29 Jan, 2024 ExxonMobil Files Lawsuit to Block Shareholder Proposal Concerning Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Jacob H. Hupart Over the past few years, activist investors have submitted a number of shareholder proposals to major fossil fuel companies concerning...
26 Jan, 2024 Investors Pull Money From ESG Funds By Jacob H. Hupart It has been reported--based upon an analysis by Morningstar--that “[i]nvestors pulled $5 billion from U.S. sustainable funds in the...
26 Jan, 2024 Democratic Senators Criticize Proposed SEC Disclosure Rule for Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Jacob H. Hupart On January 24, 2024, Senators Tester (D-Montana) and Sinema (I-Arizona) submitted a letter to the SEC concerning the SEC's proposed...
25 Jan, 2024 An Employee's Luxury of Thought By Jennifer B. Rubin The recent Wall Street Journal piece about giving employees the time and space to think raises some good points about creativity and...
25 Jan, 2024 Delaware Court Significantly Limits the State of Delaware's Climate Change Lawsuit Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies By Jacob H. Hupart On January 9, 2024, a Delaware state court judge issued his opinion on the various motions to dismiss filed in the case brought by the...
25 Jan, 2024 New Hampshire Legislators Propose Laws to Criminalize Investing Based on ESG Criteria By Jacob H. Hupart Recently, a pair of bills were proposed in the New Hampshire state legislature that would make it a felony to knowingly invest state or...
19 Jan, 2024 Yes, Governor Healey, let's future-proof our communities, not abandon them. Let's start by making it easier to implement nature-based resilience. By Jeff Porter There was a lot to like about what Governor Healey had to say about our rapidly changing climate in her State of the Commonwealth speech...
17 Jan, 2024 Merit, Unmasked By Jennifer B. Rubin The ESG-DEI discussion continues to elicit shareholder interest, at least according to a recent report from The Conference Board about...
11 Jan, 2024 Another PFAS Clean Water Act Citizen Suit and there may be thousands more of these fish in the barrel. By Jeff Porter Lara Beaven of Inside PFAS Policy is reporting on another PFAS citizen suit under the Federal Clean Water Act. This one, by Tennessee...
11 Jan, 2024 Important Issues in Purchasing and Resolving Distressed Real Estate Debt (2023 Update) By Daniel B. Guggenheim Just in time! I am pleased to share our latest article, “Important Issues in Purchasing and Resolving Distressed Real Estate Debt (2023...
10 Jan, 2024 The Navy is going to get a Clean Water Act NPDES permit authorizing its firing of munitions. What's next? By Jeff Porter Sam Hess of Inside EPA is reporting that the U.S. Navy has agreed to apply for a Federal Clean Water Act NPDES permit authorizing the...
10 Jan, 2024 Missouri Anti-ESG Rules At Risk In Court Decision By Jacob H. Hupart On January 5, 2024, Judge Bough (W.D. Mo.) denied the motion to dismiss filed by the Missouri Secretary of State and the Missouri...
09 Jan, 2024 Is ESG the Eighth Dirty Word? By Jennifer B. Rubin Today's WSJ article labels ESG as the latest dirty word in corporate America. Setting aside that ESG is an acronym (Environmental,...
04 Jan, 2024 We already knew many Federal Judges weren't deferring to EPA, now the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals isn't deferring to Judges either. By Jeff Porter Just before the holidays I wrote about three Judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals who decided, over the Army Corps of Engineers'...