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• Appeals Court Reinstates Climate Change Injury Claims

  On September 21, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down a decision reversing a lower court's dismissal of claims brought against several major electric utilities seeking to abate CO2 emissions…

• EPA Releases Proposed Endangerment Finding on Emission of Greenhouse Gases

  EPA released today its much-anticipated proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions from new motor vehicles and engines in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 2, 2007, decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. The…

• EPA Publishes Proposed Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule

  EPA published today a 285-page proposed rule to require reporting of greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) from all sectors of the economy. The proposed rule will require reporting of GHG emissions from sources representing approximately 85 to…

• University of Utah Appoints James Holtkamp to the Board of Institute for Secure and Clean Energy

  The University of Utah appointed Holland & Hart attorney James Holtkamp to the Advisory Board for Institute for Secure and Clean Energy. As a member of the Advisory Board, Holtkamp will help guide the ISCE…

• Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules Proposed by EPA

  On March 10, 2009, EPA released its long-awaited proposed rule requiring reporting of greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions from sources representing approximately 85 to 90 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The…

• CO2 Controls for Power Plants Now? A Good Idea?

  As you may know, one of the immediate issues being discussed and litigated in the area of climate change is the imposition of CO2 controls on the Desert Rock power plant in New Mexico simply…

• The Colorado Carbon Fund - Project C

  By Tasha Newland Project C, or the Colorado Carbon Fund, is a voluntary carbon offset program developed by the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office (“GEO”). Project C was initiated by the GEO in August 2008 and…

• Proposed Actions Involving GHGs Not Subject to ESA Consultation

  On October 3, 2008, the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) issued a Solicitor’s Opinion concluding that proposed actions involving the emission of greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) do not meet the “may affect” threshold set forth in…

• Cap-and-Trade Arrives in the West: Western Climate Initiative Releases its Initial Design Recommendations for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reductions

  By Giji John September 25, 2008 On September 23, 2008, the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) issued its “Design Recommendations for the WCI Regional Cap-and-Trade Program” (available at www.westernclimateinitiative.org). WCI’s Design Recommendations are intended to effect…

• Costa Rica – A Small Country With A Big Vision

  I am sitting on a veranda on the slopes of Rincon de La Vieja Volcano in Costa Rica, about 45 miles south of the border with Nicaragua. We are in the midst of a protected…