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How the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion Raises Global Legal and Compliance Risks for Multinational Corporations

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The climate debate has whipsawed in recent years. Businesses frequently have been caught in the middle, with stakeholders including government regulators, activist investors, consumers, non-governmental organizations, and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

EPA Announces Sweeping Deregulatory Agenda: The Complete Set of EPA’s 31 Actions and Affected Environmental Regulations

In what it called “the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its most expansive deregulatory initiative to date on March 12, 2025. Through a...more

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A New Era of Climate Accountability: State Climate Superfund Laws Gain Momentum

As climate adaptation and mitigation costs escalate, a wave of state climate superfund legislation is emerging across the United States. This novel approach to climate accountability, pioneered by Vermont and New York,...more

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Court Order Hobbles Challenge to California’s Climate Disclosure Laws

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Companies following the ongoing legal challenge to California’s climate disclosure laws in hopes that the court would strike down or limit the scope of these laws will be disappointed by the order issued by the U.S. District...more

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CFTC Takes First Enforcement Actions on Fraud in Voluntary Carbon Markets

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced its first actions for fraud in the voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) on October 2, 2024. These enforcement actions demonstrate the CFTC’s continued focus on the...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Net Zero Claims

Last week, the Environmental Working Group (“EWG”) filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods in DC Superior Court under the DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act (“CPPA”), accusing the country’s second-largest meat company of...more

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White House Announces Federal Supplier Climate Risks And Resilience Rule

The Biden Administration unveiled details regarding a forthcoming proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission disclosures for major federal suppliers on November 10, 2022....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Understanding and Unlocking the IRA and Clean Energy & Climate Solutions Federal Funding Opportunities

Wilson Sonsini’s Energy and Climate Solutions group celebrates the historic passage of the energy and climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). Like our clients, we are mission-driven and laser-focused...more

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Much Ado About Not Much: West Virginia v. EPA

Many have characterized West Virginia v. EPA as a decision depriving EPA of an important tool to address climate change under the Clean Air Act. The decision is better viewed as steering EPA away from a flawed regulatory...more

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Five Initial Takeaways from the SEC’s Proposed Rules Requiring Companies to Disclose Climate Risks and GHG Emissions Data

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On March 21, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed far-reaching climate-related disclosure rules for public companies that do business in the United States. In a 3-1 vote, the SEC proposed rules that would...more

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Corporate Failings On Climate Change Reporting Revealed

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Over the past four years in the United States, there has been an increasing disconnect between public and private action on climate. The current administration de-prioritized (and many believe sabotaged) any efforts to...more

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Class Action Suit Filed in Australia Opposes Coal Expansion Project on Behalf of Global Youth

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On September 8, 2020, the law firm Equity Generation Lawyers filed a class action on behalf of young people globally, seeking an injunction to restrain the Australian Government's Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley,...more

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Washington’s Clean Air Rule: State Supreme Court Invalidates Key Components of Climate Change Regulation

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In a much-anticipated 5-4 decision on January 16, 2020, the Washington Supreme Court decided the fate of the state’s Clean Air Rule (CAR). The Clean Air Rule, which created a cap-and-trade system for regulating greenhouse gas...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EU is Taking Action: The Fight for Clean Air

Public awareness regarding air pollution in the European Union is at an all-time high and citizens expect authorities to act. In this vein, the European Commission has recently taken a number of direct and indirect actions,...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Climate Change Litigation Heats Up: Emerging Trends and Analysis

Recently, several Canadian youths aged 10 to 19, filed a lawsuit against the Government of Canada and the Attorney General of Canada over climate change, alleging violations of their rights under the Canadian Charter of...more

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The European Commission Sets Ambitious Reforms with the ‘European Green Deal’

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The European Commission unveiled its much-awaited European Green Deal, which will provide the EU with an industrial policy aiming at a net-zero emissions goal by 2050 and at enshrining climate neutrality into law....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

How Will the Passing of Justice Scalia Impact the Supreme Court’s Review of the EPA Clean Power Plan Case?

Last week, we wrote about the Supreme Court's unprecedented issuance of a stay prohibiting the implementation of the "Clean Power Plan" while a judicial challenge to the Plan is pending. The extraordinary stay decision...more

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