Topic
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
367 published works
Environment, Land & Resources
DOE Opens Section 45Z Emissions Value Request Process
The long-awaited pathway allows clean fuel producers whose fuel types, feedstocks, or pathways fall outside the emissions rate table to secure Provisional Emissions Rates. By Joshua T. Bledsoe, Scott W.…
Environmental Law +
What We Are Reading: Environmental + Energy Series | Drone Package Delivery, Nuclear Wastewater Litigation, and Extended EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Deadline
By Jon Schaefer
Week of October 12 This week’s environmental and energy stories offered an interesting mix of familiar regulatory disputes and emerging questions about how new technologies and infrastructure are being managed.…
E2 Law Blog
California SB 253: CARB Sets Nov. 10, 2026, Deadline for Scope 1 and Scope 2 Emissions Reports
By Myles Culhane, Thomas R. Brill, Barbara A. Jones, Alice Kessler, Madeline Orlando
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has set Nov. 10, 2026, as the first-year deadline for Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions reports under California’s Climate Corporate Data…
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
California SB 253: GHG Reporting Deadline Looms Pending a Ninth Circuit Ruling
In 2023, California enacted the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253), a landmark climate disclosure law. The first deadline for covered companies, known as ‘reporting entities,’ to submit Scope…
FBT Gibbons
SEC Retreats on Climate Rules, but Not in California
Companies should not mistake the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) retreat from federal climate disclosure rules for a retreat by California. On May 29, 2026, the SEC proposed rescinding…
FBT Gibbons
Two Federal Courts Strike Down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act on Preemption Grounds; Suncor Looms
In the span of three weeks, two New York federal courts struck down New York’s landmark Climate Change Superfund Act (the “NY Climate Act”). First, on August 31, 2026, in…
Client Alerts & Publications: Chapman and Cutler LLP
EPA Repeals Carbon Standards for Power Plants
On September 14, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule that repealed substantially all of the carbon pollution standards set in 2024 with respect to fossil fuel-fired power…
Environmental Law +
What We Are Reading: Environmental + Energy Series | EPA Repeals Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Standards, Critical Mineral Recycling Legislation, and EPA Civil Rights Requirements for States
By Jon Schaefer
Week of September 14 As summer officially gives way to fall, this week’s environmental and energy headlines reflected several themes that have dominated much of 2026: data centers, grid reliability,…
Environmental and Energy Brief
EPA Issues Final Rule Repealing Most 2024 Power Plant GHG Standards and a Proposal That Would Eliminate the Remaining Power Plant GHG Standards
By Samuel B. Boxerman, Caleb J. Bowers, Rachel F. Wittenberg
On September 14, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took two related actions to substantially change the federal framework for regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuel-fired power…
Bracewell LLP
Trump’s Climate Rollbacks Will Keep Emissions Higher for Longer
By Bracewell
The Environmental Protection Agency has repealed carbon emissions standards for power plants, eliminating requirements that certain facilities deploy carbon capture and sequestration technology. The move represents one of the most…