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California Mandatory Climate Disclosure Laws Move Forward With Little Concession

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As discussed in our prior legal update available here, in 2023, California enacted two laws that mandate certain climate-related emissions disclosures and financial risk reporting for thousands of public...more

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California's Climate Disclosure Laws Move Forward After Governor Newsom's Proposal to Delay Implementation Fails

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The California legislature continues to press forward with the implementation of two of the state's sweeping climate disclosure laws after a proposal to delay the implementation dates by the governor failed to be considered...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - 8.16.24

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Recent raging winter storms have caved in streets, wrecked piers, collapsed homes and apartment buildings, and submerged property up and down California’s coastline. As sea levels continue to rise from climate change,...more

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California will Soon Vote on Proposed $10 Billion Climate Bond

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In one of its last official acts before starting its summer recess earlier this month, the California legislature passed a bill putting Prop 4 on the November ballot, which would allow the state to borrow $10 billion plus...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 6.28.24

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The U.S. Supreme Court today upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety, and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and...more

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Lawsuit Challenges Recent California Climate Disclosure Laws

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As discussed in our earlier Client Alerts, California recently passed several laws requiring certain climate-related corporate disclosures, including, for example, regarding emissions and climate-related financial risk. As...more

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Business Coalition Sues California to Block New Climate Disclosure Laws

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On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and five co-plaintiffs representing a coalition of business groups filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”), an agency of the State of California...more

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Carbon Inventories: California Here We Come!

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The fifth largest economy in the world just passed a law to require any business with over $1 billion in revenues to report their carbon emissions.  Yes, California is leading the way, again, in greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction...more

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The Berkeley Ban Is Not the Only Answer

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As Seth Jaffe posted last week, the 9th Circuit recently struck down the City of Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation electrification ordinance that prohibited the installation of gas infrastructure in new buildings, finding the...more

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California Bill on Climate-Related Disclosure

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California Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, if passed, will require all companies that do business in California and report over $1 billion in annual revenue to report on the full range of their...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - November 2022

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Attorney General Bonta asks plastic bag producers to prove that bags are recyclable - San Francisco Chronicle – November 2 - On Wednesday, Attorney General Rob Bonta sent letters to seven plastic bag producers that supply the...more

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Mandatory GhG Emission Reporting for Business: Advancing CA Law Even Broader than SEC Proposal

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A California bill requiring large U.S. companies doing business in California to publicly report all of their worldwide greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions moved one step closer to Governor Newsom's desk. If the bill becomes law,...more

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Pending California Legislation Could Build Upon—Or Conflict With—Forthcoming SEC Disclosure Rules

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Proposed legislation currently in the California Senate seeking to impose new reporting requirements for emissions arrives as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering climate-related public company...more

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