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
Clean energy
Proposed Treasury Rules on Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship for Clean Energy Credits Incentivize Use of Project Labor AgreementsWebinar Recording | Renewables Mid-Year Check: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance MarketsWebinar Recording | Clean Energy Tax Credits: Direct Pay and Transferability – New Guidance Explained
Energy
Greenberg Traurig Continues to Strengthen Energy & Natural Resources Practice with Regina A. Pearson in AustinProposed Treasury Rules on Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship for Clean Energy Credits Incentivize Use of Project Labor AgreementsWebinar Recording | Renewables Mid-Year Check: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance Markets
Environmental Justice
The Montana 'Youth Climate Case' and the Pa. Environmental Rights AmendmentMay 9 | Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental, Health and Safety Webinar – Part OneNew York Adopts New Environmental Justice Law That Requires Consideration of ‘Disproportionate Impacts’ on Disadvantaged Communities for Permit Issuance and Renewal
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 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
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
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
New York Regulator Releases Draft Policy to Implement Environmental Justice Provisions of NY Climate LawNew York City Planning Commission Approves Zoning Changes Supporting City’s Climate GoalsDoreen U. Saia, Steven C. Russo, & Zackary D. Knaub Named to City & State’s 2023 Energy & Environment Power 100
Podcast
E2 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 EmissionsE2 Law Podcast: Episode 18 | ‘Fairness’ in Superfund Allocation Matters, Part 2B
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’