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Environmental Evolutions
Environmental Evolutions features hosts Linn Bumpers and Scott Novak along with lawyers and industry guests who explore emerging ideas and recent developments in environmental law and policy. Long time host Megan Berge has left Baker Botts for an in-house role. We congratulate her and look forward...
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The Future of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations
Scott Novak and Allison Watkins Mallick unpack two of the most consequential potential shifts in U.S. climate regulation: the Environmental Protection...
PFAS Policy in the Trump Era
Linn Bumpers and Martha Thompson discuss the regulatory landscape of PFAS, or Forever Chemicals, under the second Trump administration. They dive into...
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County: The NEPA Narrowing
Scott Novak is joined by Tom Jackson as they discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County ,...
Reflecting on EPA’s Changing Policy Priorities with Vicki Arroyo
Scott Novak interviews Georgetown Law professor Vicki Arroyo, the former EPA Associate Administrator for Policy under the Biden administration. They d...
New Hosts, New Executive Orders
Linn Bumpers and Scott Novak host a thought-provoking discussion with Shai Sahay and Jeff Wood on the changing dynamics of environmental law and polic...
NEPA News You Need to Know Now
In this episode, host Megan Berge talks to long time NEPA practitioner Tom Jackson about the D.C. Circuit’s recent decision shaking the foundation of...
SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Regulations: You know what’s out, this is what’s in.
In this fast facts episode, Washington DC partner Sterling Marchand takes over the episode to discuss the SEC’s landmark climate risk disclosure regul...
What We are Watching in 2024
In today's episode, Megan asks a cross section of Environmental, Safety, and Incident Response lawyers from a variety of offices one important questio...
The Loper Bright & Relentless Arguments a.k.a Supreme Court Nerd Heaven
Couldn’t spare three hours to listen to the Supreme Court arguments in Loper Bright and Relentless, but wondering about the fate of Chevron deference?...
California Climate Disclosure Laws Part II: Are you “Doing Business in California?”
In the previous episode “Move over SEC, the California Legislature has Passed Landmark Climate Disclosure Laws” host Megan Berge provided quick hits o...
Thankful Thoughts
In preparation for Thanksgiving, host Megan Berge is joined by managing partner, Danny David for a brief episode sharing what we at Baker Botts are Th...
Move over SEC, the California Legislature has Passed Landmark Climate Disclosure Laws
In this episode, host Megan Berge provides quick hits on California Senate Bills 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and 261 (the Clim...
New Show Alert! Join me for the inaugural episode of Lawful Influence, hosted by Partner Sterling Marchand
Does a mix of law, politics, and sticky situations sound intriguing to you? Then join me for the inaugural episode of Lawful influence – a new podcast...
Attention Voluntary Carbon Market Participants, The CFTC Has Entered the Building
In today’s episode, Partner Michael Loesch discusses the CFTC’s growing interest in the increasingly crowded but thus far largely unregulated field of...
Fast Facts on EPA’s Sweeping Expansion of its Coal Ash Regulations
On today’s episode, Megan Berge hands the reigns over to Partners, Kent Mayo and Martha Thomsen to discuss the EPA’s proposed legacy rule. A link to t...
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023: Debt Deal or Infrastructure Dealmaker?
On this episode of the Environmental Evolutions Podcast, Megan Berge is joined by Jeff Wood and Tom Jackson to explore the Fiscal Responsibility Act o...
Carbon Markets Creating Value Today and in the Future
On this episode, Host Megan Berge is joined by Partners Jason Bennett and Tom Holmberg to discuss the importance of data, scrutiny and integrity while...
Environmental Sustainability of Cryptocurrency with CMSSA President Cameron Rafati
On this episode, Partner and host Megan Berge is joined by Partner Allison Watkins Mallick and Cryptocurrency Mining and Staking Sustainability Associ...
Greenhouse Gas Standards for Power Plants: The Origin Story
In this episode, host Megan Berge takes the mic to provide a brief overview of the statutory basis for and origin story of EPA’s newly proposed greenh...
