New York Energy Week’s Post

Join me at New York Energy Week! I'll be discussing how we finance the energy transition, bridging economic strategies and environmental justice. #energytransition #sustainabledevelopment #environmentaljustice

Nominations are invited for the 14th Annual Energy And Environment Foundation GlobalAwards 2024

Interesting insights shared at Bruegel - Improving economic policy event yesterday, launching their paper on the future of Europe's interconnected electricity market. Interested in the current status and outlook of Europe's cross-border exchange capacity? Check out the (similarly titled 😉) policy brief from Ember and European Environmental Bureau. #ElectricityInterconnection #EnergyPolicy #EuropeanEnergy

This Dentons webinar from our global compliance and investigations group on SCOTUS overturning Chevron will be of interest well beyond the US border, given its relevance to common lawyers, or should that be Common Lawyers (given that I’m both)?

Environmental Defense Fund released a new report,"“Just Transition and Safeguards Framework”.   This framework is structured to provide guidelines for developing strategies; plans; measures and metrics that will ensure a fair and equitable transition towards cleaner energy sources. It will also provide guidance on how to measure whether activities uphold decarbonization benefits, environmental rights and the interests of impacted stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. The framework is built on four key principles: procedural justice, distributive justice, recognitional justice and restorative justice, emphasizing inclusivity, fairness and respect for diverse needs during the energy transition. It details safeguards, as well as unique elements and measures, to track progress towards just energy transition objectives. Well done authors Mandy Rambharos and Julia Ilhardt #justenergytransition

Today, EPA announced $20 billion to create a national clean financing network that will finance tens of thousands of climate and clean energy projects, especially in low-income and disadvantaged communities. With a nearly 7x private capital mobilization ratio, the $20 billion will yield $150 billion in public and private investment toward a clean and equitable economy. Grateful to have led the design and implementation of this historic $20 billion program on behalf of the EPA and the Biden Administration. Read more from The Washington Post on what this program will mean for the clean energy economy here: https://lnkd.in/eAh8UfYx

I can't think of a business that operates in a vacuum, particularly those with environmental or climate impacts. In those worlds, we operate in two regulatory worlds: the compliance and voluntary side. So things a company does because it has to and things it does because it wants to and believe it should do. In the compliance world, the "government" of some kind sets out laws that it expects people to play by. Those laws are then enforced by regulatory agencies of one form or another in accordance with rules. In translating the laws into rules there is a process that is subject to court oversight. Big news in that world is the U.S. Supreme Court's adjustment to that interaction. My Dentons colleagues Clinton Vince, Linda Willard, Sam Olens and Simon Steel in this panel are focussed on: Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine: Implications for Energy and Climate Policy and Beyond. This significant discussion will have an impact in many other jurisdictions around the world.

It’s crunch time as Congress gets ready for the August recess. Here are a few hearings on energy and environmental policy to keep an eye on: • Senate Budget Committee hearing on the fiscal consequences of climate change on infrastructure (7/26) • Senate Energy Committee hearing on permitting reform (7/26) • Senate Environment Committee hearing on improving the capacity for critical mineral recovery through electronic waste recycling and reuse (7/26) • Senate Environment Committee hearing on reducing emissions from the US rail network (7/26) • Senate Environment and Public Works Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee hearing on solutions for single-use waste (7/27) • House Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on barriers to access for visitors at America's National Parks (7/26) • House Science Committee’s Energy panel hearing on subsurface science and technology (7/26) Get details on these and other happenings in Washington, DC in this week’s Bracewell PRG Energy Update from Frank Maisano: https://hubs.ly/Q01YJWdc0 #permitting #climatechage #emissions