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Navigating New Rules: A Deep Dive into the Policies Affecting Low-Carbon Shipping Fuel with Late-Breaking Updates

European Union, United Kingdom, USA - April 8 2026 Recent federal, state, and international policy developments have introduced regulatory uncertainty in the low-carbon maritime fuels sector…

2026 Outlook for Maritime Biofuels

European Union, Global, USA - March 12 2026 Maritime biofuels are “making waves” in 2026. Growing decarbonization efforts have the potential to create synergies between the maritime and biofuel…

CARB Issues Proposed Regulations Implementing SB 253 and SB 261

USA - January 6 2026 In 2023, California passed Senate Bill 253 (SB 253) and Senate Bill 261 (SB 261). SB 253 requires U.S. companies with annual revenues over $1 billion…

New York Adopts Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

USA - December 23 2025 On December 1, 2025, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) adopted regulations establishing a mandatory greenhouse gas…

Ninth Circuit Partially Pauses Enforcement as CARB Attempts to Clarify Disclosure Laws

USA - November 21 2025 In September, we provided a Bracewell Update discussing the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) Preliminary List of Reporting/Covered Entities…

Proposed Repeal of GHG Reporting Program Sparks Debate

USA - November 20 2025 On September 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to narrow the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) significantly…

The Risk of Doing the Right Thing: Where Parent Company Control Leads to Liability

Brazil, United Kingdom - November 19 2025 The English High Court has found BHP Group (UK) Limited (the English parent company of global mining group BHP) and other group entities (“BHP”)…

FERC Seeks Comments by November 14, 2025 on Proposed DOE Reforms to Accelerate the Interconnection of Large Loads

USA - October 29 2025 By letter dated October 23, 2025, Department of Energy (“DOE”) Secretary Chris Wright (“the Secretary”) directs the Federal Energy Regulatory…

California’s Offshore Wind Strategy Is Coming Into Focus

USA - July 25 2024 California currently deploys almost 35 GW of renewable energy but expects another 148 GW of renewables will be needed to meet the State’s overarching…

All’s Well That Ends Well? NSTA Launch Investigation Into Oil Well Decommissioning Delays

United Kingdom - July 24 2024 On 15 July 2024, 10 days into the UK Labour Government, the North Sea Transition Authority (“NSTA”, formerly known as the Oil and Gas Authority)…