It’s Last Call for California’s Update to the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations
In this episode, environmental attorney Julie Cress updates host Megan Berge on the California Air Resources Board’s upcoming adoption of the Advanced...
What We are Watching in 2023
In today's episode, Megan asks a cross section of Environmental, Safety, and Incident Response lawyers from a variety of offices one important questio...
The Treasury Gives Guidance on the IRA & a Holiday Gift From the Baker Botts Tax Team
In this episode, energy transition tax specialist, partner Barbara de Marigny joins host Megan Berge to discuss recent Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) i...
New Signals on California’s LCFS Amendments
In this episode, environmental attorney Julie Cress updates host Megan Berge on new signals from the California Air Resources Board on the of future b...
Inflation Reduction Act Wins For Wind (And Solar): Your 15 Minute Rundown
In this episode, host Megan Berge, turns the microphone over to tax partner, Mike Bresson to provide a 15 minute run down on the opportunities the rec...
Getting Ready for the Final CEQ Carbon Capture Guidance
In this episode, partner Aileen Hooks joins host Megan Berge to discuss forthcoming final guidance from the White House Council on Environmental Quali...
Top Five Energy Transition Tax Benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act
In this episode, host Megan Berge turns the mic over to energy transition tax specialist, partner Barbara de Marigny. Barbara provides a rundown of th...
Changes are Coming to the California LCFS
In this episode, host Megan Berge and Special Counsel Julie Cress review the California Air Resource Board’s first steps in amending the low carbon fu...
Environmental Justice: Audits, data, and disclosures, oh my!
In this episode, host Megan Berge, with partners Anne Carpenter and Alexandra Dunn, explores the intersection of three key movements affecting compani...
ESG, Antitrust & A Conspiracy to Replace Whale Oil
In an episode ripped from the headlines, antitrust partner Joe Ostoyich joins host, Megan Berge, to discuss recent articles questioning whether ESG vi...
PFAS in your products? This pod’s for you.
In this episode, host Megan Berge talks with partners Josh Frank and Alexandra Dunn about new litigation trend – consumers bringing lawsuits against c...
All Things Chemical: A Conversation with Alex Dunn
In today's episode, we're showcasing another podcast called All Things Chemical. It recently featured Baker Botts Partner, Alex Dunn in an episode, ex...
They’re Heeeeere! Fast Facts on the SEC’s Proposed Climate Disclosure Regulations
In this fast facts episode, host Megan Berge is joined by white collar litigation Partner Sterling Marchand to provide a run down of the key elements...
Carbon Offsets Q & A
In this episode, host, and Baker Botts partner, Megan Berge and Director of Program Development at ClimeCo, Lauren Mechak answer the questions: What i...
Fast Facts on FERC Developments
In this episode Baker Botts Partner Emil Barth joins host, Megan Berge, to discuss the recent certificate policy statement that sets forth the factors...
Why you should care about New Jersey’s new environmental justice statute
Why should you care about New Jersey’s new environmental justice law? In this episode, host Megan Berge speaks with Baker Botts attorney Scott Novak a...
50 States, 10 Minutes, 1 Topic: Hydrogen State Tax Incentives You Need to Know About
Tax associate Ali Foyt joins host Megan Berge to share her top five insights from her recently completed 50-state survey of hydrogen state tax incenti...
PFAS! Part Deux
Learn about the latest developments in PFAS regulation and litigation, as well as issues likely to emerge in 2022. Host Megan Berge is joined by partn...
A Practical Conversation on Environmental Justice
In this episode, host Megan Berge talks with partners Lily Chinn and Nadira Clark about their practical approach to helping companies develop or redev...
California 101 - Fast Facts on California's Air Regulatory Regime
Ever wonder where the authorities of the California Air Resources Board end and the authorities of the Air Quality Management Districts begin? In this...
Follow the ESG Road: The Next Step (and the Next) on the SEC ESG Path
In this episode Partner Bridget Moore and host Megan Berge discuss President Biden’s May 20 Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risks and wha...