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2024 International Energy Conservation Code is Final After Addressing Preemption
This is a big deal because versions of the IECC are in use or have been adopted in 48 states…
Settlement Portends Broad Failure in Attempts to Ban Natural Gas
The immediate and long term failure of state and local governments’ attempts to ban natural gas in homes and businesses.…
SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Stay and Venue Now in the 8th Circuit
Compellingly 25 states have now filed petitions for judicial review attacking the SEC Final Rule.…
EV Charger Data Apocalypse
I don’t think this is some secret coterie of tech companies and governments seeking to weaponize EV chargers, but it is malfeasance at a huge scale and the transgression will certainly do more harm than good .…
SEC Final Rule on Climate Change and GHG Disclosure
Adopted long awaited rules to enhance and standardize climate related disclosures, including for the first time requiring greenhouse gas emission disclosures…
New York is Coming for Your Cheeseburger with Greenwashing Case
net zero by 2040…
Hawaii Considers $25 Climate Tax
A $25 tax to create a “special fund to prevent climate crises and more effectively respond to climate crises when they occur.”…
Defense Contractor Prohibition on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosures
Defense contractors are not permitted to “disclose a greenhouse gas inventory or any other report on greenhouse gas emissions.”…
Climate Scientist Michael Mann Awarded More than $1 Million in Defamation Case
This case was about defamation and the jury was correct that Simberg and Steyn said offensive things about Mann.…