Jones Day - Services - Oil & Gas Environmental

Our lawyers advise on environmental, health, and safety issues in connection with all types of energy projects, including oil & gas production, transportation, and storage facilities; petrochemical plants; and power plants. In working with our clients to keep their operations environmentally sound, we help them gain permission to operate, ensure profitability, and ultimately stay competitive in the global marketplace.

Our practice spans the range of environmental and safety issues, including transactions, legislation and rulemaking, government enforcement actions, Superfund cost recovery claims, and responding to contaminated properties. We have conducted due diligence for hundreds of transactions throughout Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia. We also provide counseling to clients on a wide variety of environmental issues and programs, including:

Hazardous waste management.
Spill and release reporting.
Corrective action at hazardous waste facilities.
Air permitting and compliance.
Water discharge permitting and compliance.
Vapor intrusion assessments.
Performance of risk-based cleanups under state and federal authority.

In addition, we help clients develop practical solutions to the challenges created by global climate change and take steps to stabilize or reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. We advise on environmental attributes and "green tag" trading under various U.S. state renewable portfolio standards, as well as the developing international infrastructure for the regulation of greenhouse gases, including the Kyoto Protocol and the U.K. and EU emissions trading schemes. In conjunction with our finance lawyers, we advise on:

Greenhouse gas management and related business planning to create competitive advantage.
Benefits of greenhouse gas emission reduction schemes and programs, including opportunities for national cross-border and global emissions trading, internal corporate-level trading, or bilateral trades between companies.
Forward trade prospective emission reduction units to provide additional revenue streams.
Identification of investment opportunities in clean energy, fuel switching, and renewable energy projects.
SOx and NOx regulatory and trading schemes.

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Lawyers Staff Overview Experience Professionals Publications Main Practice Oil & Gas	Our lawyers advise on environmental, health, and safety issues in connection with all types of energy projects, including oil & gas production, transportation, and storage facilities; petrochemical plants; and power plants. In working with our clients to keep their operations environmentally sound, we help them gain permission to operate, ensure profitability, and ultimately stay competitive in the global marketplace. Our practice spans the range of environmental and safety issues, including transactions, legislation and rulemaking, government enforcement actions, Superfund cost recovery claims, and responding to contaminated properties. We have conducted due diligence for hundreds of transactions throughout Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia. We also provide counseling to clients on a wide variety of environmental issues and programs, including: Hazardous waste management. Spill and release reporting. Corrective action at hazardous waste facilities. Air permitting and compliance. Water discharge permitting and compliance. Vapor intrusion assessments. Performance of risk-based cleanups under state and federal authority. In addition, we help clients develop practical solutions to the challenges created by global climate change and take steps to stabilize or reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. We advise on environmental attributes and "green tag" trading under various U.S. state renewable portfolio standards, as well as the developing international infrastructure for the regulation of greenhouse gases, including the Kyoto Protocol and the U.K. and EU emissions trading schemes. In conjunction with our finance lawyers, we advise on: Greenhouse gas management and related business planning to create competitive advantage. Benefits of greenhouse gas emission reduction schemes and programs, including opportunities for national cross-border and global emissions trading, internal corporate-level trading, or bilateral trades between companies. Forward trade prospective emission reduction units to provide additional revenue streams. Identification of investment opportunities in clean energy, fuel switching, and renewable energy projects. SOx and NOx regulatory and trading schemes.