California
California Air Resources Board Issues Enforcement Update for Climate Disclosure Laws' ImplementationCalifornia Energy Commission Gains Authority to Regulate Refinery Transportation-Fuel InventoriesCalifornia Legislature Considers Bill That Would Delay Implementation of Historic Climate Disclosure Laws
Clean energy
Capitalizing on Change: Emerging Opportunities for Latin America in the Rare Minerals MarketNew York to Miss 2030 Renewable Energy Target Despite Making Substantial Progress Following Adoption of Its Climate LawEnvironmental Law and the Brownfield 'Energy Community' Clean Energy Tax Credit Bonus Under the IRA
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
New York State Proposes ‘Rapid Act’ and Other Bill to Aid in Transition to Renewable Energy and Away From Natural GasNew 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'
Natural Resources
Federal Government Continues Efforts to Reform Colorado River Operations9th Circuit Chills Municipal Government Efforts to Ban Natural Gas for Cooking, HeatingInterior Department Determines ‘Tier 2 Shortage Conditions’ on Colorado River Requiring Additional Water Delivery Cuts, Other Actions in 2023
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'
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’