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Baker Botts L.L.P.

P2N0 - Edition 14 - News and Views on the Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

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Welcome to the fourteenth edition of P2N0 covering the drive to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero (NZE). P2N0 identifies significant news items globally, reporting on them in short form, focusing on policy...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - July 2024 #3

This week, we discuss the first settlement between a state and a group of young plaintiffs who claimed that their government’s inadequate climate policies violated their constitutional right to a healthy environment. We...more

Mayer Brown

Singapore’s Carbon Regulations: Paving The Way For The Green Plan 2030

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Recognising the threat of climate change and the importance of sustainable development, Singapore has made a commitment to establishing a robust framework of environmental and climate change laws and regulations – an...more

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UK Climate Change Committee’s 2023 Progress Report Urges Action to Meet Climate Targets

The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) recently released its 2023 statutory report, evaluating the UK’s progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and meeting carbon reduction targets. This report, mandated by the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

City of Cambridge Passes Ambitious Net Zero Building Ordinance

On June 26, 2023, the Cambridge City Council voted to amend the city’s Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) to require large non-residential buildings to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 and...more

Gray Reed

Climate Litigation Update

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You might recall our posts on litigation by states, counties, and cities blaming a host of calamities, real and imagined, past and future, on Big Oil. The producers tried their best to remove the cases to federal court. In a...more

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Boston Initiatives Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The City of Boston is advancing three companion regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for medium-sized and large buildings. As addressed in our 2021 advisory, the Boston Emissions Reduction and Disclosure...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Singapore’s Charge to Net Zero: What It Means for International Energy Transition Players

The Singapore government has committed to enhance the island nation’s green transition ambition to achieve net zero by 2050, a boost from Singapore’s previous goal set in 2020. The energy regulator in Singapore has concluded...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Alternative Energy and Power 2022

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This is the fourth release of the Chambers Global Practice Guide for Alternative Energy & Power, which was launched in 2018 amid a transformation of the global electrical energy and power industry. The factors driving...more

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Miami-Dade County Continues to Advance Climate Action Strategy in 2022

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On April 22, 2021, Miami-Dade County released a draft Climate Action Strategy for public comment. In December 2021, Miami-Dade County released the final version of its Climate Action Strategy....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

California Legislature to Consider Aggressive Climate Targets

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Governor Newsom introduces five ambitious proposals that could alter California’s climate policy for years to come. On August 12, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom submitted five climate proposals (the Climate...more

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France Regulates the Use of Carbon Neutrality Claims in Advertisements

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As part of its legislative arsenal to combat climate change, France adopted the Climate and Resilience Law on August 22, 2021 ("Climate Law"), providing for a large number of binding measures against greenhouse gas ("GHG")...more

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Canada Releases its New 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan

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On March 29, 2022, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, supported by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, tabled Canada’s new 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan describes the existing and new measures...more

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