It has been reported that the Securities & Exchange Commission has disbanded its Climate & ESG Task Force.  This same task force had been...

As of June 2024, Canada added certain provisions to its Competition Act that explicitly target the practice of greenwashing.  In...

Companies in Australia will soon have to abide by a set of significant climate disclosures aligned with the International Sustainability...

Yesterday, Judge Bough (W.D. Mo.) issued a decision barring the recent anti-ESG rules Missouri had promulgated that prohibited investment...

Last week, the Dutch central bank released a study that concluded that “[s]ince 2020, a clear price difference has emerged between the...

On August 12, 2024, three Congressional Democrats (Casten (D-IL); Waters (D-CA); and Senator Whitehouse (D-RI)) sent a letter to the...

On June 24, the State of Hawaii entered into a settlement agreement with a group of thirteen plaintiffs, all minor children, concerning...

A couple of weeks ago, a lawsuit brought by the State of Connecticut against a major fossil fuel company, alleging various violations of...

Earlier this year, the SEC issued its long-awaited regulation concerning mandatory climate disclosures.  As expected, this climate...

About a month ago, one of the myriad climate change tort lawsuits brought by state and local governments against major fossil fuel...

SEC Commissioner Peirce recently delivered a speech where she extensively criticized the recent emphasis on ESG among businesses, in...

Puerto Rico has become the latest governmental entity to launch a lawsuit against the major fossil fuel companies concerning tort claims...

Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded the appeal from a lower court's decision upholding the Biden...

On June 4, 2024, a number of Congressional Democrats (10 Senators; 28 Congressmen) sent a letter to Chairman Gensler of the Securities &...

About five years ago, the New York City Council enacted Local Law 97, which imposes strict restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions for...

Credit Agricole SA, the second-largest bank in France, will no longer participate in fossil fuel financing.  Specifically, a spokesperson...