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Development bank calls for rapid steps to boost Asia's renewable energy, efficiency

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • June 26 2011

At a four-day forum, titled “New Business Models and Policy Drivers: Building the Low-Carbon Future,” organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Resources Institute, and the Asian Development Bank, ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda told Asian nations there is an urgent need to move rapidly to enhance energy efficiency and increase investment in renewable energy

Financial services regulatory reform update - May 20, 2011

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • May 20 2011

With the House of Representatives in recess this past week, and a relatively quiet week in the Senate, the biggest stories were a couple of sensational items -- most prominently - and splashed across front pages worldwide - the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the (now) former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for his alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in New York City

Potential extension of swaps rules causes international backlash

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

According to a Wall Street Journal article published this week, foreign banks and funds are becoming increasingly concerned that U.S. regulators will extend their activities overseas and enforce risk mitigation portions of the Dodd-Frank Act abroad

IEA renewable chief critical of US renewable policies

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • 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

Climate financing eased

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • June 5 2011

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) and World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced June 1 that the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group joined the World Bank in an agreement to ease procedures for cities to obtain financing for climate-related projects

U.S. rejects escape hatch

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • 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

Shale gas delays re market

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • 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

Carbon war room to promote biofuels

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • 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

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