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Energy and climate debate - January 6, 2013

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

After lengthy negotiations during the lame duck session, the 112th Congress approved January 1 legislation (H.R. 8) to avoid the fiscal cliff just prior

Legislation introduced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 9 2012

Senator David Vitter (R-LA) was joined by 20 of his Republican colleagues in introducing a concurrent resolution December 5 opposing the creation of a carbon tax

Carbon tax emails sought

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 2 2012

Senator David Vitter (R-LA) sent a letter November 20 to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner accusing the agency of withholding thousands of pages of emails that could be related to the department’s involvement with carbon tax issues

Energy and climate debate - November 18, 2012

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2012

With the lame duck session underway, all in Washington are focused on the fiscal cliff

Environmental groups revisit carbon tax

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 11 2012

Democratic successes in last week’s elections have encouraged environmental groups to consider advocating for more aggressive action on climate change, including renewed interest in a proposal to tax the carbon content of fuel

Carbon tax opportunity

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 4 2012

The Brookings Institution released a paper October 26 finding that the expiration of the Bush tax cuts could provide an opportunity for Congress to replace the Environmental Protection Agency’s GHG regulations with a carbon tax system

Ship emissions trading opposed

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2012

Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) called on the administration October 3 to act against the European Union’s proposal to include greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry in its cap and trade program, calling it “illegal foreign taxation.”

Or tax credit auction

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2012

The Oregon Department of Revenue announced last week that it will hold a tax credit auction October 8-12 to benefit the Renewable Energy Development Fund

CA solar property tax

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2012

The California State Board of Equalization issued recently final draft guidelines explaining the new construction property tax exclusion for active solar energy systems

CO2 tax raises significant funds

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 23 2012

The Congressional Research Service reported September 17 that a federal carbon tax could raise as much as $90 billion in its first year, and more in following years, to reduce the federal budget deficit or offset reductions in other taxes