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Legislation introduced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • February 17 2013

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced legislation (H.R. 609) February 12 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel

Black carbon action urged

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA
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  • May 15 2011

A ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council ended May 12 with a final declaration that urged unilateral action by Arctic countries to limit black carbon and other short-lived climate forcers

Bingaman amenable to EPA preemption

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • May 27 2012

During remarks at a Geothermal Energy Association forum May 23, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) said that he may be amenable to congressional preemption of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in exchange for Republican support of his Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (S. 2146) or another strong CES, noting that he preferred a congressional solution to emissions reductions, as such an approach could be more economically efficient and allow utilities more discretion to determine how they want to pursue reductions

Corker to leave ENR

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

Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) will leave his spot on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Path forward on efficiency legislation

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • May 20 2012

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) said May 15 that staff for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) met May 7 to discuss floor time for her Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 (S

Energy efficiency legislation

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2012

A broad group of industry representatives sent a letter June 6 to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voicing their support for the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 (S. 1000) and requesting that the bipartisan measure be given floor time in the Senate

Portions of RFS challenge dismissed

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 23 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed December 17 portions of an American Petroleum Institute, American Fuel &

Utility MACT lawsuits

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

Thirty petitioners, including 24 states as well as industry and environmental groups, filed lawsuits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit before the April 16 deadline to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s mercury and air toxics standards for power plants

$8 million for rural energy

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • August 19 2012

The Department of Agriculture awarded August 14 $8 million for 106 clean energy projects in 29 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico

Chinese combustion engine standards

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 24 2013

China's State Council released a policy document February 17 regarding the implementation of future requirements related to energy savings and