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RGGI compliance

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • June 10 2012

A June 4 report released by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative says that of the 211 power plants subject to RGGI’s requirements, only five were not in compliance as a result of their failure to have allowances for all of their carbon dioxide emissions

NA Leaders’ Summit

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, Mexico, USA
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  • April 8 2012

President Obama hosted Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderone April 2 for the North American Leaders’ Summit

NA mercury down

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • March 18 2012

In an update of the Montreal-based trinational agency’s Tacking Stock online pollutant database, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation said March 15 that mercury emissions from the North American electricity sector fell 26 percent between 2006 and 2009

EU fails to label Canadian crude

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • February 26 2012

A European Commission committee failed February 23 to approve a proposal to label crude oil from Canada’s oil sands as 22.3 percent more polluting than conventional crude

NE Keystone development

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

The initial phase of a Nebraska special legislative session on the Keystone XL pipeline ended November 3, with five bills filed on the state’s authority over the pipeline route

Senators seek fresh Keystone XL environmental review

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 16 2011

On October 14, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked the State Department to begin a fresh environmental review for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which if completed will carry tar sands crude from Alberta to the gulf coast

EPA decides to expand access to canadian canola

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • 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

US Chamber of Commerce warns against denying keystone XL permit

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • 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

WTO dispute talks seat

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, European Union, Japan, USA
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  • September 8 2011

The United States requested August 29 to become an observer at the World Trade Organization dispute settlement talks with the European Union, Japan, and Canada regarding a challenge filed by the EU and Japan against a green energy program in Canada, citing trade interests

NV Governor opposes Keystone

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • September 8 2011

Citing water concerns, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman (R) sent letters August 31 to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging them to deny a permit for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas