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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

DoE energy efficiency rating system for commercial buildings due soon

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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August 7 2011

DoE is developing the National Asset Rating Program for Commercial Buildings, a system to rate the energy performance of commercial buildings

States required to review building energy efficiency codes

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 24 2011

On July 19, the DoE issued a final notice of determination requiring states to review their energy efficiency codes for residential and commercial buildings, and potentially update them

California enacts property tax exclusion to incentivize development of solar energy

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 24 2011

California enacted legislation (A.B. 15), which clarifies the construction of an active solar energy system on new property is not considered “newly constructed” property, and, therefore, is not subject to ad valorem taxation

$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