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Carbon Emissions Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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EPA’s Endangerment Finding in Danger?

On his first day in office, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14154, Unleashing American Energy. Halfway through the lengthy Order, one paragraph requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency...more

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Anticipated Changes to Automotive Regulations under the Second Trump Administration

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As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume office, the administration is signaling a shift in regulatory policy that could have sweeping implications for the automotive and advanced mobility industries. ...more

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

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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

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Picking up speed on the road to carbon-neutrality

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The drive to achieve a carbon-neutral future is accelerating. Through the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, nations committed to curbing climate change by limiting global temperature increases to no more than 2°C above...more

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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 9

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

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EPA Seeks Input on Launch of New Label Program for Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials – More Than $2 Billion in Federal...

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Our Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Government Contracts, and Construction groups examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest labeling program to help the federal government reach its goal of net-zero...more

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Methane Series Part III: Implementation Is Here. EPA Published the Proposed Rule Implementing the First-Ever Direct Tax on Methane...

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We wrote an overview of the methane tax after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law in August 2022 and Congress directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose the first-ever direct tax on methane...more

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The EPA’s Methane Waste Emission Charge: A Tax by Any Other Name

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a proposed rule to assess and collect billions of dollars in methane “waste emission charges” from the oil and gas sector....more

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Field Guide to Clean Hydrogen

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Hydrogen is a key ingredient in any country’s future energy plans. In the United States, the hydrogen sector is on the launch pad, ready for lift-off. However, its trajectory hinges on a critical question: what criteria...more

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Answers to 4 Major Questions: EPA Proposes Power Plant GHG Rule After West Virginia v. EPA

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) on May 23, 2023, published a new suite of proposed standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants that will limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The proposed rule...more

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Low Embodied Carbon Material Requirements: General Services Administration Interim Inflation Reduction Act Pilot Project

The United States General Services Administration (“GSA”) announced pilot interim requirements for the use of low embodied carbon construction materials in GSA projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Rate (“IRA”) of 2022. ...more

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Renewable Energy Update - 5.18.23

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Demand for energy is expected to soar by mid-century as the state attempts to electrify everything from transportation to home-heating systems. To help get there, the California Independent System Operator recently proposed...more

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Overview of the Inflation Reduction Act's Methane Tax

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Part I of this three-part methane update discussed the state of substantive methane regulation in the United States and touched on the Inflation Reduction Act’s (“IRA” or “the Act”) addition of Section 136 to the Clean Air...more

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EPA’s Bulked Up Quads: EPA Expands Far-Reaching Proposal for Regulating Methane in the Oil and Gas Sector

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Last November, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a regulatory preamble describing its plans for proposed standards to reduce methane emissions and other air pollutants from affected sources within the...more

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