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Indirect land use criteria may threaten biofuels

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

The European Renewable Ethanol Association and the European farm trade group COPA-COGECA warned May 3 that plans under consideration by the European Commission to add indirect land use criteria for biofuel production would severely harm the industry

Energy performance and building appraisal partnership formed

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 19 2011

The Department of Energy announced a partnership with The Appraisal Foundation June 13 that will help expand access to energy efficiency and building performance information for commercial buildings and help American businesses reduce energy waste

Federal lands energy development assessed

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 8 2011

The Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management and Agriculture Department's Forestry Service released a report May 6 that summarizes the status of energy development of federal lands

Efficiencies could reduce emissions 25 percent

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 22 2011

The International Energy Agency released a report May 16 that concluded that carbon dioxide emissions from residential, commercial, and public buildings could be cut by 25 percent by 2050 through the use of energy efficient technologies like solar heating and thermal storage

Legislation introduced

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 22 2011

Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) officially introduced legislation (S. 1000) May 16 that would enact a national energy efficiency strategy

Competitive bidding for renewable energy land

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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January 8 2012

In an advance notice of proposed rulemaking published December 29, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management said that it is considering competitive bidding for public land leased to solar and wind energy developers to obtain market value for the land and to ensure a fairer selection process

$27 million for solar projects

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 5 2011

As part of the SunShot Initiative to make solar energy cost-competitive with fossil fuels within the decade, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the availability of more than $27 million in new funding June 1 that will reduce the non-hardware costs of solar energy projects

DOE to update energy efficiency standards for federal buildings

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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August 14 2011

Under a final rule published August 10, the Department of Energy will revamp energy efficiency standards for federal government buildings

$4 billion for buildings

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

President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton announced $4 billion in federal and private green building investments December 2

GAO efficiency study critical of agencies

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

On December 2, The Government Accountability Office released "Green Building: Federal Initiatives for the Nonfederal Sector Could Benefit from More Interagency Collaboration" detailing how only one-third of eleven existing initiatives within the federal agencies aimed at fostering “green building” in the nonfederal sector have performance measures