Climate Change Law Blog

The Climate Change Law Blog is a service of Holland & Hart's climate change group. It is "dedicated to the fast-emerging legal and strategic corporate challenges posed by climate change."

Author: One of the authors is James A. Holtkamp, the manager of the environmental compliance group at Holland & Hart, working in the firm's Salt Lake City office.

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Recent Posts from Climate Change Law Blog

Secretary Kempthorne Announces Listing of Polar Bear as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act, But Attempts to Limit the Listing’s Role in Regulating Climate Change
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced on May 14, 2008 that he is accepting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) recommendation to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.…
Beware of People With Agendas
Last week a major world leader outlined a series of policy steps to stop the increase in the emissions of greenhouse gases in his country and then to reduce those emissions. He suggested a timetable…
EPA Seeks Comment on Draft Greenhouse Gas Report
On March 7, 2008, EPA published a Notice of Document Availability and Request for Public Comments on its "Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2006". The final Report will be the latest…
Wyoming Leads Nation with Clean Coal Legislation: State First to Establish Carbon-Capture Regulatory Framework
On March 4, 2008, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal signed into law two bills intended to resolve ownership and regulation issues associated with the underground storage of carbon dioxide. With the Governor’s signature, Wyoming became the…
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute on Climate Change
The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation is presenting a Special Institute on Resources Development and Climate Change on April 10-11, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Program Chair for this Special Institute is Holland & Hart…
EPA Required to Develop Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Rules
On December 26, 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (H.R. 2764). The Act includes a simple one paragraph directive to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
The Climate Registry: How Your Organization Can Get Involved
On February 4, 2008, The Climate Registry gave a presentation at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to educate Colorado community members about the organization. The Climate Registry is a non-profit organization established…
The Voluntary Carbon Market: Caveat Emptor No More?
Carbon credits have been much ballyhooed in the media of late. Everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio and Bank of America seems to have them. But even as the market for carbon credits grows, so does the…
The King Is Dead - Long Live The King!
Earlier this week, the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment denied a proposed permit for the Sunflower Power Plant, citing the emission of uncontrolled CO2 as the primary reason. Other permits and proposed permits…
Peace With Nature in Costa Rica
On February 21st, I wrote in my entry, "The Ticos, Their Trees, and Climate Change" about Costa Rica and the avoided deforestation activities taking place there. On September 19th, I visited Costa Rica for what…