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On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided West Virginia et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, holding that the EPA lacks authority under Section 7411(d) of the Clean Air Act to...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce between now and December 31, 2014 its plan for pursuing methane reductions from the oil and gas sector – including whether it will propose new emission reduction regulations.

The California Air Resources Board has recently voted unanimously to formally link its carbon market with a similar greenhouse gas cap-and-trade market program established by the Canadian province of Quebec.

On March 1, 2012 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (DNM) introduced the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, legislation that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage low-carbon energy sources through the establishment of a federal clean energy standard (CES).

In June 2014, EPA issued its Proposed GHG Rule, designed to cut carbon dioxide emission from existing power plants by up to 30 percent by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.

The Obama Administration's release of the final Clean Power Plan kicked off a busy second half of the year for climate and energy policy issues.

The proposed amendments would bring the oil and natural gas industries within the scope of the rule requiring certain facilities to report their annual emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Feb. 14, 2023, announced key parameters for the two grant competitions authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to award $27 billion to leverage private capital for clean energy and clean air investments across the country.

On September 20, 2018, FERC partially accepted tariff amendments proposed by the California Independent System Operator Corporation ("CAISO") ...

The White House today released a new resource titled Building a Clean Energy Economy: A Guidebook to the Inflation Reduction Act's Investments in Clean Energy and Climate Action...

The new law requires New Jersey to obtain a significant portion of its electricity from solar generating facilities.

Yesterday a group of organizations with ties to the Shenandoah River sued the EPA claiming that EPA violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) by approving Virginia's 2014 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality...

In Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining,the Supreme Court is weighing whether legal challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) denial of Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) exemptions for small oil refineries must be filed exclusively in the D.C. Circuit under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

On February 9, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major setback to the Obama Administration's efforts to curb emissions of carbon dioxide from existing power plants in the U.S. In a 5-4 split decision.

The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in the Second Circuit's Connecticut v. American Electric Power decision, which allowed federal common law nuisance claims to proceed against several utilities because of their greenhouse gas emissions.

On March 19, 2015, the White House issued an executive order directing federal agencies to reduce their direct greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent from 2008 levels by 2025.

The whitepaper provides a set of recommendations for policies that minimize customer cost and risk, while ensuring electricity reliability.