Search results
Order by most recent / most popular / relevance
Results: 1-10 of 19
Lawful to include US airlines in ETS
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- European Union, USA
- -
- October 9 2011
European Court of Justice Advocate-General Juliane Kokott released a court opinion October 6 that is expected to play an important role in the international policy dispute over whether U.S. airlines will be included in the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading system: that inclusion of U.S. airlines in the trading program is lawful
EU airline decision unchanged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- European Union, USA
- -
- January 22 2012
The European Commission sent a letter January 16 to U.S. Secretaries of State and Transportation asserting that it will not change its decision to include U.S. airlines in the European Union Emissions trading System
Alternative fuel goals reachable
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- USA
- -
- January 22 2012
The Agriculture Department, in conjunction with the Boeing Company and Airlines for America, released a report January 18 finding that the Federal Aviation Administration’s target for the U.S. aviation industry to use 1 billion gallons of alternative fuel per year is 2018 is achievable, but that more investment is needed
FAA ordered to review earlier Cape Wind environmental findings
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- USA
- -
- October 30 2011
On October 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration must review potential hazards of the proposed Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts after failing to follow its own internal procedures in the initial review
House exempts U.S. airlines
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- European Union, USA
- -
- October 30 2011
The House approved legislation (H.R. 2594) October 24 that would prohibit U.S. airlines from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme, which is scheduled to take effect for airlines this January
EU ETS airline challenges
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- European Union, USA
- -
- April 1 2012
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and U.S. airline representatives March 28 urged the administration to use an international aviation treaty to challenge the European Union’s plan to include American carriers in its Emissions Trading System
US aviation drops EU ETS challenge
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- USA
- -
- April 1 2012
Airlines for America, the leading trade organization for American airlines, dropped its lawsuit March 27 challenging the inclusion of aviation in the European Union’s cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions
Li-Ion battery transport restrictions approved
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- USA
- -
- February 12 2012
The Senate approved a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill (H.R. 658, 75-20) February 6 containing a provision to restrict federal regulations on the air transport of lithium batteries
EU court confirms inclusion of international airlines in ETS
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- European Union, USA
- -
- January 8 2012
The European Union’s Court of Justice ruled December 21 that an attempt by United States airline operators to avoid inclusion in the EU’s Emissions Trading System is invalid and not justified by international law or specific agreements between the two parties
Inclusion of U.S. airlines in EU scheme objected
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- -
- European Union, USA
- -
- January 8 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sent a letter December 16 to the European Union and member states asking them to halt, delay, or suspend a plan to subject U.S. airlines to a CO2 cap and trade system that began this month
Current Search
- Jurisdiction - USA
- Author - Sarah Litke
- Author - David Leiter
- Author - Daniel Phillips
- Workarea - Aviation