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The Advanced Clean Fleets rule explained
Oct 25, 2022 3:38 pm GMT 3 views By EDF Blogs By Lauren Navarro and Tom Cackette The Advanced Clean Fleets rule is a purchase requirement for medium and heavy-duty fleets to adopt an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks. It will complement the previously adopted Advanced Clean Trucks regulation requiring manufacturers to sell ZEV trucks. Together the two regulations are the most important means of achieving Gov.
Now is the time for California to go bold on electric trucks and buses
There is no single fix to the climate, air quality, political and economic challenges facing California, but the state’s early action to electrify its fleet of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles is one example of smart policy that can move us in a positive direction. As California’s legislative session concludes in August, lawmakers and the California Air Resources Board should take the next steps to implement the electric transportation transition with tools that are right at their fingertips.
California policymakers want feedback on how to make it easier to finance electric trucks, buses
By Lauren Navarro / Bio / Published: March 9, 2022 Last year the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 372, an important new bill that will help finance the next generation of zero-emission trucks.
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments For November 2021
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: What new recommendations does the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Working Group on Bribery have for fighting foreign corruption?
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2021 | JD Supra
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: What new recommendations does the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Working Group on Bribery have for fighting foreign corruption?
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments For June 2020 | JD Supra
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: What compliance and enforcement guidance did the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and France’s Ministry of Justice provide? How will an appellate ruling in the FIFA case impact foreign bribery enforcement?
DOJ Provides New Guidance On Corporate Compliance Programs | JD Supra
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published a revised version of its guidance on the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the “June 2020 Guidance”). Like its predecessors in February 2017 and April 2019, the June 2020 Guidance provides greater transparency regarding DOJ’s expectations for corporate compliance programs and demonstrates DOJ’s willingness to listen to and incorporate the experiences of the business community into its internal policies.
Groundbreaking clean truck initiative will reduce air pollution in California
By Lauren Navarro / Bio / Published: April 29, 2020 California recently released new details of a plan to bring more affordable electric trucks, vans and buses to market while also reducing harmful air pollution. The latest proposal reflects calls from California Air Resources Board members to increase the number of electric trucks sold under the rule and to ensure that the benefits of cleaner air they bring will reach disadvantaged communities.
California’s smart and economically savvy plan for electrifying trucks
By Lauren Navarro California is working on a bold new plan that will put more electric trucks on the streets, and take dangerous pollution out of the air. Under this plan, manufacturers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks will be required to sell more new electric and fuel-cell options in California, starting in 2024. The final details of this rule will be released over the next few months.
California’s smart and economically savvy plan for electrifying trucks
By Lauren Navarro / Bio / Published: March 6, 2020 California is working on a bold new plan that will put more electric trucks on the streets, and take dangerous pollution out of the air. Under this plan, manufacturers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks will be required to sell more new electric and fuel-cell options in California, starting in 2024. The final details of this rule will be released over the next few months.
How companies are using electric trucks to reduce air pollution and save money
By Lauren Navarro / Bio / Published: November 15, 2019 Earlier this year, Amazon announced it would purchase 100,000 electric trucks like this one as part of its efforts to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. What do Amazon, Goodwill and PepsiCo have in common? They’re all investing in heavy-duty electric trucks. It’s a move that’s making great strides to reduce air pollution and save money. Fortunately for these companies, making the switch to electric fleets is about to get a whole lot easier.
New bill provides California with a powerful tool to reduce emissions and improve air quality
By Lauren Navarro A new bill (AB 1328) just passed in the California legislature and is awaiting Gov. Newsom’s signature.
New bill provides California with a powerful tool to reduce emissions and improve air quality
By Lauren Navarro / Bio / Published: September 27, 2019 A new bill (AB 1328) just passed in the California legislature and is awaiting Gov. Newsom’s signature.
DOJ Revises Guidance on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
How to Comply with the Revised Ephemeral-Messaging Provision in the FCPA’s Corporate Enforcement Policy | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
DOJ Announces Revised FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy - March 2019 | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
Sacramento Leads By Example On Cleaner Energy With Help From Electrification
Good news for California’s clean energy fans. Last week the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) approved an aggressive new plan that will help push California’s capitol city and its surrounding area closer to meeting, and beating, the state’s deep carbon reduction goals. Once implemented, SMUD will help create a cleaner energy and transportation system for the region. The importance of SMUDs proposed investment shouldn’t be understated, nor should its impact.
Sacramento leads by example on cleaner energy with help from electrification
Good news for California’s clean energy fans. Last week the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) approved an aggressive new plan that will help push California’s capitol city and its surrounding area closer to meeting, and beating, the state’s deep carbon reduction goals. Once implemented, SMUD will help create a cleaner energy and transportation system for the region. The importance of SMUDs proposed investment shouldn’t be understated, nor should its impact.
