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Updates on Renewable Energy and Clean Transportation
There is a lot of buzz around clean technology, distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and other technological innovations in the renewable energy and clean transport industries and how these developments can contribute to solving longstanding environmental justice issues. As these innovations develop, energy markets will undergo substantial changes to which consumers and industry participants alike will need to adapt and leverage.
ABA 51st Conference On Environmental Law – ESG For Gen Z Panel - Environment - United States
United States: ABA 51st Conference On Environmental Law – ESG For Gen Z Panel 21 April 2022 Foley & Lardner Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors Foley Associate Hillary Vedvig recently presented at the American Bar Association's 51st Annual Conference on Environmental Law in San Francisco, California.
ABA 51st Conference on Environmental Law - ESG For Gen Z Panel
Foley Associate Hillary Vedvig recently presented at the American Bar Association’s 51st Annual Conference on Environmental Law in San Francisco, California. The Conference focused on the future of environmental law and how emerging topics and trends are fundamentally changing environmental law practices, including COVID-19, climate change, and emerging contaminants.
On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a comprehensive set of proposed rules mandating climate-related risk disclosures for public companies (Proposed Rule).1 For some the release marks “an important and long-awaited step forward”2 and a “watershed moment” for financial markets;3 for others it exceeds the SEC’s statutory authority and “turns the disclosure regime on its head”4 — and these are just the reactions of the commissioners themselves.5 Despite...
Driving Sustainability: Automakers Look Beyond Electric Vehicles
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Electric vehicles typically steal the show in conversations about sustainability in the automotive industry — and for good reason. Emissions from the transportation sector are estimated to account for 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.1 From Tesla's domination in the news to Ford's record-breaking F150 Lightning, the electrification of vehicles is an exciting step in the energy transition.
How Dutch Shell Carbon Emissions Ruling May Affect US Cos.
Law360 (July 8, 2021, 3:12 PM EDT) -- On May 26, a Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell PLC to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% from 2019 levels by 2030. Shell had previously pledged to reduce its emissions by 20% from 2016 levels by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The Dutch court held that this commitment was insufficient based on the "very serious threat" that Shell's carbon emissions pose to Dutch residents.
Environmental Justice and Why You Should Care | JD Supra
“Environmental Justice” is the concept that all people - regardless of race, color, national origin, or income - should receive fair treatment and have meaningful involvement with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Why You Should Care About Environmental Justice
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 “Environmental Justice” is the concept that all people - regardless of race, color, national origin, or income - should receive fair treatment and have meaningful involvement with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
SEC Movement on ESG Disclosures: SEC and Investors Enhance Focus on Climate Change and Other ESG Disclosures | JD Supra
It’s no secret that the Biden Administration is focused on environmental justice and climate change issues, as evidenced by the president’s selection of Congresswoman Debra Haaland as Secretary of the Interior and former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and former Secretary of State John Kerry as National Climate Advisor and Climate Envoy, respectively.
Has California Opened The Door To Bring Suit Against
United States: Has California Opened The Door To Bring Suit Against "Shill" Plaintiffs In Prop 65, ADA And Other Repeat-Plaintiff Litigation? 28 May 2020 by Erik K. Swanholt and Hillary N. Vedvig Foley & Lardner To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Creates Uncertainty, Liability Risk For Releases Of Pollutants To Groundwater
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Has California Opened the Door to Bring Suit Against “Shill” Plaintiffs in Prop 65, ADA and Other Repeat-Plaintiff Litigation? | JD Supra
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In the Shadows of the COVID-19 Pandemic – BlackRock’s ESG Expectations | JD Supra
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Creates Uncertainty, Liability Risk for Releases of Pollutants to Groundwater
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California Enacts New Warning Requirements Applicable To Cannabis And CBD Products - Cannabis & Hemp - United States
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California Enacts New Warning Requirements Applicable to Cannabis and CBD Products | JD Supra
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Is 2020 the Year Sustainable Means Investment-Worthy? | JD Supra
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California-led Coalition Files Suit to Prevent Rollback of Vehicle Emission Standards | JD Supra
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California-led Coalition Files Suit to Prevent Rollback of Vehicle Emission Standards
A coalition of states has opened a new front in the ongoing battles between the Trump Administration’s efforts to streamline regulations applicable to industry and the interests favoring additional regulation. In response to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“U.S. EPA’s”) recent announcement that the agency will ease greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emission standards applicable to light-duty vehicles, a group of states have gone to court to oppose that change.
Forum: Forced into breaking the law
Every day in New Haven, and in cities across Connecticut, people without permanent housing risk arrest and imprisonment for simply existing. Connecticut does not provide enough shelter space for its homeless population. Without housing, New Haven’s homeless residents must fulfill their basic needs — a place to sleep, somewhere to be during the day — in public. But New Haven, like many cities across the state, enforces laws prohibiting people from performing these essential activities in public.
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