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SEC Final Rule on Climate Change and GHG Disclosure
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-23T21:52:46-04:00Saturday, March 9th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: carbon neutral, carbon offset, climate related disclosure, GHG emission disclosures, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, limited assurance, REC, renewable energy certificate, scope 3, SEC Final Rule, Stuart Kaplow|
After this article was posted, on Friday, March 15, 2024, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an Order granting an Emergency Motion for Administrative Stay and Stay Pending Judicial Review filed by Liberty Energy and Nomad Proppant Services, in one of the nine cases challenging the ...
Offsets and RECs: A Powerful Duo for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Repairing the Planet
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-07-29T21:46:36-04:00Saturday, July 29th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, offset, REC, renewable energy certificate, Stuart Kaplow|
As concerns about climate change intensify, businesses and individuals alike are seeking effective ways to set and meet the goals of net zero energy and greenhouse gas emissions to contribute to a sustainable planet. Two essential but fundamentally different tools that have gained prominence in ...
FTC Regulates What You can Say about Your Solar Panels
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-27T11:38:35-05:00Monday, January 17th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer, ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, REC, renewable energy certificate, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
A business that generates renewable energy, say, with solar panels, but sells the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for that renewable energy may not then claim it “uses” renewable energy. The Federal Trade Commissions has prescribed that such would be deceptive. That guidance from the FTC ...







