Las Reformas Constitucionales Transcendentales en México: Oportunidades y Retos para el Inversionista Privado
In this Issue: Permitting Reform, the Supreme Court, EV’s, and Climate Week 2024 - After nearly a decade as New York State’s environmental chief, I recently joined Foley Hoag to help the firm’s clients emerge as global...more
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
On Friday, August 2, 2024, Law No. 14.948/2024 was sanctioned and published, establishing the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen in Brazil. This legislation, dedicated exclusively to the regulation of one of the main...more
On September 5, 2023, the Corporate Leaders Group Europe (CLG Europe) published a position paper urging the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 90% by 2040, and asked EU member states to...more
On July 25, 2023, Representative Ted Lieu and 19 other Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, requesting that the Department of Justice...more
The Canadian government released its long-anticipated draft Clean Electricity Regulations (Regulations) on August 10, 2023, setting out its approach to mandating a net-zero emissions power grid by 2035. In this note, we offer...more
On June 18, 2023 Swiss citizens voted in favor of a new climate law intended to promote carbon neutrality by 2050. The Federal Act on Climate Protection Targets, Innovation and Strengthening Energy Security, known as the...more
"Green Day" in the UK - As part of its "Powering Up Britain" strategy, the UK government has published a series of documents setting out its vision for the UK's transition to net zero and the strengthening of UK energy...more
This week, the Minnesota Legislature passed and delivered to the governor for signature HF2310, an energy policy omnibus bill that provides $216 million for energy initiatives in the state. The legislation includes...more
On April 21, 2023 the European Commission approved a €401 million scheme proposed by the Czech Republic to promote green district heating from renewable energy and waste heat. The scheme represents another environmentally...more
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
The New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (“CLCPA”) established ambitious targets to transform New York’s energy generation and efficiency. The CLCPA was signed into law in 2019 with goals to achieve 100%...more
On 30 March 2023, the Australian Federal Parliament passed the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Act 2023 (Cth) (Safeguard Act). The Safeguard Act, together with the Federal government's proposed reforms to the design...more
The City of Edmonton (Edmonton) has published a District Energy Strategy. To meet its climate targets, Edmonton aims to reduce emissions from heating and cooling buildings through a “City-wide decarbonized district energy...more
As part of an effort to move towards global carbon neutrality, Canada published its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan in March of 2022 which focuses on achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Working towards a strong economy...more
Its time again to report on climate-related news from a perspective other than the alarmists. I’ll leave it to those who know more than I....more
In March 2022, on the heels of the Canadian Net-Zero Emission Accountability Act, Canada published its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (2022) which is focused on driving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. One way in which...more
As millions in Florida face the wrath of our warming oceans in the guise of Hurricane Ian, Inside EPA is reporting that enough Democrats and Republicans opposed Senator Manchin's proposal to streamline the permitting of...more
As climate change and energy transition play an increasingly important role in the decision-making of private and government entities, one issue is bound to become the focus of attention: Is there a potential conflict between...more
The British Energy Security Strategy ("the Strategy"), published on April 7, 2022, aims to ensure that the United Kingdom has "a flow of energy that is affordable, clean and above all secure." Published against the background...more
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
On March 31st, President Biden unveiled a massive $2 trillion infrastructure and clean energy plan called the American Jobs Plan that aims, in part, to tackle what the White House calls two of the greatest challenges of our...more
Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries around the globe have been analyzing their energy and development strategies and planning to meet their commitments. While some countries have made progress by, among other things,...more
On January 20, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. In his short time in office so far, the new Biden administration has been very busy setting an aggressive policy...more
The energy industry continues to evolve as sectors converge and as demand, supply and consumer preferences change. The global economy is shifting to lower-carbon sources of energy, coinciding with (or resulting from) a...more