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ArentFox Schiff

ESG Update: Five Considerations Driving Environmental Regulation (No Matter Who Wins the Election)

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Come September in a presidential election year, the policy world feels like a “winner take all” scenario with the election’s outcome determining how — or this year whether — we are regulated. While, of course, the election...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, May 2024

We are pleased to share the May 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FERC Initiates New Proceeding to Review Its Policy on Federal Power Act Section 203(a)(2) Blanket Authorizations, Posing Potential...

On December 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to request public comments on questions relating to FERC’s current policy on providing blanket authorizations for the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Citing ESG Concerns, FERC Seeks Comments on Section 203 Blanket Authorizations for Investment Companies

On December 27, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) published a notice of inquiry in the Federal Register seeking comment on potential revisions to its policy on providing blanket...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, August 2023

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Adopts Major Generator Interconnection Reforms - Last month, FERC Commissioners unanimously approved Order No. 2023 (the Order), which represents a significant reform to its...more

Cozen O'Connor

Republican AGs Attempt to Block BlackRock’s Alleged Promotion of ESG Policies

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A group of 17 Republican AGs filed a motion to intervene in connection with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) issuance of a three-year blanket authorization allowing BlackRock Inc. to buy more than $10 million...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Foley Hoag Hosts Energy Bar Association’s Northeast Chapter Annual Meeting

On Wednesday, June 8, Foley Hoag hosted the Energy Bar Association’s (EBA) Northeast Chapter Annual Meeting at the firm’s Boston offices. The event featured three panels, which explored the changing laws, technologies, and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Proposed bipartisan legislation aims to clarify the crypto regulatory landscape

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R- WY) introduced new proposed legislation on June 7, 2022, which would classify the vast majority of digital assets as commodities, and empower the Commodities Futures...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Treasury Department Seeks Public Input on Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Financial Risks

The November 15, 2021, deadline is approaching to submit comments to the Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) on its Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on FIO’s future work concerning the insurance...more

Jones Day

The Climate Report | Second Quarter 2021

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Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates - Interim Update on Biden Administration Climate Change Initiatives - The last edition of the Climate Report discussed President Biden's signing, on his first day in office,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Energy 2021: USA

Overview of the current energy mix, and the place in the market of different energy sources - Due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. total energy consumption in 2020 is on pace to decline for a second straight...more

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