Government shut-down, climate change, inverse condemnation, energy & commodity regulation and enforcement – 2019 looks to be a pretty tumultuous year with lots of change. Please join us for an in-depth discussion on evolving regulatory, transactional and business issues facing U.S. and international energy and commodities market participants. LUNCHEON KEYNOTE Dan Berkovitz, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures […]
Join representatives from three countries for a discussion of issues currently impacting energy trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Led by representatives of BLG (Canada), Creel (Mexico) and Sidley (U.S.), this half-day program will explore: The prospects for eliminating transportation bottlenecks from Canada to the U.S., including Keystone XL and Enbridge Line 3 The […]
As of January 1, 2020, companies have new obligations to report releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) based on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Reporting Year 2020. The NDAA added reporting obligations for 172 individual PFAS chemicals. This potentially impacts any company using any of these […]
Companies are increasingly focusing on the “E” of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues to identify paths for addressing climate change risks and sustainability as part of their business models. Pressure from a wide array of stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, governmental entities, and the communities in which they operate, are driving companies to […]
An ELI & Sidley Austin LLP Co-Sponsored Webinar The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has long governed federal pesticide law under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA has […]
Employers seeking to return workers safely must contend with a rapidly expanding marketplace of pesticide products advertised to fight SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19. Some of these products violate […]
VIEW WEBINAR RECORDING Join enforcement thought leaders from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board, and Georgetown University Law Center to discuss the latest on emissions enforcement targeting […]
VIEW WEBINAR RECORDING The U.S. is back in the Paris Climate Agreement and set to unveil a new “nationally determined contribution” (NDC) of emission reduction targets ahead of an April […]
Please join WITA in their Trade & Environment Series by looking at how carbon border adjustment measures (CBAM) fit in the context of national and multilateral efforts to reduce carbon’s […]
WEBINAR REGISTER HERE Wednesday, May 26, 2021 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. EST | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. CST | 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. PST The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shone a spotlight on the importance and potential vulnerabilities of U.S. critical energy infrastructure. Join our panel of energy industry and cybersecurity thought leaders for a discussion of the […]