On May 19th, 2021, Singapore’s Green Finance Industry Task Force (GFIT), an industry-led initiative convened by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), issued a detailed implementation guide for climate-related disclosures by financial institutions (FIs) and a whitepaper on scaling green
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Biden EPA Rescinds Trump’s Cost-Benefit and Guidance Document Rules
Although the Biden administration has yet to issue many new substantive air quality regulations, Biden’s EPA recently issued two rules revoking Trump-era procedural regulations that should pave the way for a more aggressive regulatory agenda. On May 13, EPA rescinded…
Designated Responsible Engineers
The practice of engineering is regulated through licensure in all states. Whether and under what conditions a state will allow engineers to practice through limited liability entities (“LLEs”) (e.g., corporations, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships) varies from state…
Environmental Justice: An EPA Enforcement Priority
As we reported at the beginning of the year, President Biden has been making environmental justice one of his priorities since long before he took office. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently took a step to add some…
Public Comment Period Opens as Ohio EPA Issues Draft Revisions to Reasonably Available Control Technology (“RACT”) Requirements for Control of VOC and NOx Emissions
Ohio EPA has proposed rules that will require additional Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission controls for certain manufacturing and industrial operations located in the Cincinnati and Cleveland 2015 ozone nonattainment areas. On May 17, 2021, Ohio…
No private cause of action in New Jersey’s animal cruelty statute
Similar to bans on citizen lawsuit based on alleged violations of the Federal Animal Welfare Act (see, e.g., Animal Legal Def. Fund, Inc. v. Espy, 23 F.3d 496 (D.C. Cir. 1994); Peninsula Humane Soc’y v. Walters, No. C 84-2010 SAW…
Webinar: Evolving Landscape – OSHA and CDC COVID-19 Guidance
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Monday, May 24th at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, Seyfarth attorneys Adam Young, Scott Hecker, and Patrick Joyce will present a webinar entitled Evolving Landscape: OSHA and CDC COVID-19 Guidance.
During his first full day in…
Agricultural Law Weekly Review – Week Ending May 14, 2021
Pesticides/Herbicides: Ninth Circuit Denies Bayer’s Appeal of Federal Jury’s Glyphosate VerdictOn May 14, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision denying all grounds for appeal by Bayer (successor to Monsanto’s Roundup product liabilities) from…
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Proposal: What Companies Need to Know
The European Commission has published a proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (2021/0104) (“CSRD”), which forms just one part of a comprehensive package of sustainable finance measures (see our blog here). The Commission has put forward these measures…
The EU’s Green Capitalism Takes Shape: Taxonomy Screening Criteria and Corporate Sustainability Reporting
The European Commission has presented a package of key enabling legislation on sustainable finance (the “Sustainable Finance Package”). This includes the much-awaited first technical screening criteria under the Taxonomy Regulation — outlined in the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act (“TCDA”) —…