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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

FAA plans to set goal of 1 billion gallons of alternative fuel use by aviation in 2018

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 31 2011

On July 28, the FAA announced it will set an “aspirational” target in a yet-to-be-published strategic plan, Destination 2025, for the U.S. aviation industry to use 1 billion gallons of alternative jet fuel per year by 2018

Coalition calls for better enforcement of lithium air transportation rules

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 26 2011

In a June 17 letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a coalition of concerned companies called for more stringent enforcement of international and domestic safety standards for the shipping of lithium batteries

DOC, DOT collaborate on Buy America

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 24 2011

The Departments of Commerce and Transportation announced October 18 a partnership to target federal investments in rail, highway, and airport infrastructure to domestic manufacturers

Cape wind safety determination questioned

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 22 2012

Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and John Mica (R-FL) sent a letter July 17 to the Federal Aviation Administration finding that its determination that a proposed wind farm off the Massachusetts coast would not interfere with air travel may have been based on political considerations rather than safety

LAX to eliminate free EV parking

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

Los Angeles International Airport announced last week that it would end a free parking incentive offered to electric vehicle owners in March. The program

US airlines environmentalism questioned

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 15 2011

The Environmental Defense Fund, the Sierra Club, and several other environmental groups sent a letter to American Airlines and United Continental Holdings Inc May 11 criticizing the US airlines for touting voluntary initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint and other environmentally friendly efforts while battling the European Union's plan to bring the industry into its carbon trading scheme

Lawful to include US airlines in ETS

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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October 9 2011

European Court of Justice Advocate-General Juliane Kokott released a court opinion October 6 that is expected to play an important role in the international policy dispute over whether U.S. airlines will be included in the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading system: that inclusion of U.S. airlines in the trading program is lawful

Legislation requires sea rise plans

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 5 2011

The California Assembly approved (42-27) a bill (A.B. 752) June 1 that would require airports in coastal areas and container ports to plan for rising sea levels

Court says EPA endangerment finding for aircraft ‘compulsory step’ in process

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 5 2011

On July 5, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia won’t dismiss a lawsuit seeking to compel the EPA to make an endangerment finding for GHG emissions from aircraft, saying the finding is a “compulsory step” in determining whether the emissions pose a threat to the environment

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