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EU 2040 climate target and carbon credits—what’s changing?

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Today, the European Commission proposed an amendment to the EU Climate Law reviewing the 2040 climate targets that first enshrined climate neutrality by 2050—and with it, a structural shift in how climate action will be...more

Fenwick & West LLP

New York Passes on Mandatory Sustainability Reporting

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New York has failed to adopt climate reporting requirements in the 2025 legislative session, according to Forbes. ...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

New NEPA Limits on the Horizon

New NEPA Limits on the Horizon - It has been a year of major change for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), marked by various court decisions, executive orders, and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)...more

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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 11

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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

Baker Donelson

State-Level Legislation, Nationwide Impact: Key Insights Into the Proposed Climate Reporting Rules in New York, Colorado, New...

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As the federal government works to roll back climate regulations and climate-focused initiatives, states have developed avenues to fill in the gaps left behind. Modeled in part after California's Climate Corporate Data...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

States Could Fill Potential Enforcement Gaps on Climate Disclosures

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures by public companies. Commonly known as the SEC climate disclosure rules, they require...more

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Developments Regarding Federal and State Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures by public companies. Commonly known as the SEC climate disclosure rules, these rules were designed...more

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State Climate Disclosure Bills – A Growing Trend?

With the uncertainty plaguing the ultimate status of the SEC’s climate disclosure rules on the federal level (we reported on the most recent developments in The SEC Votes to “End its Defense” of Climate Change Rules and SEC...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Climate Disclosures Rules One Step Closer to the Grave; GHG Emissions Disclosures One Step Closer to Becoming a Multi-State...

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The slow death of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate disclosure rules continued on March 27, 2025, with the SEC Commissioners voting to discontinue the defense of such rules before the Eighth Circuit, Iowa...more

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New York Reintroduces Climate Disclosure Bills

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As in-scope companies prepare to begin publishing climate disclosures in California in 2026 (assuming these laws survive the ongoing litigation), New York State has taken steps to follow California’s lead by introducing two...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Cal. AB 1305: Jan. 1, 2025, is a key date for mandatory disclosures by certain entities related to VCOs and certain claims about...

Compliance with AB 1305, the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (Health & Safety Code sections 44475 – 44475.3), is mandatory for certain entities, but there is still no official date for initial disclosures under AB...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Ontario Court of Appeal Orders Rehearing of Environmental Charter Challenge

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In Mathur v Ontario, 2024 ONCA 762, the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that Ontario’s Cap and Trade Cancellation Act (CTCA) was a voluntary assumption by the provincial government to combat climate change and, thus,...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — December 2024

Coming up on a month since the presidential election, some things are starting to become clearer, though many questions remain. We will release a Viewpoints article in the next week that will be a more in-depth assessment of...more

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U.S. Senate: Carbon Scoring Act of 2024 Introduced

On September 12th, legislation denominated the Carbon Scoring Act of 2024 (“Act”) was introduced in the United States Senate...more

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California’s Legislature Pushes Forward with Climate Accountability Bills

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After not accepting California Governor Newsom’s proposal to delay implementing California’s Climate Accountability laws by two years, the California legislature passed amendments on August 31, 2024, to California’s 2023...more

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The PROVE IT Act

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The Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency Act, or the PROVE IT Act, is a bipartisan act aimed at enhancing the transparency and accountability of global carbon emissions. Introduced by...more

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California will Soon Vote on Proposed $10 Billion Climate Bond

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In one of its last official acts before starting its summer recess earlier this month, the California legislature passed a bill putting Prop 4 on the November ballot, which would allow the state to borrow $10 billion plus...more

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Australia's Climate Disclosure Regime Moves Closer to Implementation Beginning 1 January 2025

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On 27 March 2024, Australia's climate disclosure regime moved a significant step closer to implementation, with the federal government's introduction of proposed legislation into Parliament. Any organisations with a presence...more

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Impact of Colorado Carbon Capture Legislation on Oil and Natural Gas Producers

State proposal to expand carbon capture authority also proposes changes to the Oil and Gas Conservation Act As part of a bill revising aspects of the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission’s (ECMC) (f/k/a Colorado...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Update on RGGI in Pennsylvania

In 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). Pennsylvania joined RGGI pursuant to a 2019 executive order and a subsequent rulemaking promulgated by the state’s Department of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Change is in the Air: Everything You Need to Know About California’s Sweeping New Climate Disclosure Laws

On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two sweeping climate disclosure bills, Senate Bill 253 (“SB 253”), the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and Senate Bill 261 (“SB 261”), the...more

King & Spalding

California's New Climate Disclosure Requirements: A Work in Progress

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In groundbreaking legislation, California continues to lead the nation in climate change regulation by enacting the bulk of the California Climate Accountability Package – an unprecedented climate disclosure mandate for...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

California Throws Its Weight Behind Climate Accountability

California’s latest move on climate change is expected to bring “national and global repercussions.” Once signed (Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his intention to do so), Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

ESG in the United States: A complex landscape

The United States is in the process of transitioning ESG disclosure from voluntary, market-led reporting to a regulatory-driven scheme, principally led by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) anticipated (but...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Warns of Adverse Consequences From “Anti-ESG” Bills

Earlier this month, the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) urged legislators to reject key aspects of “anti-ESG” bills introduced in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives. Both bills are designed, in...more

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