Tag: carbon emissions
Clean tech funds key to Canada’s low-carbon future
The federal government is taking a regulatory, sector-by-sector approach to addressing climate change concerns, putting it in step with [...]
U.S. and Chinese energy policy: Chinese carbon caps
While U.S. Republican presidential candidates are vying for who will dismantle the EPA fastest upon winning the election and [...]
Poland to up the ante on energy law
The European Commission has launched legal action against Poland after the government failed to pass a law on renewable [...]
South Africa to cut emissions 34%
South Africa hopes to cut its carbon emissions 34 percent by 2020, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa [...]
AB 32 cap and trade in California on hold until 2013
Facing continued litigation, California officials will delay enforcement of the state’s carbon-trading program until 2013, state Air Resources Board [...]
US Supreme Court grants authority once again to the EPA, despite lobbyist efforts
By Donna Artusy; Cleantech Law Partners The Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. US EPA 549 U.S. 497 (2007) is once [...]
California bounces back after judge orders AB 32 review
California’s carbon markets have responded positively to a San Francisco judge’s ruling that ordered further analysis from the California [...]
EPA regulations for biomass on hold
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced January 12, 2011 that it plans a three-year delay in regulating wood-fired power [...]
New laws in California for 2011
A slew of new environmental laws in California is on the books for 2011, including measures to outlaw the use of [...]
Regulation of climate emissions heads to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court said Monday it would consider a key global warming case over the right of US states [...]