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US-EU Energy Council

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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December 4 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Energy Secretary Steven Chu co-hosted the US-EU Energy Council meeting last week, meeting with top European energy officials as tension continues to escalate between the U.S

Possible negative effects of carbon sequestration

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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November 20 2011

On November 17, the European Environment Agency (EEA) released Air Pollution Impacts From Carbon Capture And Storage finding that widespread deployment of carbon sequestration can increase the emissions of some harmful pollutants like ammonia because it requires more coal to be mined, transported and burnt, and is less environmentally friendly than switching to gas fired generation

Oil sands GHG intensity rating

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

The European Commission triggered a potential dispute with Canada October 4 by proposing that EU legislation consider fuel derived from oil sands to be 22.3 percent more GHG intensive than fuel from conventional crude oil

Rio20 should set RE, EE goals

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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October 2 2011

The European Parliament adopted a resolution September 29 advising that next year’s Rio20 sustainable development conference results in accountable global targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency

EU meets nuclear assessment deadline

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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September 25 2011

The European Commission said September 16 that the 14 countries in the European Union that have nuclear power capacity all met a September 15 deadline to provide an interim report on the readiness of their nuclear plants to withstand a crisis such as the Fukushima facility faced

EU ETS updated

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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September 25 2011

The European Commission published a technical regulation September 21 to amend guidelines on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by participants in the Emissions Trading System

Global emissions increase

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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September 25 2011

The European Commission’s Joint Research Center published a report September 21 finding that global man-made CO2 emissions rose 5.8 percent in 2010 to the highest level ever recorded, 33 billion metric tons

Airline challenge decision

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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September 8 2011

Attorneys said August 31 that the Court of Justice of the European Union will issue an opinion by late this year on a challenge to the inclusion of U.S. airlines in the European Union’s Emissions Trading System

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

EU diplomatic corps should focus more on climate risks

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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July 24 2011

A yet to be released EU Commission paper will make a number of recommendations to strengthen the European External Action Service (EEAS), an independent institution that functions as a foreign service for the European Union