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Carbon war room to promote biofuels

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • December 11 2011

The Carbon War Room launched an initiative December 5 to help airlines reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using high-grade biofuel

Energy and climate debate - December 11, 2011

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • December 11 2011

Energy issues continued to take center stage last week as international leaders met to discuss a global climate agreement and Congressional officials continued work on tax extenders and appropriations measures

Energy and environment update - December 4, 2011

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • December 4 2011

Energy issues were highlighted on the domestic and international fronts last week as numerous Congressional letters flew around Capitol Hill and the 17th annual Conference of Parties opened in Durban, South Africa

IEA renewable chief critical of US renewable policies

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • November 27 2011

Paolo Frankl, head of the International Energy Agency’s renewable energy division, criticized the United States’ lack of any long-term federal policy to support renewable energy

U.S. rejects escape hatch

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • September 25 2011

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said September 19 that the United States would oppose allowing China and other fast-developing countries to opt out of any future climate change treaty if they did not receive sufficient financial assistance from industrialized nations

Short-lived pollutants pledge

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

Group of Eight leaders pledged at the conclusion of their May 18-19 meeting in Camp David, Maryland, to curb black carbon, methane, and other short-lived pollutants linked to carbon change

Global fossil fuel emissions rise

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

On May 24, the International Energy Agency released a report finding that fossil fuel combustion’s worldwide carbon dioxide emissions reached 31.6 gigatons in 2011, up 3.2 from 2010 and a record

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

US Rio20 goals

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • February 26 2012

Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs David Sandalow said February 22 that the United States will highlight the role of science and technical innovation in driving global sustainability efforts at the Rio20 conference in Brazil this June

Shale gas delays re market

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • January 22 2012

The International Association for Energy Economics released a report January 19 concluding that the development of shale gas delays the market for low-emission technologies and renewable energy by up to two decades