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06.01.23

California Senate Approves Greenhouse Gas Disclosure; SEC Remains Conspicuously Silent

The California Senate passed two bills that would require climate-related disclosures from specified companies doing business in California.


06.01.23

Carbon Capture and Sequestration—“Essential,” but Too Little, Too Late?

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), including carbon capture and sequestration, was once derided as little more than a corporate ploy to prolong reliance on fossil fuels.


04.20.23

Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Mandates Advance in California Legislature; SEC Remains Silent

Two bills that would require climate-related disclosures from specified companies doing business in California advanced in the Legislature this week.


04.18.23

Berkeley’s Natural Gas Ban in New Housing and Businesses Not Allowed, Says Ninth Circuit

Local or state regulations seeking to decarbonize new buildings by banning natural gas appliances or infrastructure are preempted under federal law according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.


02.21.23

Mandatory Climate Emissions Disclosures: California Lawmakers Press On While SEC May Be Backing Off

Mandatory disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions by business operators is coming, one way or another. California legislators continue to press for a change in law that would require disclosures for large businesses that do business in California.


03.16.22

CEQA to Project Proponents: ‘Why Can’t You Do Solar?’

A mammoth case out of Lake Tahoe affirms a new environmental review obligation for project proponents: Why can’t you do solar?


01.26.22

Just as EPA Was Fixing Wetlands Rules, Along Come the Sacketts . . . Again

The Idaho family that upended the Obama administration’s wetlands regime in the Supreme Court is back, much to the dismay of the Biden administration.


06.28.21

What’s Next: Opportunities in Infrastructure Now That a First Step Has Been Taken

On June 24, 2021, following months of negotiations, President Biden and Vice President Harris announced their support for a $1.2 trillion bipartisan framework for infrastructure investment.


06.17.20

Proposed Controversial California Vapor Intrusion Guidance Threatens to Hinder Redevelopment

After years in the making behind closed doors, on February 14, 2020, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board and the California State Water Resources Control Board released their draft Supplemental Guidance: Screening ...


04.27.20

One Week, Two Key Supreme Court Environmental Law Opinions

In the course of a week, the Supreme Court has ruled on fundamental issues for two foundational statutes of federal environmental law: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), otherwise known as Superfund, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., and the ...