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Jet engine nox rule

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 17 2012

The Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a final rule June 18 reducing nitrogen oxide emissions from certain gas turbo engines used in commercial passenger and freight aircraft

Transportation Secretary queried on airlines and EU carbon caps

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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June 10 2012

At a June 6 hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was questioned about whether the Administration would support Senator John Thune’s (R-SD) legislation to prohibit American airlines from participating in the European Union’s Emissions Trading System

Upcoming hearings

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

The House Rules Committee meets May 30 to consider the FY2013 energy and water spending bill

Air rules delay passes house committee

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 20 2012

The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation (H.R. 4471) May 17 that would delay three Environmental Protection Agency air pollution regulations, clearing the bill for consideration by the full House in late June

$2.5 million for airport baggage EVs

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

The Department of Energy announced April 25 up to $2.5 million available this year to demonstrate and deploy fuel cell electric vehicles for transporting passenger baggage at major American airports

US aviation drops EU ETS challenge

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

Airlines for America, the leading trade organization for American airlines, dropped its lawsuit March 27 challenging the inclusion of aviation in the European Union’s cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions

EU ETS airline challenges

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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April 1 2012

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and U.S. airline representatives March 28 urged the administration to use an international aviation treaty to challenge the European Union’s plan to include American carriers in its Emissions Trading System

Aircraft lead regulation urged

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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March 11 2012

Friends of the Earth filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia March 7 to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to respond to a 2006 petition asking the agency to find that lead from general aviation aircraft endangers public health and the environment and should be regulated

Li-Ion battery transport restrictions approved

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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February 12 2012

The Senate approved a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill (H.R. 658, 75-20) February 6 containing a provision to restrict federal regulations on the air transport of lithium batteries

FAA reauth restricts battery transport

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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February 5 2012

House and Senate leadership released details February 1 of an agreement on a long-term Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, which includes language to restrict federal regulations on the transport of lithium-ion batteries