Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Many regulations will have to be promulgated to make all of this happen. The Maryland Department of the Environment has already begun drafting regulations and proposed regulations will first be circulated for public comment in winter 2023 with final regulations adopted in summer 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 3, 2023

Because of California’s Advanced Clean Cars II regulation adopted last fall , all automakers will have to achieve ZEV sales above 30% by model year 2026 and be on the way to 100% ZEV sales by 2035. Brands listed in red have 5% or less ZEV sales in California.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the European regulation that imposes a reporting obligation and a carbon tax on EU imports of certain goods in order to reduce carbon emissions. The CBAM Regulation officially took effect May 17, 2023. See our prior GT Alert. It will apply in phases starting Oct.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The proposed initiatives and enablers for each domain are listed below: Notable Decarbonisation Initiatives National SAF target and SAF levy – From 2026, flights departing Singapore will be required to use at least 1% of SAF. The initiatives will be implemented across three domains: airport, airline, and air traffic management.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements. Raising the rate of annual increase of the CES standard from 2% to 6% for 2026 through 2030 and lowering the rate of annual increase from 2% to 1% for 2031 through 2050.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. I predict that we’ll see a wave of legislation and agency regulation at the state level, sparked by federal legislation. That’s going to make it feasible for state regulators to be a lot more aggressive.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

The agenda includes proposed water withdrawal requests, the current expense and capital budget for 2024, the FY 2024-2026 Water Resources Program and regular quarterly reports. Click Here to sign up for regulator updates. in the Multi-Purpose Room at Rutgers University Camden, 326 Penn St., Camden, NJ. Follow DRBC on Twitter.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Many of these companies are already undertaking some form of Scope 3 emissions accounting, and what’s more, SB 253 wouldn’t impose penalties on regulated businesses until 2030, giving the business world plenty of time to figure out how to more accurately measure and report this data. State regulators, too, will benefit from this information.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community? All through its eNotice system. Click Here to sign up.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This regulation will also help address affordability challenges by ensuring that the budget electric vehicle (EV) models coming to market aren’t just available overseas, but are readily available in Canada too.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2022

State regulators had already fined the Port of Morrow for repeated environmental violations over the mishandling of its wastewater. The project is expected to be completed by 2026. This week, we highlight three stories from the United States on nitrate pollution, groundwater extraction, and drought response.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 8, 2024

Green , and James Bee On 22 December 2023, the Commission Delegated Regulation specifying the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU). [1] For in scope companies, disclosures may be required as early as the reporting period for the 2024 financial year.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 12, 2023

The current agreement expires in 2026. On the Radar Regulatory Analysis Comment Period Extended The Office of Management and Budget extended until June 20 the public comment period for consequential proposed changes to how federal agencies analyze the costs and benefits of regulation.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 22, 2022

Today, the Securities & Exchange Commission voted 3 to 1 in favor of adopting a long-awaited set of proposed revisions to SEC regulations concerning the disclosure of climate risks and related financial impacts, as well as data on greenhouse gas emissions in certain SEC filings. Climate Disclosures in Financial Statements.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

These rules may take on far greater significance than only regulating environmental claims in the EU when they are being seen as a precursor to the long delayed updated Federal Trade Commission Green Guides for the Use of Environmental Claims in the U.S. likely by the end of 2026). yes, a uniquely American tenet).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Postal Service increased its commitment to zero-emission vehicles in the first round of new delivery vehicles from 10 to 62 percent and committed to only purchasing electric delivery vehicles after 2026. The number of available electric truck models in the US and Canada has surpassed 180.

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Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

Covered buildings will be required to gradually reduce emissions, relative to a 2018–2019 baseline, over compliance periods starting in 2026 and 2030. It does not apply to any residential buildings.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The California Advanced Clean Cars II regulation. The Advanced Clean Cars II regulation, the most recent version of clean air rules for passenger vehicles, includes requirements for a standardized state of health indicator that is displayed on the dashboard and available via a standardized connector for EVs produced in 2026 and thereafter.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions. Program Linkage : The Cap-and-Trade Regulations permit California to link its Program with that of another jurisdiction to promote cost effectiveness and facilitate greater emissions reductions.

