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General Court Upholds European Commission’s Approach to Nuclear and Gas in Taxonomy Regulation

The European Union’s (the “EU”) General Court has dismissed two legal challenges against the European Commission’s delegated legislation under the Taxonomy Regulation ((EU) 2020/852) (the “Taxonomy Regulation”). These rulings...more

Hogan Lovells

New perspectives on handling decommissioning liabilities & risks for end-of-life energy, mining, industrial, waste management and...

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It is estimated that over the coming decades, decommissioning redundant and end-of-life energy, mining, industrial, waste management and shipping assets will cost at least USD 8 trillion. Including nuclear energy, only about...more

Bracewell LLP

US Withdrawal From the Paris Climate Accord and its Impact on the Voluntary Carbon Market

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On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders on energy and environmental topics that included initiating a US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords, a move consistent with his previous...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report

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The re-election of former President Donald J. Trump is poised to significantly alter the landscape of antitrust enforcement, particularly within the energy and chemical industries. While the incoming administration has yet to...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

State ESG Update and Analysis for Asset Managers and Financial Institutions

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As we discussed in our white paper “ESG and Public Pension Investing in 2023: A Year-to-Date Recap and Analysis”, there was a surge in legislative activity in 2023 among red states curtailing the use of environmental, social...more

J.S. Held

Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration

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What are the key environmental and sustainability considerations for US and multinational organizations now that Donald Trump is president-elect in the US? In this video, J.S. Held environmental and sustainability experts...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - March 2024 - #2

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Climate Policy Update - March 2023

President Biden issued his first veto to reject a Congressional Review Act measure to shoot down the Department of Labor’s environmental, social, and governance-related (ESG) rule. Governors are also pushing back on the Biden...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Receives Complaint of Alleged Greenwashing by International Energy Company

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

A&O Shearman

Investing in the energy transition: how private capital is fast tracking the journey to net zero

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The global energy transition is well underway, spurred on by legally enshrined governmental net-zero targets and having been given additional impetus by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2022, clean energy investments were...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

ESG: Tips for the Oil & Gas Boardroom

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ESG is increasingly vying for airtime in oil and gas boardrooms as leaders grapple with how best tackle environmental, social and governance challenges. This follows a trend of ESG support throughout all sectors of the U.S....more

Opportune LLP

Top 3 Ways ESG Is Shaping The Energy Transition

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No longer viewed as a fringe concept, ESG has taken off in popularity over the last several years and evolved into a business imperative for companies to generate long-term value for their stakeholders, including members of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Five Things to Know about Green Hydrogen

Green hydrogen is increasingly viewed as the key to decarbonising hard-to-electrify sectors such as transportation and heavy industry. With governments announcing ambitious hydrogen policies as part of their net zero...more

White & Case LLP

Decarbonizing in a downturn: Can the mining & metals sector afford (not) to change?

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Softening commodity prices and economic headwinds may deter miners and metal companies from deploying the significant capital expenditure required to decarbonize....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Nine Takeaways From the Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Initiatives

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The Act promises to touch on almost every aspect of US climate policy. On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (the Act), which expands clean and renewable energy production,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, Volume 6, Issue 8

Report Claims ESG-focused US Shale Producers Perform Better Over Time - “'It is clear that ESG performance impacts investor appetite, even though ESG scores have not been the lead indicator of stock growth during the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC Turns Spotlight on the Voluntary Carbon Markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is joining other federal agencies in the move toward a whole-of-government approach to the mitigation of climate-related financial risk. The CFTC has taken steps this...more

Opportune LLP

Cryptocurrency In Texas: Why Bitcoin Mining Is Taking Off In The Lone Star State

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By nature, Bitcoin mining is energy-intensive and relies on cheap energy to turn a profit. Bitcoin miners have started to flock to Texas because of the current “goldilocks” situation for cryptocurrency mining for three main...more

Morgan Lewis

2021 Year in Review: Climate Change

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The global impact of our planet’s changing climate garnered significant attention in 2021. The United States rejoined the Paris Agreement at the beginning of the year, and in November, during the United Nations Climate Change...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, Volume 5, Issue 32

German Regulator Puts Brake on Nord Stream 2 in Fresh Blow to Gas Pipeline - "First flows through the pipeline look very unlikely in the first half of 2022, he added." Why this is important: It is estimated that Russia...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, Volume 5, Issue 28

China Risks Winter Energy Crunch - "China is at risk of the same energy-crunch chaos seen in Europe, with a state-run newspaper warning that coal-fired power plants will struggle to keep the lights on this winter." ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Energy in ASEAN: Singapore and Hydrogen

The launch of Singapore’s Green Plan 2030 (Green Plan) in February this year is likely to mark a turning point for the island state’s energy sector. As Singapore looks to create a more sustainable society, it will become...more

Opportune LLP

Moving Energy Forward: Putting Learning To Work

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Jack Fisher, Durham Craig, and Sam Sicola, the newest crop of consultants to join Opportune LLP's Corporate Finance group, discuss why the energy industry is still an attractive industry to begin a career in, why the energy...more

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2021 NAPE Summit: Top 10 Energy Industry Trends

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At the 2021 NAPE Summit, decision-makers, prospect generators, financiers, E&P operators, and service providers will finally return in person in Houston at the George R. Brown Center on August 18-20 (virtually from August...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2020 Energy Year in Review

Dear Clients and Friends, In 2020, domestic and international energy markets were challenged by a worldwide pandemic and its effect on commodity prices, which accelerated disruptions in supply chains and impacted the...more

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