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Judicial streamlining legislation signed

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 2 2011

California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed two bills September 27 to streamline the environmental review process for a proposed 72,000-seat football stadium in downtown Los Angeles and other large statewide projects

Sustainable communities strategy

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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November 20 2011

The Southern California Association of Governments announced last week that it will present to local elected officials December 1 a regional transportation plan that includes a sustainable communities strategy for the first time

$96 million for sustainable communities

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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November 27 2011

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Sustainable Communities Grants program, a cooperative effort between HUD, the Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, announced November 21 that communities, agencies, and regions across the country will receive almost $96 million in federal funding under the 2011 program

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

Building efficiency

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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November 27 2011

The Department of Energy announced November 21 that buildings constructed to meet the 2010 version of an energy efficiency standard may reduce energy use by 18.5 compared with buildings that meet the 2007 standard

EE school guide released

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 16 2011

The Department of Energy released October 12 the second installment in a series of four 50 Advanced Energy Design Guides

$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

$1.2 million for brownfields

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

The Environmental Protection Agency published a notice November 29 announcing that it will consider requests of up to $1.2 million in supplemental funding in fiscal year 2012 for state and tribal response programs to clean up brownfield sites

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

US Green Building Council report on job creation potential

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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January 22 2012

On January 18, the U.S. Green Building Council released Better Buildings Through Executive Action: Leveraging Existing Authorities to Promote Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Multifamily, Residential, and Commercial Buildings, which estimates that one million jobs could be created and $130 billion per year saved if the Obama administration used its executive authority to promote green buildings