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Oct 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jayni F. Hein |W. Andrew Jack |Kevin Poloncarz |Jared Gilmour
Companies that do business in California and meet certain revenue thresholds should continue to prepare to comply with the state’s landmark climate disclosure laws that impose reporting deadlines starting in 2026, even as a newly enacted state law gives California regulators more time and flexibility in promulgating implementing regulations.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Bradford McGann |Paul Mertenskötter |Jayni F. Hein |Kevin Poloncarz |W. Andrew Jack
On May 28, the Biden-Harris Administration issued the Voluntary Carbon Markets Joint Policy Statement and Principles (Policy Statement). You can find Covington’s analysis of the Policy Statement here.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Carol M. Browner |Jayni F. Hein |Daniel Feldman |Kevin Poloncarz |W. Andrew Jack |Paul Mertenskötter | +2 more
What You Need to Know. After two days of intense negotiations, world leaders adopted a draft decision that sets out international climate priorities in response to the findings of the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Martin Levy |W. Andrew Jack
What You Need to Know. The thematic focus of the day’s programming was on nature, land use, and ocean, including events on scaling effective solutions that protect, restore, and beneficially manage nature ecosystems, addressing drivers of nature loss, empowering Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and creating resilient livelihoods.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Martin Levy |W. Andrew Jack
What You Need to Know. The thematic focus of the day’s programming was on nature, land use, and ocean, including events on scaling effective solutions that protect, restore, and beneficially manage nature ecosystems, addressing drivers of nature loss, empowering Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and creating resilient livelihoods.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Martin Levy |W. Andrew Jack
What You Need to Know. The thematic focus of the day’s programming was on nature, land use, and ocean, including events on scaling effective solutions that protect, restore, and beneficially manage nature ecosystems, addressing drivers of nature loss, empowering Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and creating resilient livelihoods.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Bradford McGann |W. Andrew Jack
What You Need to Know. After a year of preparation and months of anticipation, the twenty-eighth annual United Nations Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) opened in Dubai on November 30, 2023. Live and recorded coverage of the plenary sessions can be found on the UNFCCC COP28 website. UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell opened the conference with a powerful call to action and reminder of what is at stake at COP28.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Bradford McGann |W. Andrew Jack |Gary S. Guzy |Kevin Poloncarz
Mr. Guzy served as Deputy Director and General Counsel of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). In this position, he helped develop and guide the Obama Administration’s environmental, public health, and clean energy agenda, bringing business insights to government policy and coordinating policy across government agencies.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | W. Andrew Jack |Daniel Luchsinger |Daniel Levine |Jamin Koo
On December 1, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published highly-anticipated proposed rules that will significantly impact China’s and other covered nations’ roles in the battery supply chain for electric vehicles (EVs) sold to U.S. consumers.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | W. Andrew Jack |Daniel Luchsinger |Daniel Levine |Jamin Koo
Daniel B. Levine is of counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. He advises Chinese and non-Chinese companies in complex outbound and inbound direct investment transactions. Formerly resident in the firm’s New York office, Mr. Levine has extensive experience with both China-based and non-China-based public and private mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, leveraged buy-outs, going-private transactions, and other transactional matters.
