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The Long Life and Sudden Demise of Federal Wetlands Protection

Legal Planet

.” In 2023, the Supreme Court ended fifty years of broad federal protection to wetlands in Sackett v. It is only when you look back at the history of federal wetland regulation that you realize just how radical and destructive this decision was. United States. In Sackett v.

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GT’s Environmental Practice Recognized in 2023 Chambers USA Guide

E2 Law Blog

The Chambers USA 2023 Guide recognized the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP on its nationwide list of the top 32 environment practices in the country. Firmwide, more than 275 attorneys were recognized in the 2023 USA Guide in more than 65 of the firm’s practices areas across 28 regions.

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A Climate Adaptation Toolkit for the Insurance Industry

Law Columbia

On July 21, 2023, the Sabin Center launched its latest report, Modelling Climate Litigation Risk for (Re)Insurers. However, alongside physical risks, companies face a rising tide of climate change-related litigation. The economic impact of climate litigation can be enormous.

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Reckoning with risk: Recent developments in climate and U.S. financial regulation

Law Columbia

Two executive orders, Executive Orders (EOs) 13990 and 14008 , both issued within a week of President Biden’s inauguration, call for a whole-of-government and science-based approach to tackling the current and expected impacts of climate change on the U.S and its economy, infrastructure, and markets.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Ohio and some other states argue that the waiver unconstitutionally gives California more power to regulate than it gives them. EPA to overturn Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

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Supreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands

E2 Law Blog

Thus began nearly two decades of litigation, culminating in the Supreme Court’s May 25, 2023 decision in Sackett v. All nine justices agree with the Sacketts that the wetlands on their property are beyond the scope of government’s CWA jurisdiction. 598 U.S. , (2023) (slip. EPA , 598 U.S. at __ (slip op. at (slip op.

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Grey is the New Black: Navigating Ambiguity in the Carbon Claims Landscape

Ivy Protocol

2023) , over 8,296 entities had joined the United Nations-backed ‘Race to Zero’ campaign by February 1st, 2023, and the Science Based Targets initiative has approved science-based targets for 2,217 companies. Regulations Rising: A Global Response In response, stricter regulations are taking shape across the globe.

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