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Lawful to include US airlines in ETS
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- 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
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- European Union, USA
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- 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
US aviation drops EU ETS challenge
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- 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
EU court confirms inclusion of international airlines in ETS
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- 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
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- European Union, USA
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- 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
FAA reauth restricts battery transport
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- February 5 2012
House and Senate leadership released details February 1 of an agreement on a long-term Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, which includes language to restrict federal regulations on the transport of lithium-ion batteries
Aircraft lead regulation urged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- March 11 2012
Friends of the Earth filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia March 7 to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to respond to a 2006 petition asking the agency to find that lead from general aviation aircraft endangers public health and the environment and should be regulated
Upcoming hearings
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- May 27 2012
The House Rules Committee meets May 30 to consider the FY2013 energy and water spending bill
Air rules delay passes house committee
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- May 20 2012
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation (H.R. 4471) May 17 that would delay three Environmental Protection Agency air pollution regulations, clearing the bill for consideration by the full House in late June
Transportation Secretary queried on airlines and EU carbon caps
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- June 10 2012
At a June 6 hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was questioned about whether the Administration would support Senator John Thune’s (R-SD) legislation to prohibit American airlines from participating in the European Union’s Emissions Trading System
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Author - Sarah Litke
- Author - David Leiter
- Author - Daniel Phillips
- Workarea - Aviation
- Workarea - Environment
- Firm Name - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC