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$175 million for sustainable communities

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 19 2011

The Department of Transportation announced the availability of $175 million in merit-based grants to promote livable communities June 16

Energy performance and building appraisal partnership formed

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 19 2011

The Department of Energy announced a partnership with The Appraisal Foundation June 13 that will help expand access to energy efficiency and building performance information for commercial buildings and help American businesses reduce energy waste

Battle of the buildings announced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a competition May 2 among commercial, medical, educational, and public buildings to reduce energy use

Federal lands energy development assessed

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2011

The Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management and Agriculture Department's Forestry Service released a report May 6 that summarizes the status of energy development of federal lands

Judicial streamlining legislation signed

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Efficiencies could reduce emissions 25 percent

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2011

The International Energy Agency released a report May 16 that concluded that carbon dioxide emissions from residential, commercial, and public buildings could be cut by 25 percent by 2050 through the use of energy efficient technologies like solar heating and thermal storage

Legislation introduced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2011

Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) officially introduced legislation (S. 1000) May 16 that would enact a national energy efficiency strategy

Sustainable communities strategy

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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