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The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage

McKinsey

The EU Emissions Trading System regulatory framework The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) regulatory framework initiated its trial phase in 2005, initially focusing on the power and heat, refinery, cement, iron, steel, glass, and pulp and paper industries. 1 “EU Emissions Trading System: Scope of the EU ETS,” European Commission.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law

Citgo Petroleum Corp., In what may be considered a warning shot to overzealous federal prosecutors looking to obtain criminal convictions under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) or the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”), the Court of Appeals reversed criminal convictions against Citgo related to violations of both Acts at its Corpus Christi refinery.

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A new trade paradigm: How shifts in trade corridors could affect business

McKinsey

Flows of intellectual property and services grew about twice as fast as goods trade between 2010 and 2019. 10 “Average observed lead times from discovery to production for selected minerals, 2010-2019,” International Energy Agency , May 2021. Trade in goods is the most visible, but other flows are just as critical.

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Uncertainty About Migratory Bird Treaty Act “Takes”: The Biden Administration Delays the Effective Date of the Final Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds

The Energy Law

If incidental takes are actionable under the MBTA, this raises possible MBTA liability in a variety of industries (such as wind projects, petroleum refineries, and other energy and infrastructure projects) whose normal day-to-day operations can have unintentional effects on migratory birds. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , Evans , 952 F.2d

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Uncertainty About Migratory Bird Treaty Act “Takes”: The Biden Administration Delays the Effective Date of the Final Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds

The Energy Law

If incidental takes are actionable under the MBTA, this raises possible MBTA liability in a variety of industries (such as wind projects, petroleum refineries, and other energy and infrastructure projects) whose normal day-to-day operations can have unintentional effects on migratory birds. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , Evans , 952 F.2d