California
Ninth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related GuidanceNew California Climate Disclosure Law Deadlines Are Rapidly Approaching: Compliance Considerations for CompaniesCalifornia’s Cap-and-Trade Is Extended and Becomes ‘Cap-and-Invest’ in Package of New Energy Laws
CARB
Ninth Circuit Pauses Looming California SB 261 Compliance Deadline; CARB Clarifies Related GuidanceNew California Climate Disclosure Law Deadlines Are Rapidly Approaching: Compliance Considerations for CompaniesCalifornia Air Resources Board Issues Enforcement Update for Climate Disclosure Laws' Implementation
Energy and Natural Resources
METI Proposes Price Cap Reductions in Japan’s Balancing Market: Implications for Battery Energy Storage SystemsDecree Establishes Administrative Facilities for the Regularization of Concession and Assignment Titles of National Waters in MexicoNYISO Reliability Plan: New York May Require Thousands of Megawatts of Dispatchable Generation by 2034
EPA
The Never-Ending Rule: EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Propose Narrowing the Post-Sackett Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’DC Circuit Reinstates Title V Emergency Affirmative DefenseNew York State Building and Energy Codes and Federal HFC Rollback Efforts: Navigating Regulatory Challenges for Developers
Federal
As the Wind Turbine Turns: When Can a Federal Agency Change Its Mind?New York State Building and Energy Codes and Federal HFC Rollback Efforts: Navigating Regulatory Challenges for DevelopersDo The Recent California Amendments to Its Environmental Review Statute Offer a Blueprint for Similar Changes in New York?
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
Legislation
Court Requires DEC to Promulgate Regulations in NYS Climate Regulation CaseCalifornia Climate Disclosure Laws: Federal Court Denies Request to Block SB 253 and 261; Plaintiffs AppealNavigating Florida’s New Real Estate Landscape: Essential 2025 Legislative Updates for Smart Development & Property Investment
Mexico
Decree Establishes Administrative Facilities for the Regularization of Concession and Assignment Titles of National Waters in MexicoMexico Simplifies Procedures Before Its Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary RisksErick Hernández Gallego Attends UN Climate Change Conference on Behalf of ICC Mexico
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
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'
Regulatory
Wildlife Agencies Issue Four Proposed Rules to Revert Endangered Species Act Practices to 2019 InterpretationsCourt Requires DEC to Promulgate Regulations in NYS Climate Regulation CaseNew York State Building and Energy Codes and Federal HFC Rollback Efforts: Navigating Regulatory Challenges for Developers
Remediation
New York State Environmental Regulator Announces Sustainability Initiative In Connection With Its Remediation and Brownfield ProgramsNavigating Voluntary Cleanups in a World of Evolving ScienceNinth Circuit, in Narrow Holding, Limits Amount Recoverable in CERCLA Contribution Claim to Response Costs Already Incurred
Renewables
When Is a Final Approval Not the Final Word? Empire Wind Halt Raises Questions About Managing Risk for Previously Approved Infrastructure ProjectsGT’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice Recognized in 2024 Chambers USA GuideDelays in Renewable Energy Siting in New York: A Closer Look at State Audit Findings
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’