A Regionalized Energy Grid Creates A Home For California’s Wasted Renewables
During the summer solstice on June 21, California utility scale solar power set a generation record with solar producing equivalent to about 16 percent of all electricity consumed during the day. And earlier this year, on April 27, California set two renewable energy records for both instantaneous solar generation: about 10.5 gigawatts), and instantaneous renewable generation: 73 percent of the state’s total electricity demand came from renewable energy.
100% by 2045: California evaluates one of the nation’s biggest clean energy goals
It’s summertime in California, and one thing that means is lots of sunshine. Lucky for us, the Golden State is a national leader in turning that sunshine, and other renewable resources, into electricity to power homes and business across the state. Currently, the state is working to produce 50 percent of its electricity from clean energy resources like solar and wind and is closing in on that goal. Next month, lawmakers will get the chance to advance that goal even further – to 100 percent by 2045.
East Coast meets West Coast style - how 2 states are advancing clean energy
Cities and states are taking the initiative to address climate change independently from the federal administration. With unique political contexts and environmental needs, each local authorities’ policies address specific climate challenges. California’s new landmark mandate, requiring solar panels on new home constructions, and New York’s ongoing Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative, illustrate just how different paths can lead to accomplish the same intent: to fight climate change.
California’s Legislative Session Could Be Huge For State Economy And World Climate
This year’s legislative session here in California is poised to be a wild ride in clean energy – more ideas, intertwining issues, and intrigue are developing than in the last 10 years. A signal that the state’s clean energy policy is coming of age, leaders and significant players are weaving all of the separate programs together and answering major policy questions. This progress can have a major impact on both California and the world around us.
The Most Important Thing California Can Do With Its Clean Energy Could Be To Share It
Not often is running the electric grid as simple as applying lessons from childhood. Right now it is ─ California is learning to share with its neighbors. A bill currently in front of the Legislature from California Assemblymember Chris Holden, AB 813, aims to build a better trading platform to share California’s extra solar power with nearby states like Oregon, Washington, and Nevada, which would then share their extra wind, solar, and hydropower resources with California.
What's the Most Important Thing California Can Do with Its Clean Energy?
Not often is running the electric grid as simple as applying lessons from childhood. Right now it is — California is learning to share with its neighbors. A bill currently in front of the Legislature from California Assemblymember Chris Holden, AB 813, aims to build a better trading platform to share California’s extra solar power with nearby states like Oregon, Washington, and Nevada, which would then share their extra wind, solar, and hydropower resources with California.
Labor and solar industry must compromise on clean energy | The Sacramento Bee
When I tell people I work as a clean energy advocate in California, folks assume it must be simple to pass ambitious climate policy here, given all the visionaries and progressive leaders. While we do have an impressive track record, California is really a conglomeration of various stakeholders with important interests.
Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2017
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: How does the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy differ from the FCPA Pilot Program that it replaced? What are the key provisions of Argentina’s new corporate anti-corruption law?
The two clean energy bills that could take California’s climate action to the next level
Lawmakers recently addressed many critical issues for California: the housing shortage, parks bond, and early on in this year’s legislative session, climate change. We urge Governor Brown to sign the important pieces of clean energy legislation that made it to his desk, including AB 1239 to support electric vehicle charging and AB 523 to protect clean energy funding for disadvantaged communities).
The two clean energy bills that could take California’s climate action to the next level
Lawmakers recently addressed many critical issues for California: the housing shortage, parks bond, and early on in this year’s legislative session, climate change. We urge Governor Brown to sign the important pieces of clean energy legislation that made it to his desk, including AB 1239 to support electric vehicle charging and AB 523 to protect clean energy funding for disadvantaged communities).
California can prove a clean energy economy is a strong economy with SB 100
The California State Assembly faces an enormous opportunity when they come back from summer recess today: to drive the state towards 100 percent clean energy by 2045. It comes in the form of SB 100, a bill that would accelerate the state’s current Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirement from 50 percent to 60 percent by 2030 and set a statewide policy to get to 100 percent clean energy by 2045.
Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for April 2017
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask the following: How will leadership changes in key posts at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), United States Department of Justice (DOJ), and World Bank affect anti-corruption enforcement?
California’s clean-energy leadership continues
California is a leader, and has earned that title – it is the largest state economy in the U.S. and the sixth-largest economy in the world. Forward-thinking clean energy policies are the backbone of California’s prosperity, creating jobs and businesses for the state while cutting emissions. While the presidential administration assaults critical environmental protections nationwide, clean energy momentum is unstoppable. California’s leadership is committed and poised to move forward.
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