The built environment accounts for over a third of total indirect CO2 emissions in the US and the UK, based on studies carried out in both countries. In a new report, “Energy Effici ...

Shortly before the Copenhagen climate change summit in December 2009 emails leaked or hacked from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit prompted responses ranging from r ...

The SEC yesterday announced new disclosure guidance requiring public companies to discuss material effects of climate change on their financial performance. This new requirement exposes a risk for public companies and th ...

There are various means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the impact of climate change, including:

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), today released The Effe ...

With 100+ world leaders in Copenhagen discussing a "renewal" of the Kyoto Protocol, what should be the policies that would address GHG's and global warming?  A very thoughtful and lengthy discussion of the ...

Notwithstanding the global discussions taking place in Copenhagen this week, companies that emit greenhouse gases in the UK and the US already have to come to terms with ma ...

EPA recently issued two new proposals on the road to regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA).  Coming on the heels of ...

On October 2, 2009, as part of the 48th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute held at Northwestern University School of Law, SEC Commissioner Elisse B. Walter gave a speech entitl ...

Numerous prior posts have described California's Prop. 65 and the listing of various substances under that law.  [For an overview of Prop. 65, and the various ways a substance can be listed as either a carcinogen or ...

As noted in prior posts, air pollution of various sorts (e.g., particulates, ozone) has been associated with an increased risk of (a) cardiovascular events such as arrhythmia, heart attack, an ...

Prior posts have noted the controversy surrounding BPA, and the enormous evidence that it poses a significant threat to human health. As noted in prior posts, research has been demonstrat ...

Plaintiff Grace Christian Fellowship (Grace) filed this action against KJG Investments, Inc. (KJG) and Colony Insurance Co. (Colony) pursuant to the RCRA citizen suit provision; state law clai ...

Prior posts have noted the battle over the 404 permit for the Coeur d'Alene mine in Alaska, including the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, reversing the 9th Circuit, in allowing the permit to be ...