On March 26, 2024, the Directive (EU) 2024/825 on empowering consumers for the green transition (Empowering Consumers Directive or ECD) entered into force. The Directive must be transposed into national law by March 27, 2026, and applied from September 27 …
On March 28, 2024, in US v. EZ Lynk, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) claim that an automotive device manufacturer violated Section 203 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), holding that …
Over 10,000 businesses could soon be receiving notices from California that they must join a California-designated Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO). The first PRO approved by CalRecycle is the Circular Action Alliance (CAA). Below is a quick …
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules that will require domestic and foreign registrants to include extensive climate-related information in their registration statements and periodic reports.i These …
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule, which ushers in several changes to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Risk Management Program (RMP) (Final Rule or Rule). The Rule …
Following passage of Senate Bill X1-2 (SB X1-2), the California Gas Price Gouging and Transparency Law, in March 2023, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has begun promulgating a series of regulations to increase state regulatory control over the fuels …
A lawsuit filed January 30, 2024, is challenging two new California climate disclosure and financial reporting laws, Senate Bill (SB) 253 and SB 261, for unconstitutionally requiring disclosure by qualifying public and privately-held businesses of …
On January 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule to implement a “Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems”— commonly referred to as the “Methane Fee”— established by the Inflation Reduction Act of …
On December 1, 2023, an amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 went into effect in the United States. The amendment, which can be accessed starting on page 18 here and is included below, clarifies that when it comes to the admissibility of expert …
On October 11, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a)(7) requiring most covered businesses to submit a one-time report by May 8, 2025, detailing their …
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out guidelines for businesses that want to go green. On October 12, 2023, the CMA published its “Guidance on the application of the Chapter I prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 to environmental …
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1305 into law, triggering novel disclosure requirements related to voluntary carbon offsets (VCOs) and a suite of environmental marketing claims. According to the bill sponsors …
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law landmark climate disclosure and financial reporting legislation: the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, (SB 253) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261). Referred to …
On July 31, 2023, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a Commission Delegated Act containing the first set of EU-wide European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) (Delegated Act) and accompanying Q&As supplementing the Corporate …
On August 17, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) announced its national enforcement and compliance priorities for fiscal years 2024-27, following the Agency’s solicitation of …
On Monday, July 31, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ or the Council) proposed its second round of revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA or the Act) regulations, as amended in 2020. Although lauded by the White House …
On July 20, 2023, the Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCS) in Singapore published its proposed guidance note on environmental sustainability collaborations (the Guidance Note, accessible here) for public consultation. The Guidance Note is intended to …
On July 25, 2023, in Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation LLLP v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 23-1094, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determination that Port Hamilton …
On June 14, 2023, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations and FAQs regarding the direct payment of tax credits under Section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ( …
Today, Friday, June 2, President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (HR 3746), or FRA, preventing a U.S. debt default. The FRA was passed by the U.S. Senate on June 1 by a bipartisan vote of 63 to 36 and …
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