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...

Over the past several weeks, each of the major US banks have announced their withdrawal from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (presumably in...

In a development that could hardly be termed unexpected, the Trump Administration SEC has begun the process of unraveling the climate...

Judge Wright (C.D. Cal.) has significantly narrowed the Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit challenging California's climate disclosure laws. ...

Following a bench trial, Judge O'Connor (N.D. Tex.) held that “that Defendants breached their fiduciary duty by failing to loyally act...

On December 18, 2024, the Montana Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding a lower state court's decision that, under Montana's...

On November 19, 2024, the EU Council adopted a new regulation on ESG ratings, which “aim[s] at making rating activities in the EU more...

On December 16, 2024, the California Air Resources Board--the regulatory agency responsible for implementing California's mandatory...

On December 5, 2024, the California Air Resources Board--the agency responsible for implementing California's climate disclosure...

The day before Thanksgiving, eleven Republican state attorneys-general (representing Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,...

According to a recent report, the climate disclosure rules recently promulgated by the European Union will compel more than 3,000 U.S....

Last week, the State of Maine became the latest state or local government to sue the major fossil fuel companies for damages related to...

Three years ago, a court in the Netherlands had ruled that Shell--a multinational fossil fuel company based in the Netherlands--had the...