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WTO dispute talks seat
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, European Union, Japan, USA
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- September 8 2011
The United States requested August 29 to become an observer at the World Trade Organization dispute settlement talks with the European Union, Japan, and Canada regarding a challenge filed by the EU and Japan against a green energy program in Canada, citing trade interests
NV Governor opposes Keystone
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- September 8 2011
Citing water concerns, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman (R) sent letters August 31 to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging them to deny a permit for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas
NE Keystone development
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- November 6 2011
The initial phase of a Nebraska special legislative session on the Keystone XL pipeline ended November 3, with five bills filed on the state’s authority over the pipeline route
EPA decides to expand access to canadian canola
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- October 2 2011
On September 29, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that Canadian biofuel and biofuel feedstocks, including canola, will now meet the requirements of the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) program
Senators seek fresh Keystone XL environmental review
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- October 16 2011
On October 14, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked the State Department to begin a fresh environmental review for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which if completed will carry tar sands crude from Alberta to the gulf coast
US Chamber of Commerce warns against denying keystone XL permit
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- September 25 2011
On September 23, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue warned that if the United States failed to permit the proposed Keystone XL pipeline between Alberta and Texas, Canada would simply find an alternate export route for its oil sands crude
Canadian mobile emissions
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- November 20 2011
Environment Canada announced November 16 that it is seeking comments to guide the development of regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light-duty trucks in the 2017 model year and beyond as part of an ongoing effort with the United States to establish shared vehicle emissions standards
WCI nonprofit launched
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- November 20 2011
The Western Climate Initiative created a nonprofit corporation November 10 that will provide administrative and technical services to support the implementation of GHG emissions trading programs covering seven U.S
US and Canada behind on enviro taxes
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, Global, USA
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- March 18 2012
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said March 15 that the United States and Canada lag behind many other counties in their use of environmental taxes to reduce pollution while raising government revenues
NA mercury down
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, USA
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- March 18 2012
In an update of the Montreal-based trinational agency’s Tacking Stock online pollutant database, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation said March 15 that mercury emissions from the North American electricity sector fell 26 percent between 2006 and 2009
