Unmasking “Green Bleaching”: A New Chapter in Sustainability Strategies
In the ever evolving landscape of corporate sustainability, where the battle for environmental credibility rages on, a new metaphor has emerged .. “green bleaching.” Originating from the shores of the...
View ArticleSustainability Triumphs: A 2023 Year in Review with an Eye Toward Decarbonizing
As we sing Auld Lang Syne to 2023, a pivotal year for global sustainability efforts, it’s time to reflect on the strides made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the realm of the...
View ArticleMeasuring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions will be “the” Environmental...
Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Delivers Coup De Grace in Berkeley Attempt to Ban...
On January 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit delivered a death blow to the City of Berkeley, California law attempting to ban natural gas, which the Court had last year found was...
View ArticleCourt Strikes Down Federal Dishwasher and Washing Machine Rules
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the Department of Energy’s dishwasher and washing machine rules saying they did not hold water. For the second time in as many...
View ArticleDoes evian Water Greenwash?
Last week United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Nelson Roman ruled that Danone Waters of America, the French multinational that produces evian bottled water, must...
View ArticleNational Definition for a Zero Emissions Building
You can provide feedback on the draft national definition for a Zero Emissions Building. The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, through the U.S. Department of Energy, is seeking “to create...
View ArticleBEPS on Hold in Maryland
On Monday, January 29, 2024, the Maryland legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) put a “hold” on the proposed regulations to create the Maryland...
View ArticleFrance is an Example of How Not to do Residential Greenhouse Gas Reduction
The country that is home to some of the most iconic buildings erected by humankind, from the Eiffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of Versailles is failing its current inhabitants and...
View ArticleClimate Scientist Michael Mann Awarded More than $1 Million in Defamation Case
Last Thursday, in a case filed in 2012 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, a jury found that Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn defamed Michael Mann, awarding Mann $1 in compensatory damages...
View ArticleDefense Contractor Prohibition on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosures
Department of Defense contractors are not permitted to “disclose a greenhouse gas inventory or any other report on greenhouse gas emissions.” As governments across the United States are beginning to...
View ArticleHawaii Considers $25 Climate Tax
The Hawaii legislature held a hearing last Friday on Governor Josh Green’s bill to authorize a $25 tax to create a “special fund to prevent climate crises and more effectively respond to climate crises...
View ArticleNew York is Coming for Your Cheeseburger with Greenwashing Case
This blog may sound like a broken record as we have time and again warned about the risks of a business claiming that they will be “net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040” or the like. For readers...
View ArticleSEC Final Rule on Climate Change and GHG Disclosure
Last Wednesday by a 3 to 2 vote the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long awaited rules to enhance and standardize climate related disclosures, including for the first time requiring...
View ArticleEV Charger Data Apocalypse
Last week the House of Representatives passed a measure to effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from exploitation by the People’s Republic of China on...
View ArticleSEC Climate Disclosure Rule Stay Dissolved and Venue Now in the 8th Circuit
Much has transpired since Wednesday, March 6, 2024, when the Securities and Exchange Commission, by a 3 to 2 vote, adopted its long awaited rules to enhance and standardize climate related disclosures,...
View ArticleSettlement Portends Broad Failure in Attempts to Ban Natural Gas
The City of Berkeley is going to repeal its regulation that prohibits the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings. Last week the California Restaurant Association...
View Article2024 International Energy Conservation Code is Final After Addressing...
On March 18, 2024, the International Code Council Board of Directors voted to affirm in part and reject in part nine appeals filed by five appellants to a draft of the commercial and residential...
View ArticleShedding Light on the Future: The Evolution of Lightbulbs in the Wake of New...
One hundred and forty three years after Thomas Edison received his patent for the incandescent lamp, the most important invention in history, illuminating the way for the universal use of electric...
View ArticleEPA Takes Action: PFOA and PFOS Now Hazardous Substances Under Superfund Law
In a landmark regulatory move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken decisive action to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous...
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