We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo
  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 11-20 of 104

EPA decides to expand access to canadian canola

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

On September 29, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that Canadian biofuel and biofuel feedstocks, including canola, will now meet the requirements of the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) program

Canadian mobile emissions

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 20 2011

Environment Canada announced November 16 that it is seeking comments to guide the development of regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light-duty trucks in the 2017 model year and beyond as part of an ongoing effort with the United States to establish shared vehicle emissions standards

WCI nonprofit launched

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 20 2011

The Western Climate Initiative created a nonprofit corporation November 10 that will provide administrative and technical services to support the implementation of GHG emissions trading programs covering seven U.S

Draft Canadian regulations on electricity generation announced

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

On August 19, Environment Canada issued draft regulations that would reduce the national GHG emissions from electricity generation by 31 million metric tons between 2005 and 2020 with new standards for future coal-fired plants and the phasing out of old and inefficient factories

WTO panel to review FIT program in Ontario per Japanese request

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Canada, Global, Japan
  • -
  • July 5 2011

Japan is set to secure the establishment of a WTO dispute panel to rule whether Ontario's Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program aimed at encouraging the development of alternative energies violates global trade rules

US Chamber of Commerce warns against denying keystone XL permit

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • September 25 2011

On September 23, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue warned that if the United States failed to permit the proposed Keystone XL pipeline between Alberta and Texas, Canada would simply find an alternate export route for its oil sands crude

Electric reliability enforcer forecasts positive scenario

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • June 5 2011

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation released a reliability assessment May 31 that projected that summer demand for electricity in the United States and Canada will increase by 10,000 MW, or 1.2 percent, to 851,879 MW

U.S. renewable energy company plans to submit Chapter 11 claim against Canada

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • July 24 2011

On July 14, Mesa Power Group, LLC, a renewable energy developer, announced that it has filed a notice of intent to submit a North American Free Trade Agreement Chapter 11 arbitration claim against Canada for alleged breaches of NAFTA obligations

Public-consultations for Canadian truck rule

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 14 2011

On August 9, Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent released a consultation paper detailing proposed regulations focused on limiting GHG emissions in heavy-duty vehicles

Canada won’t meet climate goals

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

Canada’s environmental auditor released a report to Parliament October 4 concluding that the country’s actions to reduce GHG emissions are insufficient to meet the nation’s commitments under the Kyoto Protocol