The proposal would auction off almost 375,000 acres of the Outer Continental Shelf offshore California for wind energy development.
By Nikki Buffa, Janice M. Schneider, Nathaniel Glynn, and Brian McCall
On May 31, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for a pair of renewable
Presidential Action Triggered by Crisis in the U.S. Solar Industry
In recent months, the U.S. solar industry has been in the midst of an existential crisis, triggered by the threatened imposition of retroactive and future tariffs on a significant portion of U.S. imports. That crisis began on April 1, 2022, when the Department of Commerce
In recent years many employers have implemented mandatory arbitration agreements to require that legal disputes with employees be decided by a neutral arbitrator, rather than by jury trial. Arbitration agreements are coming under scrutiny as unfairly preventing employees from having their “day in court” and having access to jury trials – most recently with the
The Energy & Natural Resources Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is recognized in the 2022 Chambers USA Guide. The guide, which is researched by UK-based Chambers and Partners and is based on thousands of interviews with practicing lawyers and clients, names two GT energy practices along with nine energy attorneys as
Please join Greenberg Traurig Co-Heads of Energy Project Finance Jeff Chester and John Eliason for an insightful mid-year discussion on the state of the renewable energy market, trends, and what to expect for the rest of 2022. The webinar, co-hosted by GT and CohnReznick Capital, will take place June 28, 2022 from 12 p.m. to
The ocean covers 71% of the planet and holds nearly 97% of the Earth’s water, and about 40% of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the coastline. As reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, “[t]he ocean is essential
CARB addresses California’s increasingly severe climate impacts.
By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Kevin Homrighausen
On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update (Draft Scoping Plan) for public review and comment. Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires CARB to develop and
In the recent unanimous United States Supreme Court opinion, Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328, 2022 WL 1611788 (2022), issued May 23, 2022, the Court abrogated existing case law and held that prejudice is not a condition of finding that a party, by litigating too long, waived its rights to stay litigation or compel arbitration
Our team at Squire Patton Boggs continues to track recent regulatory developments for the heavy-duty vehicle and engine sector. In our last blog post on this topic, we covered US EPA’s Cleaner Trucks Initiative, the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) heavy-duty engine and vehicle omnibus regulation, and CARB’s Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation.
US EPA Heavy-Duty
The Maryland Department of the Environment has for many years sought to meet its obligations under the Clean Water Act and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load in part by imposing obligations on municipal separate storm sewers (MS4s) beyond the statutory minimum imposition of control to the “maximum extent practicable” or “MEP.” Specifically, it