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REINS Act approved

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

The House voted 241-184 to approve the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011 (H.R.10) December 7

Water concerns

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 1 2012

Speaking at an Association of Climate Change Officers conference on defense, national security, and climate change June 26, Marc Kodack, program manager in the Defense Department’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability said that a portion of U.S. Army suppliers is likely to face water supply challenges, thus posing a threat to military missions

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

E-waste recycling faces barriers

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 16 2011

During last week’s American Bar Association’s Environment, Energy, and Resources Law Summit, the National Solid Waste Management Association said that Congress could quickly pass legislation on e-waste recycling if manufacturers, environmentalists, and retailers could reach agreement on the issue

Pacific Northwest Transportation & climate change report

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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February 19 2012

On February 3, the Region X Northwest Transportation Consortium released the report Climate Change Impact Assessment for Surface Transportation in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska evaluating potential impacts on Alaska and the Pacific Northwest’s transportation infrastructure from climate change, and suggesting possible adaption responses

Majority of large companies acknowledge climate change

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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September 18 2011

On September 14, the Carbon Disclosure Project released CDP Global 500 Report 2011: Accelerating Low Carbon Growth, showing that 68 of the world’s largest 396 companies include provisions in their business strategies to address climate change

Efficient housing guidelines released

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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January 29 2012

The Department of Energy invited energy efficient product manufacturers, manufactured housing experts, and other home performance industry stakeholders to review and comment on its Standard Work Specifications for Manufactured Housing on January 26

CA e-GGRRT unveiled

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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March 4 2012

On February 23, the California Air Resources Board released a new and improved online tool, the California Electronic and Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool, for the mandatory of greenhouse gas emissions under the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (A.B.32

Groups call for hydrofluorocarbon 134a elimination

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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April 29 2012

On April 27, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Institute for Governance & Sustainability, and the Environmental Investigation Agency petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to phase out hydrofluorocarbon 134a in new home and retail refrigerators and freezers given the chemical’s contribution to global warming

State of the air

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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April 29 2012

The American Lung Association released a report April 25 concluding that more than 127 million people, or 41 percent of Americans, live in a county that exceeded air quality standards for ozone or particulates from 2008 to 2010

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