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Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings pave the way, maybe

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 5 2007

On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision (Massachusetts, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al.) that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had a duty to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and three other greenhouse gases (GHGs) as air pollutants under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) unless it could find better support to justify its decision than it articulated to the court

New Massachusetts proposals aim to spark a green energy revolution

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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November 12 2007

The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act and the Green Communities Act of 2007 could become a model of energy regulation for other states

Regional greenhouse gas initiative recommended auction design

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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November 12 2007

The United States’ first cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions is likely to use a regional auction for the allocation of allowances

Opening stimulus salvo is GREEN: American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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January 20 2009

U.S. House of Representatives initial stimulus proposal describes the U.S. energy shortcomings as opportunities to put people to work in ways that will transform the U.S. economy

California Commissions’ proposed final opinion for GHG reductions

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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October 9 2008

California’s 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) requires that California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels be reduced to the 1990 level by the year 2020

Federal court issues injunction restricting construction and operation of windmills based on Endangered Species Act

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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December 17 2009

Renewable energy project sponsors, builders, operators and investors should take notice of this case and its possible implications for their projects

The CPUC issues revised proposed decision allowing use of tradable renewable energy credits for RPS compliance in California

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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January 4 2010

Interested parties are invited to file comments on the revised proposed decision by January 19, 2010, and reply comments will be due January 25, 2010

EPA finalizes GHG reporting rule, proposes new GHG permitting requirements

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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October 5 2009

The Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule creates a requirement that certain facilities and industries report their annual emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases to the Environmental Protection Agency

Backlash: Senate proposals to tighten “buy American” requirements for renewable projects, limit EPA’s greenhouse gas regulatory authority

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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March 5 2010

Recent Senate legislative proposals may make clean energy grant money contingent on restrictions to purchase domestic goods and labor, and could place a moratorium on the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act

Renewable mandates should trump cap-and-trade

McDermott Will & Emery
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European Union, USA
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November 30 2009

Three policy models for carbon emissions reductions and renewable energy resource diversity have been developed in the European Union and the United States over the last decade

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