The Legal and Practical Challenges of California's Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation
On February 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a partial motion to dismiss filed by the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”), dismissing the claims that SB 253 (the Climate...more
I recently published a post questioning the legality of the California Air Resources Board's Enforcement Notice. The California legislature charged CARB with the responsibility of implementing SB 253 (Wiener) and SB 261...more
Soon after California passed far-reaching climate legislation last year (referred to herein as SB 253 and SB 261; see our earlier blog post here and here for background), it was challenged in the U.S. District Court for the...more
On September 27, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 219 (SB 219) into law, making important changes to California's historic Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate‐Related...more
On October 7, 2023, Governor Newsom signed into law California Senate Bill 253 (SB 253), the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act. With the passage of SB 253, California takes the lead in implementing greenhouse gas...more
Two new bills have been passed in California as part of a “Climate Accountability Package” that require US-based companies “doing business”1 in California to make disclosures about their emissions and climate-related...more
Legislation to “prevent corporate greenwashing” by requiring major companies doing business in California to publicly disclose their scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has cleared two critical committees....more
Many investors and other stakeholders have long sought universal requirements for public companies to disclose the social and climate impacts of their operations. If recent developments at the United States Securities and...more