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Bureau of Land Management sets rents for solar developments on public lands

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 30 2010

Until recently, the rental rates for solar rights-of-way on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) were based on site-specific appraisals

2010 Minnesota legislative summary

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 27 2010

Liquor stores may offer tastings of beer and spirits in addition to wine under amendments to Minn. Stat. 340A.419

DDOE issues update on energy star benchmarking regulation

  • Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 13 2011

The District of Columbia Green Building Act of 2006 and the Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008, which establish the legislative requirements for buildings' environmental performance, require the District government to benchmark energy use for public buildings 10,000 square feet or larger

Noteworthy cases in the United States Supreme Court’s 2011 term

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2011

The first Monday in October represents the start of a new term for the United States Supreme Court

Farmers' advocacy group enters foray against solar energy siting

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 5 2012

On October 31, 2011, the California Farm Bureau Federation petitioned the Superior Court in Fresno County for a peremptory writ of mandate and filed a complaint for injunctive relief to force the County to reverse its recent cancellation of a Williamson Act contract

ID EE legislation

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2012

Idaho enacted legislation (H.B. 485) April 3, retroactive to January 1, replacing the insulation deduction for existing residents with a deduction for energy efficiency upgrades

CA GHG and Green Building Order

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2012

California Governor Jerry Brown issued Executive Order No. B-18-12 April 25, requiring agencies to take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 10 percent from 2010 levels by 2015 and 20 percent by 2020

Building competition winners announced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2012

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced March 5 the winners of the Better Buildings Case Competition, a challenge that encourages college students to develop and present real world solutions to increase building energy efficiency

Major provisions of Pennsylvania’s Oil and Gas Act deemed unconstitutional

  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 31 2012

On July 26, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that 2012 amendments to Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas Act (Act 13) that preempt local zoning ordinances conflicting with the act are unconstitutional

Parts of PA Act 13 ruled unconstitutional

  • Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2012

The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that "major provisions of Pennsylvania's controversial law governing the oil and natural-gas industry were ruled unconstitutional Thursday, allowing communities to keep drilling away from homes, schools, and parks"