Changes from the proposal include elimination of Scope 3 disclosures, scaled back attestation requirements, additional materiality qualifiers and narrower financial statement triggers. Gi...
Davis Polk counsel and Environmental practice head Loyti Cheng and counsel David Zilberberg authored “The California climate disclosure laws, SEC’s proposed climate-related disclosure...
On December 2, 2023, EPA announced its final rule regulating methane and volatile organic compounds emissions from the oil and gas industry. The rule updates current standards applicable ...
Governor Newsom has signed the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act, a law intended to combat “greenwashing” by requiring disclosure on net zero, carbon neutrality and emissions re...
Under a pair of California bills poised to become law, many large U.S. companies will be required to make broad-based climate-related disclosures starting as early as 2026. Once finalized...
On May 11, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rule to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants. The rule w...
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. EPA for the first time proposed public drinking water limits on six types of PFAS – a ubiquitous group of chemicals found in a broad array of products and in...
On November 11, 2022, at the United Nations Climate Conference, President Biden announced EPA’s supplemental proposal to broaden, clarify and strengthen its November 2021 proposed regul...
On August 16, 2022, President Biden is expected to sign the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), an energy and healthcare bill that includes approximately $369 billion in tax credits an...
This update provides a basic primer on the origins and implications of the major questions doctrine, which has been recently invoked in a 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts stri...
