Companies Craft Contracts Absent Firm Clean Energy Labor Rules
Many of the lucrative clean energy tax credits from President Joe Biden’s tax-and-climate law hinge on labor requirements that still lack any regulations.
The EPA’s decision to scrap a pivotal civil rights investigation on Louisiana’s Cancer Alley drew concern from advocates and residents about the future of the agency’s commitments to justice for communities plagued by legacy pollution.
An SEC enforcement initiative targeting misleading ESG disclosures has become a business risk for dozen of public companies, including bankrupt Bitcoin miner Core Scientific, shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources and banking giant Ally.
A judge should reject the federal government’s attempts to “rinse-and-repeat” and allow a landmark climate change case to go to trial, the group of young people that filed the suit said.
The Department of Energy didn’t address industry concerns when adopting stricter commercial boiler efficiency rules, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, vacating the final rule.

Defining conservation as a specific “use” of public lands is shaping up to be the primary point of legal opposition to a proposed federal lands rule that would prioritize conservation over fossil fuels extraction and allow public lands management to adapt to a changing climate.
Many of the lucrative clean energy tax credits from President Joe Biden’s tax-and-climate law hinge on labor requirements that still lack any regulations.
Shailesh Sahay has joined Baker Botts as a partner with the environmental, safety, and incident response section of the litigation department in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.
The state of Florida is arguing that the Supreme Court’s May wetlands ruling helps to undermine environmental groups’ standing to challenge a Trump-era EPA decision to give the state control over a federal wetlands dredge-and-fill permitting program.
More than 60,000 people died as a result of record-breaking temperatures in Europe last summer, a study has found, raising concerns about multiple countries’ lack of preparation for extreme heat fueled by climate change.
As home to the world’s second-biggest rainforest, the largest tropical peatlands, and swathes of mangroves, governments across the African continent appear to be in a good position to benefit from the growing global trade in emissions offsets.
David Lehn has joined Boies Schiller Flexner as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.
Rebellion Energy Solutions LLC is one of a handful of companies that have popped up in the past two years aiming to locate abandoned oil and gas wells, calculate how much they’re leaking and cap them to keep the gases deep underground. If all goes to plan, they’ll sell their work as so-called carbon credits to buyers seeking to voluntarily offset their own emissions.
Republicans aren’t letting up on the attacks against ESG policies, as companies also face increasing scrutiny from federal agencies on such policies.
Natasha S. Hwangpo has joined Ropes & Gray as a restructuring partner in New York, the firm announced Monday.
Harry Valetk has joined Loeb & Loeb as a partner in the privacy, security and data innovation practice group in New York, the firm announced Monday.
Shailesh Sahay has joined Baker Botts as a partner with the environmental, safety, and incident response section of the litigation department in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.
Ryan Phair and Craig Y. Lee have joined Paul Hastings as partners with the antitrust practice in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.
Adam M. Weg has joined Venable LLP as a partner in the commercial litigation practice in Los Angeles, the firm said Monday.
Sarah La Voi has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in the digital assets and data management practice group in Chicago, the firm announced Monday.
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