Environmental Practice Shareholder Paul R. McIntyre is featured in a Law360 Pulse article titled “Post & Schell Enviro Atty Returns To Greenberg Traurig.” The article also discusses Paul’s team of attorneys: Of Counsel Michael P. Canavan and Associates Julie Dostal, Molly K. O’Neil, and Travis Coon. The group’s practice focuses on environmental
On Jan. 26, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) solicited public input to inform two new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) programs creating standards and labeling for construction materials that have “substantially lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions.” Section 60112 of the IRA appropriates $250 million for grants and technical assistance to manufacturers, States, Indian
In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s E2 Law Podcast, attorneys Steven Russo, Zackary Knaub, and Jane McLaughlin discuss New York State’s cap-and-invest program to limit greenhouse gas emissions and share revenue with New Yorkers from disadvantaged communities to help cover utility bills, transportation costs, and decarbonization. The program is expected to help New York
Continuing the trend toward protecting environmental justice communities, New York Gov. Hochul is expected to sign a chapter amendment to a recently passed bill that would have established new standards under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) – New York’s “Little NEPA” environmental review statute. The bill would also have changed the procedures employed
COVID-19, economic and logistical challenges, and a new administration have resulted in considerable changes to the regulated community. To better understand and help prepare for these challenges and changes, Greenberg Traurig has joined with industry consultants, community advocates, and government regulators to host an Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Summit on Jan. 26, 2023, in
Thomas R. Brill, a member of GT’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice, was quoted in a Law360 article titled “California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2023.”
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Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a “supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking,” calling for comments on air pollution standards for control of methane emissions from new and existing facilities in the oil and natural gas industry. See 87 Fed. Reg. 74,702 (Dec. 6, 2022). Among those standards are specific rules concerning “super-emitter”
Greenberg Traurig’s Steven Russo, Co-Chair of the Environmental Practice and the firm’s New York Environmental Practice, is joined by Shareholder Todd Kaminsky and Of Counsel Jane McLaughlin in the Government Law & Policy Practice to discuss the New York State Climate Action Council’s adoption of the final scoping plan, which will serve as a
Watch the “Renewables Year-End Review: M&A, Tax Equity and Finance Markets” webinar presented by GT’s Global Co-Heads of Energy Project Finance Jeffrey Chester and John Eliason, co-hosted with CohnReznick Capital.
The presentation focused on the state of the renewable energy market as we approach year-end, inflation and rising interest rates, considerations for new market entrants,
Now that the New York State Climate Action Council adopted the final scoping plan, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to adopt regulations to enforce emissions mandates consistent with the Plan, which must be promulgated by Jan. 1, 2024.