Topic
Net Zero
119 published works
The Right Coast
Net-Zero and ESG Are Worsening the Energy Crisis and Weakening the West | RealClearEnergy
The day after President Biden announced that the United States would ban imports of Russian oil and gas, a group of eleven powerful European investment funds that includes Amundi, Europe s largest…
The Nickel Report
Massachusetts Regulators Begin to Clear the Path to Net-Zero Emissions
By David C. McSweeney, Christopher J. Cunio
On February 8, 2022, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) released a Straw Proposal containing proposed updates to the existing Stretch Energy Code and an outline for the new…
ESG Legal Solutions, LLC
Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything
Conservations of resources is a key factor in ESG allowing a company to implement their goals for managing risk, saving money, reducing pollution, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, and reinvesting resources…
Green Building Law Update
Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything
Despite that the Zero Waste movement peaked in about 1998, in the modern context of Net Zero from Net Zero Energy to Net Zero Carbon, we are today with surprising…
Law & The Environment
Have I Mentioned That It’s Not Going to Be Easy to Get to Net Zero?
By Seth Jaffe
Believing in the importance of aggressive action to address climate change is something of a recipe for bipolar disorder. Trump – depression. Biden first 90 days – elation. News today…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Climate-Risk Disclosures and “Dirty Energy” Transfers: “Progress” Through Evasion
At first glance, recent progress towards transparency in corporate climate-risk disclosures seems exceptional. Over 2,000 companies now publish annual reports showing their carbon emissions data (although most self-interestedly omit Scope…
Environment, Land & Resources
President Biden Outlines Comprehensive Plan for Federal Sustainability
The president’s executive order aims to use the US government’s procurement power to achieve “carbon pollution-free electricity” by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. By Jennifer Roy and Julie Miles…
ESG Legal Solutions, LLC
Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk
I am excited to be presenting a one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” Not just for lawyers, this Tuesday, December 14 at…
Green Building Law Update
Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk
I am excited to be presenting a one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” Not just for lawyers, this Tuesday, December 14 at…
Environment, Land & Resources
New Global Initiatives Aim to Consolidate Climate and Sustainable Finance Standards
The SBTi’s standard aims to clarify the target for net zero emissions, whilst the Common Ground Taxonomy indicates China-EU cooperation on sustainable finance issues. By Paul A. Davies, Michael D.…