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Supreme Court Allows Fuel Producers to Contest California’s Emissions Rules

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For decades, California has been granted unique deference in setting Clean Air Act (CAA) emissions limitations for California-sold vehicles through use of a state-specific waiver....more

Bracewell LLP

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: How to Navigate a Complex Mechanism

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This note is dedicated to importers and producers of specific goods from countries outside the European Union, who will be subject to carbon pricing equivalent to that applied to European manufacturers of the same goods,...more

Venable LLP

Get Ready for New York's June 1 Registration Deadline for Certain Aerosols

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By June 1, all entities that supply, manufacture, produce, or distribute aerosol products that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a GWP20 greater than 10 (regulated substances), for sale or use in New York, must...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Sustainable Fashion Law Update: Critical Legislation and Compliance Requirements for 2025

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In recent months, in response to increased consumer interest, federal and state government officials have taken action to propose and adopt laws and regulations directed at promoting consumer transparency and encouraging...more

Alston & Bird

EPA’s New Rule Primes the Pump to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Emissions by 2032

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group unpacks the Environmental Protection Agency’s strict new standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light- and medium-duty vehicles by 2032....more

Clark Hill PLC

EPA Releases Final Rule on Vehicle Emission Limits for 2027 and Later

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On March 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its final rule on Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles (the “Final Rule”). The Final...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

EPA Revises HFC Rule for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Products

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On December 26, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an Interim final rule updating its October final rule restricting the use of some hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a key substance used in refrigeration...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

EC Proposes Net-Zero Industry Act to Spur Green Technology Investment

The European Commission last month announced a proposed Net-Zero Industry Act designed to drive the investment in and the growth of the clean technology manufacturing sector. The proposed Act is part of the Green Deal...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Commission Releases Communication on the Green Deal Industrial Plan

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The Plan aims to “simplify, accelerate and align incentives to preserve the competitiveness and attractiveness of the EU as an investment location for the net-zero industry”. On 1 February 2023, the European Commission...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

California Hits the Brakes on New Gas-Fueled Vehicles

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted on August 25, 2022, to approve the Advanced Clean Cars II rule that prohibits the sale of new gasoline-fueled cars by 2035. The rule sets forth a plan whereby automakers must...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

EPA Looks to Expand Ozone Transport Rule West and to New Sources

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) that has important implications for powerplants and other industrial nitrogen oxide (NOx) sources in the Western United States,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

4 Things to Know About CARB’s Clean Miles Standard

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California is making significant progress on a first-of-its-kind regulation that will reduce GHG emissions from ride-sharing vehicles. As directed by Senate Bill (SB) 1014, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is...more

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Industrial Decarbonization as a Key Element of French Government's Recovery Plan

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On September 3, 2020, the French Prime Minister unveiled the priorities and milestones of France's Recovery Plan to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on three main pillars—ecology, competitiveness,...more

Morgan Lewis

Vehicle Aftermarket Parts Manufacturers: Prepare for New CARB Exemption Requirements

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Starting next year, vehicle aftermarket parts manufacturers will have a new process to navigate to qualify for California’s exemption from anti-tampering laws. ...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

The Latest on HFCs: DC Circuit Strikes Another SNAP Rule and Other Recent Developments

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On April 5, 2019, the D.C. Circuit largely struck down another regulation restricting the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in certain products under EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP). The court held that it was...more

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Happy Halloween: ACEEE Post Addresses "Sustainable Sugar Rush"/Candy Company Energy Savings

Kate Doughty of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) published an October 29th blog post relevant to Halloween titled: The Sustainable Sugar Rush: How Candy Companies Are Saving Energy (“Post”)...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Recently Introduced Bill Takes New Approach to Reach Familiar Goal in California

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Over the past decade, California has passed sweeping legislation to cut greenhouse emissions in its efforts to slash emissions by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. Phil Ting, a California Assemblymember, hopes his recently...more

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CEMS Alternatives – A Different Way: Tim Bivens Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation/Arkansas Environmental Federation...

Tim Bivens of the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (“AECC”) undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation’s 50th Annual Convention and Tradeshow titled: CEMS Alternatives – A Different Way...more

Williams Mullen

SNAP! D.C. Circuit Greenhouse Gas Decision a Win for Industry

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Industries that manufacture products containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), such as aerosol cans, refrigerators, automobile air conditioners, building insulation and fire extinguisher foams, can breathe easier this month...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

You Can’t Do That! DC Circuit Vacates EPA’s HFCs Rule

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Businesses and industries that had been impacted by the EPA’s HFCs rule may wish to monitor EPA’s response to this opinion carefully....more

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