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SCOTUS Grants Cert. In Climate Change Litigation

The Court's decision will either open the floodgates for a wave of piecemeal state-court litigation or shut the door on these claims for good.

United States Environment

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Jones Walker

EPA Withdraws Endangerment Finding, Rescinds Vehicle GHG Emission Standards

On Feb. 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to rescind the 2009 Obama-era Endangerment Finding issued under Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

EPA Finalizes Repeal Of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

The Situation: On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") finalized the repeal of the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding...

United States Energy

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Jones Day

EPA Repeals Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Standards And The Underlying Endangerment Finding

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has signed a rule repealing all federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for new motor vehicles and engines, ending more than a decade of vehicle...

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Trump's EPA Abandons Climate Action

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

EPA Strikes At The Roots Of Federal GHG Regulations, Rescinds Endangerment Finding For Motor Vehicles

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Eliminates Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding And All Subsequent Federal Vehicle Emission Standards

United States Environment

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ArentFox Schiff

Speaking Sustainability - Legal & Regulatory Updates - January 2026

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

9 Questions About EPA's Rescission Of The 2009 Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Baker Botts LLP

Impact To Advertisers Of White House Withdrawal Of EPA Climate Change Endangerment Finding.

United States Environment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ICLG – Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2026

United States Environment

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Dechert

Debate Erupts Over EPA Cost-Benefits Math: Contextualizing The Relevance Of Cost-Benefit Analysis In Clean Air Act Rulemaking

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

Oil & Gas In 2026: Energy Policy & Regulation

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

P2N0 - Edition 41 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

How I Learned To Love Mediator's Proposals - Why Modern Mediation Sometimes Calls For A Guiding Hand

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Ninth Circuit Enjoins California Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure Law, But The Waiting Game Continues

On November 18, 2025, the Ninth Circuit stayed the enforcement of a California law requiring certain companies to publish a climate risk report.

United States Commercial

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Environmental Developments To Watch In California In 2026

California will continue to set the pace for environmental regulation in 2026, using its rulemaking, enforcement, and market influence to drive requirements that often become de facto national standards for companies...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Climate Analysis In Louisiana's Coastal Permitting Regime: The Second Commonwealth LNG Petition

In October 2025, a district court in Cameron Parish granted a challenge brought by environmental justice groups who sought to vacate a coastal use permit (CUP) issued by the Office of Coastal Management (OCM)...

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

CARB Advances Climate Disclosure Rules As Ninth Circuit Appeal Continues

As we previously noted, a legal challenge to California's climate disclosure laws has made its way to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which stayed enforcement of one of the laws pending appeal.

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Carbon Quarterly–Volume 13

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

California AG Tells Plastic Bag Manufacturers To Throw Out False Recyclability Claims

United States Environment

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Cozen O'Connor

What's Next For SB 253 And SB 261? Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Recap

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Report On New York's Climate Superfund Law

United States Environment

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

ECB Climate-Related Enforcement: Legal And Supervisory Implications For The 2026 SREP Cycle

United States Environment

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Jones Day

Speaking Sustainability - Legal & Regulatory Updates - December 2025

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EPA's Proposed Rescission Of Its 2009 Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Climate Law Matters Energy Newsletter January 2026

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

GOP AGs Support Letting States Chart The Course On Waterways

United States Environment

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Cozen O'Connor

Green Patent Programs Worldwide – Prologue

United States IP

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Harness IP

EPA's Proposed Rescission Of Its 2009 Endangerment Finding

On July 29, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rescinding its 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding (Endangerment Finding).

United States Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Climate Law Matters Energy Newsletter January 2026

Since 2005, when Foley Hoag started its Energy & Climate Group, we have been blessed to attract and serve many of the nation's most innovative and dynamic developers...

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

GOP AGs Support Letting States Chart The Course On Waterways

A group of 20 Republican AGs, led by West Virginia AG J.B. McCuskey, submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers supporting the agencies...

United States Environment

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Cozen O'Connor

Green Patent Programs Worldwide – Prologue

In 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program (CCMPP) to enable accelerated examination of eligible...

United States IP

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Harness IP

Simpson Thacher Sustainability And ESG: Regulatory Update – January 2026

Worldwide Environment

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Ninth Circuit's January 9, 2026, Hearing On SB 261 May Define The Constitutional Limits Of Climate-Risk Disclosure

California's corporate climate disclosure litigation now turns on a question bigger than climate policy: how far a government can go in drafting corporate speech for regulated businesses.

United States Commercial

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FBT Gibbons

New Updates To California's Climate Disclosure Laws

On December 9, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued draft regulations for implementing California's climate disclosure laws, SB 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261...

United States Environment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Data Centres And Sustainability – Key US, EU And UK Investment Considerations

The sector is in growth mode, but when assessing investment opportunities and hold periods, and negotiating contracts and pricing, sustainability-related regulatory...

United States Environment

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

P2N0 - Edition 39 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

Welcome to Edition 39 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE).

United States Environment

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Baker Botts LLP

Democratic AGs Charge Ahead Against EV Infrastructure Funding Freeze

United States Energy

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Cozen O'Connor

CARB Unveils Draft Rules For SB 253 And SB 261 Ahead Of February Hearing

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

30 Years Of New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

CARB Publishes Proposed Regulations Implementing California's Climate Disclosure Laws

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Heads Up For The Proxy Season: ISS And Glass Lewis Policy Updates For 2026 Focus On Shareholder Rights, Compensation Matters And ESG

United States Commercial

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

EU Omnibus Package Trilogue Agreement On EU CSRD And CSDDD

Worldwide Commercial

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

California Climate Disclosure Regulations Update: CARB Provides Additional Clarifications On Implementation And Ninth Circuit Stay Of SB 261 Enforcement

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

California's New Regional Power Market Law: A Catalyst For Renewable Energy Growth

United States Energy

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Jones Day

The Trump Administration's Actions Against State Climate Laws And Lawsuits

United States Energy

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Jones Day

Reporting In Limbo: California's Climate Disclosure Law On Pause

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

American Youth Climate Litigants Take The International Stage As U.S. Litigation Continues

United States Government

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Jones Day

Court Allows Connecticut Attorney General's "Greenwashing" Case Against ExxonMobil To Continue

United States Environment

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

EU Deforestation Regulation Amendments: Deferred Timelines And Simplification Measures

Worldwide Environment

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Jones Day

SCOTUS Presented With Best Opportunity To Weigh In On Climate Change Litigation

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

CARB - Enforcement Advisory

United States Environment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Latest Videos

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The Latest On California's Climate Disclosure Laws (SB 253 & SB 261) (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Predictably Unpredictable: Considerations & Lessons Learned Regarding Force Majeure (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

ESG Series: Part V: Navigating The Web Of Climate And Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: California, EU, And SEC Frameworks (Video)

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Arnold & Porter

The SEC Climate Change Disclosure Rules: Governance And Management Related Disclosures And Considerations (Video)

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Mayer Brown

Webinar: Navigating Global Climate Change - Learnings On How Financial Institutions Can Prepare (Video)

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Baringa Partners

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