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Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Group helps clients navigate the legal landscape of clean energy options and sustainability guidelines designed to promote a healthier future for people and the planet.
DGS attorneys have broad experience in assisting clients with clean energy projects from start to finish, including project financing, project siting and permitting, and contractual agreements. These projects encompass green and renewable energy, including wind, solar, geothermal, green hydrogen, and biomass, as well as other forms of zero-emissions energy sources, namely renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and e-mobility. DGS attorneys are also well-versed in the legal issues surrounding renewable energy storage and carbon capture, use, and sequestration.
Our multidisciplinary approach and geographic proximity to many of the region’s leading renewable energy ventures make DGS uniquely situated to help our clients plan, finance, permit, construct, operate, and expand their operations and businesses in the clean energy sector.
The firm’s capabilities related to clean energy include:
DGS is skilled at assisting companies committed to advancing the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda in a way that also makes good business sense. Our lawyers advise clients on ESG, sustainability indicators and tracking, carbon tax markets, green building and LEED certification, and Superfund site cleanups, among other topics. As a full-service business law firm, we are well-positioned to provide sound and strategic counsel to both developers and regulators.
In the 2019 legislative session Colorado passed House Bill 19-1261, the Climate Action Plan to Reduce Pollution (“Climate Action Plan”)...
On Friday, October 20, 2023, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (“CDPHE”), Air Quality Control Commission (“AQCC”) voted...
Effective October 15, 2023, Colorado’s Air Quality Commission (the “Commission”) approved Regulation 28, titled “Building Benchmarking and Performance Standards,” which...
On November 3, 2023, the United States Forest Service announced a proposed amendment to its special use regulations at 3...
On July 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered...
On June 16, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposed rule that would revise the agency’s existing...
Governor Polis recently signed Senate Bills 23-16 and 23-285 into law after they passed both houses in the most recent...
This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) extended the effective dates of its decisions to list populations of...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that, if adopted, would revise...
Four solar farm owners agreed in November 2022 to pay major fines in settlements with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)...
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP was named among the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” by publisher...
As part of ongoing attempts by the U.S. government to promote domestic availability of “critical minerals,” certain provisions of the...
In Northwest Landowners Association v. State, No. 20210148, 2022 N.D. Lexis 152 (N.D. Aug. 4, 2022), the North Dakota Supreme...
On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a proposed rule to list the tricolored bat...
Senate Legislative Counsel, Draft copy of ELT22557 0PR Released September 21, 2022 This week, Senator Joe Manchin released an updated...
Our June 2022 Clean Energy and Sustainability Group Newsletter included a status report on the Application of Public Service Company...
Last month, Governor Jared Polis signed two bills into law in response to growing public concern in Colorado and elsewhere...
In Parts I and II of this series, we discussed EPA’s “Climate Resilience” and “Greener Cleanups” initiatives, programs aimed at...
As this newsletter goes to print, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission will have just concluded a further evidentiary hearing in...
On December 27, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) issued a final rule regarding its Nationwide Permits (“NWPs”)...
The Colorado General Assembly wrapped up its 2022 legislative session on May 11, 2022. In our February newsletter, we provided...
As the Biden Administration continues to prioritize climate change mitigation, EPA has renewed its focus on more environmentally friendly remedies...
On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that...
The Colorado General Assembly began its 2022 lawmaking term on January 12, 2022. The legislature, which consists of 65 representatives...
On January 6, 2022, a Memorandum of Understating (MOU) between the Department of Interior (DOI) and the Department of Agriculture...
Amidst its many challenges and priorities, the new Administration has already initiated major changes to public lands and environmental policies...
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law No: 117-58, a piece of...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is addressing the impact of climate change at Superfund sites through three main initiatives: (1)...
In the last few months, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) initiated a variety of regulatory efforts that may...
The Bureau of Land Management (the “BLM”) recently announced competitive lease sales for solar and geothermal development on public lands...
On October 7, 2021, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the National Environmental...
On September 29, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that revoked a...
More than ever before, companies are seeking to reduce their carbon emissions into the atmosphere. One solution that energy developers...
On June 24, 2021, Governor Polis signed into law a bill to advance the state’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas...
