On May 22, 2025, the New York Court of Appeals--the highest court in New York State--unanimously upheld New York City's Local Law 97...

It has been reported that the Federal Reserve has disbanded certain internal groups that were intended to develop “institutional capacity...

On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board delivered a presentation that provided additional details concerning the soon-to-be...

Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Labor ("DOL") had issued a rule that permitted ESG factors to be considered when making...

Last week, the Trump Administration's FTC and DOJ (Antitrust Division) filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit filed last...

Earlier this year, each of the major US banks announced their withdrawal from the Net Zero Banking Alliance.  This move, which was likely...

A local state court in Pennsylvania recently dismissed an array of climate tort claims brought against major fossil fuel companies by a...

SEC Commissioner Uyeda, one of the Republican appointees to the Securities & Exchange Commission, recently stated (in remarks at the 2025...

On May 12, 2025, in a 5-2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the tort claims brought by local governments in Colorado against...

Recently, both the State of Hawaii and the State of Michigan had announced that they would be pursuing litigation against fossil fuel...

Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order that sought to target actions undertaken by individual U.S. states to...

On April 24, 2025, the Eighth Circuit ordered that the litigation over the validity of the SEC's climate disclosure rule be “held in...

As expected, the SEC under the Trump Administration has abandoned the climate disclosure rule promulgated by the Biden Administration. ...

In December 2024, the State of New York enacted the “Climate Change Superfund Act,” which would impose retroactive fines on fossil fuel...

On February 18, 2025, Judge Bloom (S.D. Fla.) dismissed a lawsuit against Lululemon, the athleisure company, that centered upon...

Last week, a federal district judge in the Northern District of Texas upheld a rule promulgated by the Biden Administration's Department...