White House announced on Monday that President Joe Biden would ban new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the U.S. coastline. The order will protect 625 million acres of ocean along America’s Atlantic and Pacific...more

McGlinchey Stafford

The Push to Strengthen NOx Emission Limits Before President Biden’s Term End: Will It Survive the 90-Day Comment Period?

McGlinchey Stafford on

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new standards on November 22, 2024, to significantly tighten nitrogen oxides’ (NOx) emission limits from fossil fuel-fired stationary combustion turbines. These proposed...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Outlook on the New Administration: EPA’s Environmental Agenda in the Energy Sector

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

During the 2024 campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised his supporters that he would direct federal agencies on day one to “immediately remove every single burdensome regulation driving up the cost of goods.” For the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

COP29 Day Two: The US Continues to “Work Together With Global Partners To Be Successful in Outcomes That Keep 1.5 Alive”

McDermott Will & Emery on

Day two of the 29th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) saw the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate make its first post-election statements in Baku....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Government Releases High-Integrity Principles for the VCM

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The joint policy statement and principles provide integrity standards for carbon credits that both the US government and participants in the voluntary carbon market should aim to follow. On May 28, 2024, the Biden...more

Mayer Brown

Voluntary Carbon Markets

Mayer Brown on

On May 28 2024, the Biden administration released the “Voluntary Carbon Markets Joint Policy Statement and Principles”. This is one of a number of recent international initiatives to “shore up” the voluntary carbon markets...more

Kilpatrick

White House Structures Voluntary Carbon Markets by Issuing Non-binding Principles

Kilpatrick on

The Biden administration issued a Voluntary Carbon Markets Joint Policy Statement and Principles for Responsible Participation in Voluntary Carbon Markets on May 28, 2024, in an effort to bolster confidence in the voluntary...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.31.24

Allen Matkins on

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether federal and state agencies must clearly define limits on wastewater pollution when issuing discharge permits. The high court took up the City of San Francisco’s...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Biden Administration Weighs In On the Need For and Appropriate Use of Carbon Credits

The Biden Administration published a joint policy statement and set of principles for participating in the voluntary carbon markets (“VCMs”) on Tuesday. The set of principles recognize the role that carbon credits have...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Biden Administration Releases Joint Policy Statement and Principles for Voluntary Carbon Markets

The Biden Administration released a landmark Joint Policy Statement and Principles on May 28, 2024, formalizing the U.S. government’s approach to advancing high-integrity Voluntary Carbon Markets (“VCMs”) and affirming the...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.10.24

Allen Matkins on

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday finalized tougher methane reporting standards that could increase the number of oil and gas companies that must pay fees for excess methane emissions....more

Venable LLP

[Webinar] Emerging Trend: Building Performance Standards in the U.S. - April 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

Venable LLP on

Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) are energy performance requirements that existing buildings must meet over time. This is a tool to decarbonize buildings through reduced energy use and emissions. These programs...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Industrial Decarbonization Gets Boost in Latest DOE Funding Opportunity

Mintz - ML Strategies on

Continuing the Biden administration’s push toward reducing industrial emissions and advancing clean energy manufacturing, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing Energy Supply Chains (MESC) issued a second...more

Gray Reed

What’s New From the Climate-Alarm Industry?

Gray Reed on

A lot, it turns out. The Biden Administration, bending the knee to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, has paused approval of new LNG export facilities. (In terms of influence on the President, this “wing” is...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building: U.S. Department of Energy Request for Information

The United States Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office (“BTO”) released a Request for Information (“RFI”) to solicit feedback on a draft document titled: ...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 10.06.23

Allen Matkins on

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is the strongest market in the U.S. when it comes to using energy storage for renewable integration, grid optimization, and electrification and decentralization, with a 43.7...more

142 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 6

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide