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Legislation introduced
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- December 4 2011
Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) led a group of Senate Republicans in introducing legislation (S. 1932) November 30 that would require President Obama to issue a permit no later than 60 days after the bill’s enactment to build the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline between Alberta, Canada, and the U.S. Gulf Coast
Puerto Rican waste to energy facility challenged in court
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Puerto Rico
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- January 22 2012
Activists supported by a local chapter of the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rican authorities January 18 to block a $50 million proposed waste-to-energy facility in Barceloneta on the grounds that an environmental impact study is inadequate
Green improvements
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- December 11 2011
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy released a report recently that concluded that federal agencies did a better job of purchasing green products in fiscal years 2008 and 2009
Military energy efficiency
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- April 1 2012
Testifying before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness March 29, Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and the environment, said that the Defense Department is pursuing energy efficiency and other measures to reduce its energy bill and increase its energy security
Military energy hearing
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- April 1 2012
Appearing before a joint hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy and Subcommittee on Oversight March 27, Richard Kidd, deputy assistant secretary for energy and sustainability at the U.S. Army, testified that the U.S. military is pursuing energy efficiency initiatives to protect troops and increase its energy security
Biobased product purchasing
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- February 26 2012
In line with Executive Order 13514, which requires that 95 percent of new agency contracts use biobased products when available, the White House issued a memorandum of understanding February 21 aimed at increasing such purchases
Civil infrastructure sustainability
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- April 8 2012
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure and Harvard University Graduate School of Design launched the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System April 3 to evaluate the sustainability of civil infrastructure projects
Contractors advised on sustainability
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- September 18 2011
ICF International advised businesses bidding on federal contracts last week that they should begin evaluating and making plans to reduce their greenhouse gas footprint as federal agencies move to implement Executive Order 13514 on sustainability
Sustainability issues considered
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- November 6 2011
During an interview at the 2011 GreenGov Symposium, General Services Administration Urban Development and Good Neighbor Director Frank Giblin said that the federal government is considering sustainability factors in the siting and construction of its buildings, including access to public transportation and the structure’s potential use as a public resource
Optional green infrastructure
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- February 5 2012
Former Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell said January 31 that states should not be required to incorporate green infrastructure into their planning for water and transportation infrastructure
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