Alerts From the Stoel Rives Web Site http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?show=2276 en-us Copyright 2010, Stoel Rives clientservices@stoel.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 9/10/2010 8:03:22 PM http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=6516 Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are now recognized as an environmental impact under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and state analogs such as the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) ... Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=6425 As described in a previous alert, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 to adopt an interpretive release to provide guidance on existing public company disclosure requirements as they apply to business or ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=3001 On June 26, 2008, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued a draft scoping plan for implementation of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. AB 32 requires California to reduce its emissions of six greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2561 Pressure is building toward increased disclosure by public companies of greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions and the possible effects of climate change on business. SEC disclosure rules do not require specific disclosure of GHG emission levels or climate-related ... Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2535 On August 7, Oregon's Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed landmark climate change legislation to reduce carbon emissions and address the threats of global climate change. The new law, House Bill 3543 ("HB 3543"), sets ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas ... Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2454 The Oregon legislature is carving out a new path to the ocean. Several pieces of legislation may facilitate the development of wave energy conversion ("WEC") projects, helping propel Oregon to the forefront of this emerging renewable energy sector. Senate ... Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2277 Earlier today (April 2, 2007), the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. EPA, (Commonwealth), the case likely to set the stage for greenhouse gas regulation in the United States. In this narrowly ... Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2300 One of the hottest bills currently being debated in Olympia seeks to bring California-style greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions reduction legislation to the Northwest. Seeking to implement the Governor's Executive Order 07-02 signed days earlier, Washington ... Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.stoel.com/showalert.aspx?Show=2301 On Monday, February 26, 2007, the Governors of Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and New Mexico signed the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative. This memorandum of understanding (MOU) commits the five states to the following three tasks: ... Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT