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12.11.25
Firm Advises Ebb Carbon on Initial Carbon Removal Offtake Agreement with Google
On December 10, 2025, Ebb Carbon, an ocean alkalinity enhancement and carbon removal company, announced it had signed a prepurchase agreement with Google to remove 3,500 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Ebb Carbon on the transaction.
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10.23.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises LCI on Landmark Clean Energy Deal with Google
On October 23, 2025, Low Carbon Infrastructure (LCI), I Squared Capital, and Google announced a landmark clean energy deal to develop the Broadwing Energy Project, an over-400-MW and over-1.5-million-pounds-of-steam-an-hour natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant integrated with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology, located at an Illinois industrial facility operated by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised LCI on the transaction with Google and previously announced transactions with ADM.
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10.08.25
Firm Advises Clearway on Acquisitions of Catalina Solar Facility and Deriva Energy’s Solar Portfolio
On October 6, 2025, Clearway Energy, Inc., one of the largest owners of clean energy generation assets in the U.S., announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 613MWac portfolio of operating solar assets from Deriva Energy spanning eight states. Clearway also recently announced its acquisition of the 109 MW Catalina Solar facility in Kern County, California. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Clearway on the transactions.
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9.18.25
CFTC Withdraws Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivatives Listing Guidance
On September 10, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a brief statement announcing the withdrawal of its previously issued guidance regarding the listing of voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivative contracts that was finalized and approved in September 2024.
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10.30.24
Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, October 2024
We are pleased to share the October 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
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12.21.23
Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, December 2023
We are pleased to share the December 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini’s Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
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12.19.23
CFTC Proposes Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivatives, and Requests Comment from the Public
On December 4, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed guidance relevant to “designated contract markets” (DCMs) and “swap execution facilities” (SEFs)1 as they develop standardized derivative products referencing voluntary carbon credits (VCCs). The proposal is one part of the CFTC’s ongoing focus on the regulation of voluntary carbon markets.
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10.25.23
Firm Advises Warwick Carbon Solutions on its First-of-Its-Kind Industrial Decarbonization Project
On October 5, 2023, Warwick Carbon Solutions (WCS) subsidiary Broadwing Energy announced that it signed formal agreements to build a first-of-its-kind power and steam cogeneration facility in Decatur, Illinois. WCS will build and operate a 360MW cogeneration plant with carbon capture and sequestration for the provision of integrated clean energy and green steam to Archer-Daniel-Midland's (ADM's) Decatur processing operations. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati serves as lead project development and finance counsel to WCS in the transaction, having negotiated power and steam supply, carbon transfer and management services, FEED, and related real estate agreements, advised on interconnection and regulatory matters, are preparing to negotiate EPC agreement and financing arrangements for the project with 45Q investment tax credits and long-term debt. This may be one of the largest industrial decarbonization projects ever developed and financed in the U.S. with capacity to permanently sequester more than two million tons of CO2 annually.
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8.30.23
Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, August 2023
We are pleased to share the August 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
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7.27.23
Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, July 2023
We are pleased to share the July 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
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6.27.23
Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, June 2023
We are pleased to share the June 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini’s Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
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5.16.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises Mast Reforestation on Carbon Removals Streaming Agreement with Carbon Streaming
On May 10, 2023, Mast Reforestation, the leading vertically integrated reforestation company, announced a $15 million financing agreement with Carbon Streaming Corporation to advance its post-wildfire reforestation projects throughout the American West. This first-of-its-kind project financing will cover the high upfront costs of reforestation projects, accelerating Mast’s forest restoration work and enabling the company to serve more landowners affected by wildfires. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Mast Reforestation in the transaction.