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Manitoba environmental plan
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada
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- June 24 2012
Canada’s Manitoba unveiled June 15 an eight-year environmental protection plan that calls for mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting, more focus on renewable energy, and minimal-impact mining and petroleum development
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
EU transport fuel ratings deferred
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada, European Union
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- April 29 2012
The European Commission announced April 20 that the European Union will defer until 2013 a decision on a proposal (EU Fuel Quality Directive 200930EC) to assign pollution ratings to different transportation fuels, including those derived from Canadian oil sands
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
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
Increased environmental oversight of tar sands
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada
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- February 5 2012
On February 3, Canada’ Environment Minister revealed the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring that will increase monitoring of activities in Canada's oil sands with testing of air, biodiversity, water, and wildlife
Legislation introduced
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada
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- February 5 2012
Senators John Hoeven, Dick Lugar, David Vitter were joined by 41 of their colleagues January 30 in introducing legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide for environmental protection and government oversight
Canadian cap-and-trade system
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Canada
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- December 18 2011
On December 14, the Quebec government has finalized a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions from industrial facilities emitting 25,000 metric tons or more of carbon dioxide-equivalent annually, modeled after the Western Climate Initiative
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
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- Jurisdiction - Canada
- Workarea - Energy & Natural Resources
- Workarea - Environment
- Author - Daniel Phillips
- Firm Name - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC