30 Jul, 2021 SEC Chairman Gensler Offers Guidance On Potential Climate Risk Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart In a speech yesterday in a webinar hosted by the Principles for Responsible Investment, SEC Chairman Gensler offered additional clarity...
29 Jul, 2021 Yes, patchwork makes for great quilts but not for environmental regulation and PFAS are no exception By Jeff Porter This morning, Inside EPA reports on the challenges the regulated community faces because the Federal Government is considerably behind...
27 Jul, 2021 When it comes to climate resilience, let's not be like the kids in the house in horror movies By Jeff Porter Some of you remember summer visits to the Drive-In to see the horror movies that dominated the 1980s. You remember the villain lurking...
22 Jul, 2021 We're one step closer to comprehensive Federal regulation of PFAS By Jeff Porter Yesterday the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would require EPA to regulate PFAS under every Federal environmental law...
22 Jul, 2021 SEC Commissioner Pierce Criticizes Proposed ESG Regulations By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, SEC Commissioner Pierce--one of two Republicans serving as an SEC Commissioner--delivered a speech criticizing the "potential...
21 Jul, 2021 At least we have one Clean Water Act rule for everyone . . . for now. By Jeff Porter Many of you will remember that the sixth time EPA attempted to resolve the reach of the Federal Clean Water Act by regulation, during the...
20 Jul, 2021 SEC Appoints Climate Counsel to Policy Team By Jacob H. Hupart On Friday, SEC Chairman Gensler announced the appointment of five lawyers to his policy staff. Among them is one individual--Mika Morse,...
20 Jul, 2021 Solar Farm Developers and Fishermen By Jeff Porter The Arthashastra, a 2400 year old Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, tells us that the enemy of my enemy might be my friend. And that...
16 Jul, 2021 The End of the Road in Maui? By Jeff Porter Late yesterday, Federal Judge Susan Oki Mollway, of the District of Hawaii, ruled that the County of Maui needs a Federal Clean Water Act...
14 Jul, 2021 SEC Maintains Focus on ESG Disclosure Issues By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, one of the primary topics at the July 7th meeting of the SEC's Asset Management Advisory Committee was ESG disclosures. ...
14 Jul, 2021 Latest EU Efforts on Climate Change Demonstrate Broader Risks to Business By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the EU released a plan to combat climate change through reducing emissions. Significantly, key elements of this plan include...
13 Jul, 2021 Much More Clean Water Act Enforcement Threatened, But EPA Role Remains Murky By Jeff Porter Yesterday the Government Accountability Office issued a lengthy report on enforcement of the NPDES provisions of the Federal Clean Water...
13 Jul, 2021 Safe Drinking Water Act Regulation Proposed for 29 PFAS. Will Superfund Coverage be Far Behind? By Jeff Porter Inside EPA reports this morning that EPA is ready to propose the regulation of a group of 29 PFAS under the Federal Safe Drinking Water...
12 Jul, 2021 Didi’s Split Priorities Spelled IPO Trouble By Joel I. Papernik The Didi Global IPO situation will serve as a reminder of the ever present need for continuing “due diligence” through the public...
10 Jul, 2021 More Antitrust News, Still None of it Good By Joseph M. Miller In a joint press release, the FTC and Antitrust Division announced they are launching a review of the Merger Guidelines so the agencies...
08 Jul, 2021 Refining and funding Clean Water Act implementation would be a great golden anniversary present to the Waters of the United States! By Jeff Porter Thanks Lara Beaven, of Inside EPA, for this piece explaining well how citizen suits in Federal Court are eclipsing the efforts of EPA to...