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Climate Change & Sustainability

Overview

From impact investing to developing clean, environmentally friendly projects and initiatives, we help corporations, philanthropies, and individuals identify and execute on business practices and investment strategies that are both economically profitable and environmentally sustainable. We counsel clients at all stages of energy and sustainability project development, including screening, structuring, developing, and financing projects for hosts, developers, and investors. We evaluate energy and environmental regulatory issues, tax and governmental incentives, and business and contractual risks for energy and sustainability projects. We structure public-private partnerships and project financings, and we assist with integrating sustainability goals and requirements into energy procurements, projects, and enterprises. We defend lawsuits by activist groups seeking to hold energy companies liable for alleged damages from climate change, using our environmental, administrative law and litigation experience. And as companies contemplate becoming a benefit corporation or sustainable business, we’re here to help — we were intimately involved in the legislative process in many of the states that have authorized benefit corporations (B Corps), and we know the legal requirements necessary to attain B Corp status.

Insights & Events

Latest

Speaking Engagement Recap September 30, 2026

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) In Practice: What EHS Leaders Need to Know - New Orleans, LA

2026 Hazmat Summit
1 min read
Updates July 2026

Significant New Obligations for Manufacturers Placing Packaging on the EU Market

EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation will apply from 12 August 2026.
7 min read
Updates July 2026

SB 343 Enjoined: Court Temporarily Bars California from Enforcing Truth in Recycling Act against Any Business

Litigation Proceeds ahead of Compliance Deadline
3 min read
Published Articles May 2026

Greenwashing and Governance: The Expanding ESG Liability Landscape

Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence
1 min read
News April 2026

Chris Dolan Elected as Fellow to the American College of Environmental Lawyers

1 min read
Updates November 2025

Ninth Circuit Stays Enforcement of SB 261 Climate Financial Risk Reporting While CARB Updates SB 253 Guidance on Carbon Emissions Reporting

Enforcement of SB 261 Stayed Pending Appeal
3 min read
Updates October 2025

Power and Energy Trends Shaping the Data Center Industry

Proactive Legal and Advocacy Strategies Are Increasingly Critical
6 min read
Updates June 2025

Supreme Court Decides Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA

3 min read
Speaking Engagement Recap April 21, 2025

Regulatory and Litigation Update

Meat Institute’s Environment, Labor and Safety+ Conference
1 min read
News May 2024

Bonnie Barnett Elected as Fellow to American College of Environmental Lawyers

1 min read
Insights
Updates July 2026

Significant New Obligations for Manufacturers Placing Packaging on the EU Market

EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation will apply from 12 August 2026.
7 min read
Updates July 2026

SB 343 Enjoined: Court Temporarily Bars California from Enforcing Truth in Recycling Act against Any Business

Litigation Proceeds ahead of Compliance Deadline
3 min read
Published Articles May 2026

Greenwashing and Governance: The Expanding ESG Liability Landscape

Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence
1 min read
Updates November 2025

Ninth Circuit Stays Enforcement of SB 261 Climate Financial Risk Reporting While CARB Updates SB 253 Guidance on Carbon Emissions Reporting

Enforcement of SB 261 Stayed Pending Appeal
3 min read
Updates October 2025

Power and Energy Trends Shaping the Data Center Industry

Proactive Legal and Advocacy Strategies Are Increasingly Critical
6 min read
Updates June 2025

Supreme Court Decides Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA

3 min read
Updates April 2025

Does Your Food Packaging Comply With New State Laws?

Regulatory Updates From California, New Jersey, Maryland, Oregon & More
7 min read
Updates March 2025

EPA Rolls Back Regulations From Climate Change to ‘Waters of the United States’

PFAS and Superfund Do Not Make the List
4 min read
Published Articles February 2025

The Impact of Biden’s Last-Minute Ethylene Oxide Decision

2 min read
Published Articles January 2025

Dorris v. Danone: Stemming the Tide of Greenwashing Litigation

1 min read

Meet The Team

Meet The Full Climate Change & Sustainability Team