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Green improvements

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

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy released a report recently that concluded that federal agencies did a better job of purchasing green products in fiscal years 2008 and 2009

Sustainability issues considered

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 6 2011

During an interview at the 2011 GreenGov Symposium, General Services Administration Urban Development and Good Neighbor Director Frank Giblin said that the federal government is considering sustainability factors in the siting and construction of its buildings, including access to public transportation and the structure’s potential use as a public resource

Sacramento area infrastructure package

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 22 2012

On April 19, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments adopted the $35.2 billion Metropolitan Transportation PlanSustainable Communities Strategy (MTPSCS), containing provisions promoting urban redevelopment plans, the construction of more efficient transit options and bike pathways

$102 million for ME wind

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 21 2011

The Department of Energy finalized a $102 million loan guarantee August 15 for Record Hill Wind LLC to support a wind project in Roxbury, Maine

Reviews and permitting streamlined

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 9 2011

California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation (S.B. 226) October 4 to streamline the environmental review and permitting processes for infill development and renewable energy projects

$133.9 million loan guarantee announced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 21 2011

The Department of Energy awarded August 19 a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million loan guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas

DOI supports geothermal energy bill with leasing provision caveat

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2011

On August 3, DOI told the Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests that while the agency generally supports the Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2011 (S. 1149) seeking to expand geothermal energy production, it wants to see changes to provisions for determining the fair market value of federal leases

EIA report cites large subsidy increases for renewables in 2010

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2011

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) unveiled a study August 1 entitled, “Direct Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in Fiscal Year 2010.”

Two solar loan guarantees canceled

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2011

The Department of Energy canceled loan guarantees for two solar energy projects (SolarCity Corp. and First Solar) recently

Military re financing guidance needed

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 8 2012

The Government Accountability Office released a report April 4 suggesting that the Department of Defense develop comprehensive guidance for officials selecting financing terms for military renewable energy projects and that it communicate such information to project officers at installations