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Green procurement requirements

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 2 2012

The Department of Defense recently released a Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy directive, laying out fiscal year 2012 reporting requirements aimed at showing progress in meeting the agency’s goal of having 95 percent of contract actions meet requirements for supply and use of green and sustainable products and services

Senate Republican committee membership

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2013

Senate Republicans announced their new committee assignments January 3, pending ratification by the conference and Senate. Senators Deb Fischer (NE) and

ID EE legislation

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2012

Idaho enacted legislation (H.B. 485) April 3, retroactive to January 1, replacing the insulation deduction for existing residents with a deduction for energy efficiency upgrades

Legislation introduced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 5 2011

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) reintroduced a quartet of bills May 23 addressing renewable energy and energy efficiency

Upcoming hearings

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 22 2012

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will meet July 24 to consider the opportunities for, current level of investment in, and barriers to the expanded use of natural gas as a transportation fuel

Energy and climate debate - July 22, 2012

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 22 2012

As the House and Senate fill their legislative schedules between now and the August congressional recess, energy issues continue to play a major role in political debates both in and outside of the beltway

Green building standards

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 24 2012

The General Services Administration announced last week that it will issue a recommendation this fall on whether the federal government should continue using a third-party certification system as the primary federal standard for green buildings

Federal vehicle energy usage rule

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2012

On March 12, the Department of Energy will publish a proposed rule in the Federal Register requiring federal agencies to reduce petroleum consumption in their vehicle fleets by 20 by October 2015, measured against 2005

Military building efficiency overhaul

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2012

On March 7, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the military’s budget for military installations, environment, energy, and base realignment and closure programs

Energy and climate debate - August 14, 2011

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 14 2011

With Congress in recess until early September, Washington is gearing up for a busy autumn