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New England governors adopt Renewable Energy Blueprint

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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September 16 2009

As BNA reported this morning, at yesterday's Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in New Brunswick, the six New England governors adopted The New England Governors' Renewable Energy Blueprint

Another bullet aimed at coal; another argument for multi-pollutant and multi-media regulation

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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September 17 2009

On Tuesday, EPA announced its intention to issue new effluent guidelines for the Steam Electric Power Generating industry by sometime in 2012

GHG regulation under the existing CAA: coming soon to a large stationary source near you

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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October 5 2009

On Thursday, EPA issued its long-awaited proposed rule describing how thresholds would be set for regulation of GHG sources under the existing Clean Air Act PSD authority

Senate energy and climate legislation: the nuclear option

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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October 15 2009

Environment & Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced Tuesday that committee hearings on the Boxer-Kerry climate bill, S. 1733, will begin on October 27 and that a mark-up will be planned for early to mid-November

Perhaps the next coastal project won't take 10 years: the First Circuit preempts some state authority

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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October 27 2009

Public and private developers spend a lot of time talking about NIMBY, or Not In My Backyard

House passes combined renewable electricityenergy efficiency standard

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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July 8 2009

On June 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-212 to pass the American Clean Energy Security Act (the “House Bill”), which included a national combined renewable electricityenergy efficiency standard (“RES”

Senate energy and climate change legislation: perhaps a floor vote by October

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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July 21 2009

Comprehensive Energy and Climate legislation is moving along through the Senate, and could come to a floor vote by October

Climate legislation: still breathing?

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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March 1 2010

Since I did a post earlier today indicating the cap-and-trade legislation is unlikely to become law in the near term, it's only fair that I also do a post on efforts by Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman to resuscitate the legislation

RGGI's 7th auction brings total proceeds to over a half billion dollars for RGGI states' projects

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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March 12 2010

Despite the relatively low clearing prices in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative's (RGGI) seventh auction of CO2 credits on March 10th - $2.07 for 2009-2011 allowances, and the auction floor price of $1.86 for 2012-2014 allowances - cumulative RGGI proceeds to be used by the 10 participating states for renewable energy, energy efficiency and low-income energy assistance programs now total $582.3 million

Bad day at Black (Coal) Rock

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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March 26 2010

Last week, I noted that Gina McCarthy, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, suggested that, in the short run, the most significant pressure on inefficient energy sources would come, not from climate change legislation or from EPA GHG regulations, but instead from all of the conventional pollutant regulations that EPA expects to promulgate that will make use of coal much more expensive

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