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House Budget Reconciliation Package Passes By One Vote

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation package, commonly referred to as “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” by a vote of 215-214....more

Jones Day

The Future of EPA's Risk Management Program May Be Found in History

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced it would reconsider the 2024 Risk Management Program ("RMP") rule....more

Alston & Bird

President Trump’s Executive Orders on the Environment

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group rounds up President Trump’s initial volley of Executive Orders focusing on the environment and energy....more

DLA Piper

Horizon ESG Regulatory News and Trends - January 2025

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US exits Paris Agreement after submitting Nationally Determined Contributions. In mid-December, the Biden Administration announced it submitted the US target under the Paris Agreement: cutting net carbon emissions by 61 to 66...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The Future of U.S. Environmental Regulation: What to Expect in 2025

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While still a newly minted lawyer early in 1977, I had the good fortune to land a job with the then brand-new Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. This coincided with the 1976 election of Jimmy Carter as...more

King & Spalding

Following Finch: Planning Permission for Coal Mine Quashed

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In the recent case of Friends of the Earth v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities & others; South Lakeland Action on Climate Change v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities & others...more

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What Does a New UK Government Mean for Climate Change?

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On July 4, 2024, the UK general election took place, and the Labour Party won with a significant majority. After 14 years of Conservative Party rule, a number of changes are now expected in respect of the UK's position on...more

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UK Supreme Court Quashes Planning Permission Due to a Failure to Consider Downstream (Scope 3) Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The Situation: On June 20, 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (Appellant) v Surrey County Council and others (Respondents) [2024]...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Three Unfolding Cases Could Shape Future Energy Litigation, and Perhaps Business Practices

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A stream of judicial decisions in the pipeline will have important implications for the energy industry. The three cases discussed below are among those that energy litigators and industry professionals are watching in 2024....more

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Cadwalader Climate - March 2024 - #2

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Greenwashing Beef Production - On February 28, New York State Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James filed a lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court against meat processing company JBS USA for misleading the public about its...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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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EU’s Sustainable Investing Taxonomy to Include Gas and Nuclear Sector Products – EU Parliament Vote

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The European Parliament has rejected a motion to remove gas and nuclear investment products from the EU’s sustainable investment taxonomy, surprising many who consider their inclusion to be greenwashing. This article...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Canadian Municipalities Increasingly Support Climate Change Litigation Against Oil and Gas Companies

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Vancouver City Council recently passed a motion to fund a proposed class action against various oil and gas companies to recover costs associated with climate change....more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - April 2022 #5

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California attorney general subpoenas ExxonMobil, opens major investigation into plastic pollution - The Mercury News - April 28 - California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced a major investigation into...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Not Just CO2 and Anti-climax: Tackling Methane Emissions is a Further Challenge for the Petroleum Industry in the Wake of COP26

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The Global Methane Pledge (GMP) was one of the few headline commitments announced at COP26. The response to the GMP indicates that tackling methane emissions is now firmly on the agenda for the petroleum industry... ...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Legal Storm Clouds Gather As New Climate Change Policies Are Released

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Concurrent with commitments made during the twenty-sixth meeting of the United Nations’ COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the Biden Administration released two significant policies aimed at analyzing and curtailing the...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Canada Opens Initial Consultations on New Carbon Pricing Mechanism

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On August 5, 2021, the Government of Canada announced its launch of an initial exploratory phase of consultations on border carbon adjustments (BCAs), along with the release of a discussion paper. These exploratory...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage – What is the big deal?

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Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) looks set to become one of the next major talking points in energy, as countries around the globe struggle to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and fulfil commitments to...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2021 #3

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California water managers vote to cut off farmers as statewide drought intensifies - Courthouse News Service – June 15 - Citing severe drought conditions, the California State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday sent...more

Opportune LLP

For ESG Investors, ‘Clean Fracs’ Could Mitigate Environmental Impacts

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As regulatory requirements and ESG reporting and transparency increase to address gas flaring, “clean fracs” could be one solution for upstream oil and gas companies towards an energy transition....more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - March 2021 #4

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2021 Land Use, Environmental & Natural Resources Update - Allen Matkins – March 25 - With the end of the first quarter of 2021 approaching, we thought it timely to issue an update on selected recent developments and...more

Hogan Lovells

Biden Administration Reinvigorates the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

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On Friday, February 26, the Biden Administration’s newly-resurrected Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (IWG) announced new values for three specific metrics that seek to monetize the environmental...more

Hicks Johnson

The Keystone XL Pipeline: What Happens Next?

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On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline border crossing. While this is not the first time a U.S president has issued such a directive,...more

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Is Your Insurance Program Ready for the Biden Administration?

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The Biden administration has hit the ground running with executive orders, regulatory and legislative priorities, and cabinet-level and other top posts being announced on a daily basis. Our public policy colleagues have been...more

Bracewell LLP

2020 Post-Election Analysis: Issue by Issue

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FIRST 100 DAYS - As President-elect Biden stands poised to assume the office he has aspired to for the past three decades, he inherits a national crisis not unlike the one he stepped into as vice president nearly 12 years...more

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