Fossil fuel

May 8, 2023

New York Becomes First State to Pass Natural Gas Ban for New Construction

On May 2, 2023, New York passed its 2024 fiscal year budget, including a prohibition on fossil fuel equipment and building systems in new construction. The policy will go into effect in 2026 for new buildings not more than seven stories tall, except for new commercial or industrial buildings greater than one hundred thousand square… Continue reading

Environmental Law

Allison Torrence, Allyssa Milam, buildings, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Daniel Robertson, facilities, Fossil fuel, Groundwater, Jenner & Block, manufacturing, natural gas, power, Water
May 19, 2021

Supreme Court Procedural Clarity Provides Win for Industry in Climate Case

On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7-1 that the Fourth Circuit should have considered all of the fossil fuel companies’ grounds for removal to federal court in the BP PLC, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore case. Continue reading

Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability

Baltimore, BP, Climate Change, Consumer Protection Act, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Fossil fuel, Jenner & Block, Leah Song
April 8, 2021

Does Novel “Greenwashing” Enforcement Action Portend a New Trend?

Lawsuits over alleged misleading environmental marketing claims, or “greenwashing,” are nothing new. It has been nearly 30 years since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its first version of the “Green Guides,” which are intended to help marketers avoid the practice. Continue reading

Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability

100% organic, Chevron, clean diesel, Climate Change Resilience, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Earthworks, Fossil fuel, FTC, Global Witness, Green Guides, Greenpeace, Greenwashing, low carbon energy, PJ M. Novack, renewable energy, Todd C. Toral
October 2, 2020

Supreme Court Grants Review on Key Climate Change Case

On Friday, October 2, 2020, the United States Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to review of a decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that climate change litigation brought against various fossil fuel were not subject to federal court subject matter jurisdiction. Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Sustainability

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, Fossil fuel, GHG, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, Matthew G. Lawson, OSHA, RCRA, Sustainability, TSCA, Water
June 26, 2020

Trends in Climate Change Lawsuits: State Common Law Issues

As we have discussed in our previous blog posts, a growing form of climate change litigation in the United States consists of lawsuits filed by states or municipalities against private industry, and more specifically, the fossil-fuel industry. States, cities and other units of local government have filed lawsuits alleging state common law theories, including nuisance,… Continue reading

Climate Change

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July 20, 2017

New Climate Change Lawsuit: Publicity Stunt or Reasonable Effort to Protect California Property Owners?

On July 17, 2017, Marin County, San Mateo County, and the City of Imperial Beach filed separate but similar environmental suits in California state court claiming that 37 oil, gas, and coal companies caused billions of dollars in climate-change related damages as a result of their extraction and sale of fossil fuels in California. The… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Greenhouse Gas, Hazmat, Sustainability, Water

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, Fossil fuel, GHG, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, OSHA, RCRA, Steven M. Siros, Sustainability, TSCA, Water

Fossil fuel

New York Becomes First State to Pass Natural Gas Ban for New Construction

Supreme Court Procedural Clarity Provides Win for Industry in Climate Case

Does Novel “Greenwashing” Enforcement Action Portend a New Trend?

Supreme Court Grants Review on Key Climate Change Case

Trends in Climate Change Lawsuits: State Common Law Issues

New Climate Change Lawsuit: Publicity Stunt or Reasonable Effort to Protect California Property Owners?