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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - June 2025

DLA Piper on 6/2/2025

EPA announces details of its reorganization. On May 2, the EPA announced a major reorganization that will eliminate several key offices, including the Office of Atmospheric Protection (OAP), Office of Air Quality Planning and...more

Horizon ESG Regulatory News and Trends - January 2025

DLA Piper on 1/29/2025

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

Cadwalader Climate - March 2024 - #2

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/20/2024

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

ESG Deception or Overreach – Understanding the Landscape of Greenwashing Litigation

Oliva Gibbs on 10/4/2023

In addition to the risk of regulatory enforcement actions and penalties, the court system continues to be used as a battleground for climate issues through litigation against oil and gas (“O&G”) companies....more

SEC Receives Complaint of Alleged Greenwashing by International Energy Company

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/14/2023

On February 1, 2023, Global Witness – an international non-governmental organization – filed what it called a “groundbreaking greenwashing complaint” with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Climate and ESG Task...more

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/6/2022

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

Greenwashing Lawsuits Against Major Oil and Gas Companies Are Getting the Green Light to Move Forward in Litigation

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/15/2022

“Greenwashing” is the term for a company’s exaggerated, misleading, or unsupported claims about its environmental practices. In the oil and gas industry, allegations of greenwashing typically arise when a company known for...more

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