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Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

The SEC defines transition risks as those resulting from regulatory, technological, or market changes; for example, costs resulting from climate-related regulations would need to be disclosed. AFs would need to meet this requirement by 2026, and smaller reporting companies and EGCs by 2027.

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Acoel

JULY 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be received by the regulated community as an announcement that the environmental justice principles will serve as the foundation for an enforcement initiative targeting them rather than initiating a collective effort with the goal of stakeholders focusing to solve unanswered and persistent problems.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

It requires companies beginning in 2026 to disclose their Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from the prior year and then beginning in 2027 to disclose their Scope 3 GHG emissions from the prior year. Penalties for failure to comply will be established by regulation in an amount of up to $50,000 per year.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This post is adapted from a Client Alert to commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about the new regulations requiring that beginning January 1, 2024 greenhouse gas emission data be collected for reporting to the state government.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 28, 2023

Under provincial regulations, beverage companies in Ontario are required to collect and recycle or refill 75 per cent of their non-alcoholic empties by 2026 and 80 per cent by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

. -- Department of Environmental Protection Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities [PaEN] The Department of Transportation published notice in the September 17 PA Bulletin inviting comments on four proposed Pollution Reduction Plans required for its 2021-2026 NPDES individual MS4 Stormwater Permit. Read more here.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

Background The Singaporean government introduced the ICC Framework in November 2022, in tandem with the progressive increase in carbon tax rate under the Carbon Pricing (Amendment) Act 2022 from the current S$5 per tonne of emissions to S$25 per tonne in 2024 and 2025, and S$45 per tonne in 2026 and beyond.

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Renewable + Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

21-06-035, which directed load-serving entities subject to its jurisdiction (investor-owned utilities, community choice aggregators, and energy service providers) to procure at least 11,500 megawatts (MW) of net-qualifying capacity (NQC) for reliability for the period 2023 through 2026. in 2023 to 69% (indicative, not final) in 2026.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 11, 2024

LAFs must comply with most disclosures for fiscal year beginning (FYB) 2025, FYB 2026 for GHG emissions and the remaining required disclosures, and reach limited assurance for their GHG emissions disclosures for FYB 2029. In practice, this means initial disclosures under the regime will be filed in 2026.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is still awaiting funding to craft the regulations needed to implement the laws, though it has indicated it will begin the process soon. However, the existence of federal regulations on the same subject as a state law does not mean that state law is necessarily preempted. See, e.g. , Rice v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

GW of gas capacity will no longer be needed as early as 2026. While there were plenty of gas plant retirements in the first half of the 2010s, there haven’t been many in recent years due primarily to reliability concerns. However, the IRP modeling shows that, as California builds more and more clean resources, roughly 2.7

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

gigawatts of capacity from gas plants are planned to go online from 2023 to 2026. A history of gas-friendly policies and regulations has pushed the United States to overinvest in gas infrastructure and systems. Source: Energy Information Agency Despite the economics increasingly favoring renewables, an additional 21.8

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Despite assurances from state leaders “that Shell can operate a state-of-the-art facility,” representatives for Shell admitted that the facility won’t be fully operational until 2025 or 2026. These injustices are incalculable. Related Articles - Shell Petrochemical Plant: -- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), where I spent the most time, is charged with protecting public health and the environment, and it uses two primary levers setting rules and regulations to level the playing field for markets to work in the service of ALL residents of the United States providing resources to promote the public good.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

The first purpose is to maintain a healthful and safe environment in Louisiana through governmental regulation and control over the areas of water quality, air quality, solid and hazardous waste, scenic rivers and streams, and radiation. That provision can be found at Louisiana Revised Statute § 30:2026.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The grid operator CAISO, along with state regulators, found that the derates and forced outages of this event mostly hit gas plants and were driven largely by high ambient temperatures. The grid operator’s report published alongside regulators five months later said this happened because of “plant trouble,” without giving further specifics.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But on the flip side, the recycling of batteries without these minerals isn’t currently profitable.and therefore may not be recycled if there isn’t regulation requiring it. It is important for EV owners to know the health of their battery, an indicator that is required starting in 2026 for EVs in California.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2021

Meanwhile, they evade regulations and push ever more polluting SUVs on Canadians, all to pad the companies’ bottom line.”. What else should we make of the fact that GM and Ford plan to make 5 million SUVs and trucks in North America in 2026, but only about 300,000 EVs?” added Brooks.

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