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California agency withdraws endorsements of offset protocols
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- USA
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- March 15 2010
California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) recently withdrew its approval of four offset protocols Forestry Protocols Versions 2.1 & 3.0, Manure Digester Protocol Version 2.1 and Urban Forestry Protocol Version 1.0 (the offset protocols) that had previously been issued by the state-created Climate Action Reserve
Shareholders file resolutions on climate change disclosure
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- Canada, USA
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- March 15 2010
As of March 4, 2010, a coalition of institutional investors and environmental groups, led by Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, has filed 95 shareholder resolutions relating to the climate change disclosure of 82 U.S. and Canadian companies, including coal, electric power and oil producers, house builders, big box retailers and financial institutions
Californian low carbon fuel standard challenged
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- USA
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- February 10 2010
On February 2, 2010, the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) and three other parties filed suit against the California Air Resources Board for the state’s implementation of a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) that requires a 10 reduction in the carbon intensity of the state’s transportation fuels by 2020
U.S. House issues bill to prevent EPA regulation of GHG emissions
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- USA
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- February 10 2010
On February 2, 2010, two Democrats and one Republican proposed a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating GHG emissions under the federal Clean Air Act
Commission issues guidance on climate change disclosure
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- USA
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- February 10 2010
On January 27, 2010, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new guidance to clarify how existing securities laws may require publicly traded companies to disclose material impacts and opportunities related to climate change
U.S EPA releases endangerment finding
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- USA
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- January 8 2010
On December 7, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two findings regarding greenhouse gases under the federal Clean Air Act
Environment minister continues to espouse Canada-U.S. cooperation
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- Canada, USA
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- December 8 2009
On November 13, 2009, Environment Minister Jim Prentice reiterated the federal government’s plans to work toward harmonized Canada-U.S. action on climate change
Circuit court allows climate change nuisance claim
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- November 16 2009
On October 16, 2009, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that certain residents and owners of property along the Mississippi Gulf coast had standing to assert public and private nuisance, trespass, and negligence claims against several energy, oil and chemical companies for their GHG emissions
U.S. issues final GHG reporting rule
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- USA
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- November 16 2009
On October 30, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Final Rule on the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases
Senate releases climate change bill
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- Canada, USA
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- October 5 2009
On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Senate released a draft energy and climate change bill known as the Kerry-Boxer bill after its sponsors Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer
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