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LAX to eliminate free EV parking

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

Los Angeles International Airport announced last week that it would end a free parking incentive offered to electric vehicle owners in March. The program

DOC, DOT collaborate on Buy America

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 24 2011

The Departments of Commerce and Transportation announced October 18 a partnership to target federal investments in rail, highway, and airport infrastructure to domestic manufacturers

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

US airlines environmentalism questioned

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 15 2011

The Environmental Defense Fund, the Sierra Club, and several other environmental groups sent a letter to American Airlines and United Continental Holdings Inc May 11 criticizing the US airlines for touting voluntary initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint and other environmentally friendly efforts while battling the European Union's plan to bring the industry into its carbon trading scheme

FAA ordered to review earlier Cape Wind environmental findings

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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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
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European Union, USA
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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

Court says EPA endangerment finding for aircraft ‘compulsory step’ in process

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 5 2011

On July 5, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia won’t dismiss a lawsuit seeking to compel the EPA to make an endangerment finding for GHG emissions from aircraft, saying the finding is a “compulsory step” in determining whether the emissions pose a threat to the environment

EPA proposed rule would set standards for nitrogen oxides from aircraft engines

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 5 2011

On July 6, EPA released a proposed rule setting nitrogen oxides emissions standards for gas turbine engines in aircraft

EU ETS airline challenges

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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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
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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