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BLM faulted for poor management of renewables
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- June 17 2012
The Interior Department inspector general issued a report June 12 arguing that the Bureau of Land Management could improve its renewable energy program by more efficiently collecting rental fees on land it manages, clarifying bond guidance, and implementing a competitive bidding process on projects
Federal lands energy bills
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- May 20 2012
The House Natural Resources Committee approved three bills May 16 to hasten planning, leasing, and permitting for energy projects on federal onshore lands
ID EE legislation
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- 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
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- USA
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- 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
Green leasing
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- March 25 2012
The Energy Department launched the Green Lease Library March 20, an online resource to help the commercial building sector implement green leases, or rental agreements that encourage energy efficiency
Re-tuning buildings course
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- March 11 2012
As part of a five year pilot program, the Department of Energy announced March 5 the availability of an online training course to help building owners, operators, contractors, and students re-tune commercial buildings
Building competition winners announced
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- 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
Treasury cash grant guidance
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- March 11 2012
On March 12, the Internal Revenue Service in Notice 2012-23 will be published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin 2012-11, with a set of FAQ’s on tax issues involving cash payments, in lieu of tax credits, for business energy property
Chinese efficient buildings plan
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- China
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- March 4 2012
Shortly after the annual meetings of the National People's Congress in Beijing later this month, China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will release the final version of its “Building Energy Efficiency Plan” as a key building efficiency component of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015
US building retrofits save $1 trillion
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- March 4 2012
The Deutsche Bank and the Rockefeller Foundation released a study March 1 finding that retrofitting buildings through cost effective energy savings methods in the United States could result in $1 trillion in savings over 10 years and generate up to 3.3 million jobs largely without major federal financial support
