On February 18, 2025, the Illinois House introduced and referred HB 3673 to its Rules Committee . See attached draft copy at https://legiscan.com/IL/text/HB3673/id/3109030/Illinois-2025-HB3673-Introduced.html
Like the New Jersey, Colorado and New York bills that were previously reported on and which are being considered by their respective state legislatures, if enacted, the Illinois Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act could become…
The states who filed the action (close your eyes and stop reading and see if you can guess who …) via their Attorneys General against New York include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Others joining…
On February 3, 2025, the New Jersey Senate introduced and referred S4117 to its Environment and Energy Committee proposed Bill S4117. See attached draft copy at https://legiscan.com/NJ/text/S4117/2024
Like the Colorado and New York bills that were previously reported on and which are being considered by their respective state legislatures, if enacted, the New Jersey Climate…
On January 28, 2025, the Colorado House in its Energy and Environment Committee proposed House Bill 25-1119. See attached draft copy at https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1119_01.pdf.
Like the New York bill, if enacted, the Colorado bill would become the second or third set of bills passed in the United States which are aimed at requiring entities with…
Last week, the New York State Senate in its Environmental Conservation Committee proposed Bill SB 3456 which is a companion bill to Assembly Bill A4282. See attached draft copy at https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3456
These bills, if enacted, would become the second set of bills passed in the United States which are aimed at requiring entities with connections…
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Chris Pyke (GRESB), Chris Cayten, M. Arch, LEED AP (Code Green), and Duncan C. Ellis (Marsh) on my monthly sustainability and risk mitigation webinar where we focused on the ever-intensifying impact of storms, wildfires and natural disasters and how insurance is figuring into the picture (or not)…
At the end of December 2024, we posted about New York’s second in the US “Polluter Pays” law (check the website for a copy of the post that outlines the law that was signed by Governor Hochul in 2024). Not surprisingly, earlier this week, 22 states and some private concerns sued New York claiming the…
As of December 27, 2024, New York becomes the second state in the US, after Vermont, to pass a version of a polluter pays climate change bill entitled the “Climate Change Superfund Act” (the “CCSA”).
The new law, which can be found at Article 76 – Climate Change Adaption Cost Recovery Program and requires the…
Earlier this month (December 2024), the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) published municipality opt-in documents to participate in the Garden State Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Program.
C-PACE is a program that has been adopted in 38 states and the District of Columbia and allows commercial property owners in Participating Municipalities to access…
