Announcements
Greenberg Traurig Expands Litigation Practice with Addition of Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Irina Khasin in AtlantaGreenberg Traurig's Energy & Natural Resources Practice Recognized in 2023 'Best Law Firms' ReportGreenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice Receives 39 Rankings Nationally and in 15 U.S. Markets
Carbon Credits
Inflation Reduction Act: EPA Invites Stakeholder Input on Grant/Technical Assistance Programs for Lower-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials, StandardsTreasury Announces Initial Guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Labor Requirements for Renewable Energy Tax Credits and IncentivesIRS Takes First Steps to Implement Carbon Capture Tax Credit
Climate Change
Inflation Reduction Act: EPA Invites Stakeholder Input on Grant/Technical Assistance Programs for Lower-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials, StandardsE2 Law Podcast: Episode 20 | Empire Environmental – Review of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce Emissions and Achieve Climate GoalsE2 Law Podcast: Episode 19 | Empire Environmental – New York State Climate Action Council Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Compliance
E2 Law Podcast: Episode 19 | Empire Environmental – New York State Climate Action Council Plan to Reduce Carbon EmissionsDOJ’s Updated Corporate Crime Policies: Practical Considerations in the Environmental ContextCumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertainty
Environmental Justice
New York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and RenewalNew York State Climate Action Council Adopts Final Scoping Plan to Achieve Climate GoalsCumulative risk by any other name: Seeking environmental justice in an era of statutory, regulatory, and scientific uncertainty
Federal
Uncertainty, No Guidance for Attorney-Client Privilege in Environmental AuditsInflation Reduction Act: EPA Invites Stakeholder Input on Grant/Technical Assistance Programs for Lower-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials, StandardsTreasury Announces Initial Guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Labor Requirements for Renewable Energy Tax Credits and Incentives
Greenhouse Gas
IRS Establishes a Program to Allocate Credits to Qualifying Advanced Energy ProjectsInflation Reduction Act: EPA Invites Stakeholder Input on Grant/Technical Assistance Programs for Lower-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials, StandardsE2 Law Podcast: Episode 20 | Empire Environmental – Review of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce Emissions and Achieve Climate Goals
GT Alert
Inflation Reduction Act: EPA Invites Stakeholder Input on Grant/Technical Assistance Programs for Lower-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials, StandardsNew York State Climate Action Council Adopts Final Scoping Plan to Achieve Climate GoalsU.S. Interior Department Initiates Actions to Protect Colorado River System, Reduce Deliveries
Hydrofracking
UK Government Ends Its Support for Fracking in England (At Least for Now)EPA Issues Final Hydraulic Fracturing Report, Concluding that The Practice “Can Impact Drinking Water Resources under Some Circumstances”; Follow-on Federal Regulation Highly UnlikelyIndependent Scientific Panel Faults the EPA’s Landmark Hydraulic Fracturing Study
International
EU to Make Changes to Its Sustainability Reporting Rules and Impose New Obligations on Non-European CompaniesInterior Department Determines ‘Tier 2 Shortage Conditions’ on Colorado River Requiring Additional Water Delivery Cuts, Other Actions in 2023Renewable Energy in Latin America Updates - August 2022
Legislation
New York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and RenewalThomas Brill Quoted in Law360 Article, 'California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2023'E2 Law Podcast: Episode 19 | Empire Environmental – New York State Climate Action Council Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Massachusetts
DEP’s Municipal Harbor Plan Regulations InvalidGreenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development DisputeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Allows Enforcement to Require Removal of Unauthorized Wetlands Fill for Three Years After Each New Property Transfer
NEPA
New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property ValuesA Tale of Two Environmental Policies: President Trump Announces NEPA Reform, as Former Vice President Biden Vows to Roll Back Reforms If ElectedFederal Judge Prohibits Use of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 for Utility and Pipeline Projects
New Jersey
TRANSITION THOUGHTS: How Will President Biden’s Elevation of Environmental Justice Within the EPA Affect Your Permitted Facility or Redevelopment Project?Third Circuit Considers the Scope of “Matters Addressed” in CERCLA SettlementsNew Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property Values
New York
E2 Law Podcast: Episode 20 | Empire Environmental – Review of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce Emissions and Achieve Climate GoalsNew York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and RenewalE2 Law Podcast: Episode 19 | Empire Environmental – New York State Climate Action Council Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Policy
New York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and RenewalCommerce Issues Final Rule on AD/CVD Grace PeriodCalifornia Air Resources Board Announces Rulemaking Regarding Small Off-Road Engine Regulations
Politics
Interior Department Determines ‘Tier 2 Shortage Conditions’ on Colorado River Requiring Additional Water Delivery Cuts, Other Actions in 2023How the Inflation Reduction Act May Impact the Renewable Energy IndustryMaribel Nicholson-Choice Quoted in Law360 Article, '3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill'
State & Local
E2 Law Podcast: Episode 20 | Empire Environmental – Review of New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce Emissions and Achieve Climate GoalsNew York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and RenewalThomas Brill Quoted in Law360 Article, 'California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2023'
Tax
IRS Establishes a Program to Allocate Credits to Qualifying Advanced Energy ProjectsDec. 13 WEBINAR | Renewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsTreasury Announces Initial Guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Labor Requirements for Renewable Energy Tax Credits and Incentives
Toxic Tort
Greenberg Traurig’s Libretta Stennes and Deepi K. Miller to Speak at ABA Toxic Torts and Environmental Law ConferenceThe Top 5 New Environmental Issues for Commercial Property Owners or ManagersNew York’s ‘Toxic Toys’ Law: Governor Signs Legislation Regulating Chemicals in Children’s Products, But Changes to the Law Are Already Coming
Transactional
Renewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Allows Enforcement to Require Removal of Unauthorized Wetlands Fill for Three Years After Each New Property TransferPresidential Executive Order on U.S. Bulk Power System Equipment from ‘Foreign Adversaries’