Legal Planet

AUGUST 6, 2023

Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an initiative measure that would have imposed severe restrictions on oil and gas development in Monterey County is preempted by state law and therefore invalid. The decision came in the case of Chevron U.S.A., County of Monterey.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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SPR Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

On October 6, 2022, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97). LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in 2024 and businesses are beginning to monetize it as a new revenue stream. Moreover, at least 195 countries (.

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SPR Law

JULY 15, 2022

Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its 6-3 decision for West Virginia v.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject of GHG appears in order.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Shapiro released the consensus recommendations by the Climate and Energy Work Group of organized labor, energy industry, consumer and environmental stakeholders to discuss Pennsylvania’s energy future, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 31, 2022

EPA ) addressing the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil-fuel powered power plaints. Click here to read the article (begins on p.

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Law and Environment

JULY 22, 2021

These efforts mark an emerging trend of legislative bodies directing utility regulators to help advance climate policies. This enhanced vision of utility regulation gives me hope in the fight against climate change. greenhouse gas emissions–they have had little to do with addressing climate change.

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Legal Planet

JULY 21, 2022

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the West Virginia case left many people with the impression that it eliminated the government’s power to regulate carbon emissions. There are quite a number of areas of climate law that the Supreme Court has left untouched. EPA , which gave EPA authority to regulate greenhouses gases.

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Eco Justice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The core of our work at Ecojustice is making sure that governments and industry adhere to laws and regulations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, prevent people in Canada from being. The post How does Ecojustice help enforce strong environmental laws? appeared first on Ecojustice.

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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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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). only days from now).

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. Required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set standards for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) new vehicles. 2002 SB1078. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2006 AB 32. 2006 AB 32. 2015 SB350.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations , published in the Federal Register Dec. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. 26, 2023, applicable to clean hydrogen production facilities.

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Manning Law

JUNE 15, 2022

Under most emissions trading systems, regulated industries, which fail to meet their greenhouse gas emission target must make up the shortfall either with a punitive payment or by purchasing emissions trading credits. Regulated parties whose emissions are less than their target will receive credits for that emissions saving.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

With the federal government and state of Maryland each having announced within days of each other, the mandated disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we have received, maybe not surprising, many calls in the last two weeks inquiring “what are GHGs?” greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. emission trends.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt climate reporting standards that will mandate publicly-traded companies disclose some of their greenhouse gas emissions. The upshot: California’s laws remain the strongest disclosure requirements in the nation. After months of discussion, the U.S. Download as PDF

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E2 Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

27, 2023, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released a draft policy (DEP-23-1) to implement the environmental justice provisions of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), New York’s blueprint to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The policy is open for public comment until Nov.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 23, 2023

As concerns about climate change move from mainstream society to businesses large and small, the significance of greenhouse gas emissions and specifically the move to decarbonize economies across the globe is receiving increased attention.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 2, 2023

And in all likelihood, they are not breaking any current law or regulation. That the firm’s activity is probably not breaking any laws is closely related to its tiny scale. Launching weather balloons is a very lightly regulated activity, pursued by hobbyists and citizen scientists in many countries.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Climate Act requires that the scoping plan “inform the state energy planning board’s adoption of a state energy plan,” and the State’s energy law requires that all state entities must make “any energy-related action[s] or decision[s] … reasonably consistent with the. state energy] plan.”.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 5, 2024

from Mexico and federal prosecutors said he’s the first person to be charged with violating regulations intended to curb the use of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. The indictment alleges … Continue reading California man is first in the US to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases, prosecutors say

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to meet November 8 on a Senate Concurrent Resolution disapproving of the final regulation limiting carbon emissions from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. This is not even debatable, but this Senate and House do what they want.

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Legal Planet

JULY 17, 2023

Three decades earlier, a class project by five law students had led to a major win on standing, though a loss on the merits. No one really thought that Mendelsohn could win when he petitioned EPA to regulate greenhouse gases from new cars and trucks. The story of the five law students was, if anything, more surprising.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 1, 2024

by Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School Electric power generation in the U.S. electricity … Continue reading New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal But fossil fuel plants still generate 60% of the U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. Many regulations will have to be promulgated to make all of this happen. Many regulations will have to be promulgated to make all of this happen.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 29, 2023

This blog post is a compilation of responses to the top 10 questions from our webinar last week, “ Does Your Lease Address New GHG Laws? ” The top 10 questions we received were: How does a building owner count its greenhouse gas emissions to report to the government under this new Maryland law ?

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 22, 2023

It would be one thing if this topic was only prospective, about leases to be entered into in the future, but the reality is there are very large numbers of existing leases including with renewal terms that are for premises that will be regulated by emergent greenhouse gas emission disclosure and reduction statutes, rules, and regulations.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Candidate at UCLA Law (2L) Last week, Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula introduced AB 2623 , a bill designed to guard California communities against the dangers of transporting carbon dioxide in pipelines. You might be familiar with carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 26, 2024

In 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). The post Update on RGGI in Pennsylvania first appeared on Law and the Environment. The Commonwealth Court issued an Order on Nov. 1, 2023, declaring the RGGI rulemaking void.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Achieving the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to “well below” 2°C above pre-industrial levels requires urgent and serious steps to reduce greenhouse gas. Shipping currently makes up nearly 3% of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) released worldwide, and those emissions are on track to increase.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The recent announcement from GFANZ that strips a requirement for financial institutions to commit to UN-backed criteria clearly illustrates that the current system of self-regulation is failing. New regulations are required to protect our climate and our financial system. Empower regulators to tackle greenwashing.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The second major climate d i sclosure bill to pass this week is SB 253 (Wiener), which requires major corporations to disclose their Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse emissions. This bill, like SB 261, would be the first of its kind to be enacted anywhere in the United States. Both bills now await the Governor’s signature.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 13, 2022

ESG law is emergent and fast evolving such that today, the best sources are blogs and Twitter, not bound statutes and printed law reviews. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler Tweeted about the future of ESG regulation. Last week U.S. on March 21. And you can read about it here. yes, this blog will continue).

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This announcement tilts the balance of cost-benefit analyses in favor of activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and it could have widespread effects for entities that receive federal funding or are subject to federal regulation. Postal Service has assessed climate benefits in selecting its next generation delivery vehicles.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

This post is the third in a series of blogs that address specific legal features of the rule: Part One offered a summary of the final rule, and delved into the materiality threshold that was added throughout the rule, including for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure.

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