Climate Law Matters is Foley Hoag’s quarterly update on the legal developments shaping climate action, energy transition, and sustainability across industries and jurisdictions. Each edition delivers timely insights and practical analysis from our Energy & Climate attorneys, helping clients and stakeholders understand emerging risks, opportunities, and compliance considerations in an evolving climate law landscape. From policy and regulatory trends to litigation, finance, and corporate governance developments, Climate Law Matters distills what matters most—and what’s coming next.
The race to secure critical minerals is reshaping the climate technology landscape, prompting companies, investors, and policymakers to rethink how the energy transition is built and financed. In this issue, we examine the regulatory, transactional, and commercial forces fueling the sector's momentum and the novel legal questions emerging along the way.
Battery energy storage is no longer an emerging technology. It is now a driving force in the clean energy transition, reshaping markets, policy, and grid reliability at unprecedented speed.
At a time when renewable energy deployment faces very real challenges—from political headwinds and regulatory uncertainty to funding challenges and supply chain limitations—we take this opportunity to spotlight a renewable resource enjoying a moment of momentum and growth: geothermal energy.
Marking 20 years of Foley Hoag’s Energy & Climate Group, this retrospective explores how early market promise, regulatory complexity, and bold collaboration shaped a national climate practice—and helped turn clean energy ambition into steel in the ground. It’s a look back at the policies, people, and partnerships that fueled progress, and a look ahead to the transition still unfolding.
From New York to Colorado to Houston, Foley Hoag was on the ground at Climate Week and leading energy and climate convenings nationwide, engaging with founders, investors, and policymakers on the practical challenges shaping the next phase of the energy transition. This recap captures the candid conversations, emerging technologies, and collaborative momentum driving climate action forward—even amid uncertainty.
In this issue, we take a closer look at recent changes impacting the (fission) power industry and advancements in fusion energy, the implications and responses to executive orders and federal actions, and other updates within the industry.
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