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    Entries in climate change (48)

    Thursday
    Sep022010

    Western Climate Initiative Issues Final Design Document

    Following the collapse of climate change legislation in the US Senate, on July 27, 2010, the Western Climate Initiative (“WCI”) released the Final Design for its regional cap-and-trade program. The WCI was formed in 2007 with a goal of reducing regional greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Currently, seven states and four Canadian provinces are participating members of the WCI, while a number of other states and provinces in the United States, Canada, and Mexico have joined as observers. The WCI’s cap-and-trade program, which is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2012, will apply to all economic sectors, including emissions from electricity generation, industrial sources, transportation, and residential and industrial fuel combustion.

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    Wednesday
    Jul142010

    Climate Maneuvering in the Senate

    Senators Jay Rockefeller (D. W.Va.) and George Voinovich (R. Ohio) introduced a bill today to promote carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies that they say could be made part of a broader energy package that is slated for Senate action later this month.

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    Tuesday
    Jun222010

    Obama Seeks to Shift Climate Debate

    Climate Wire is reporting that President Obama is convening a meeting with Senate leaders on Wednesday in an attempt to achieve some greenhouse gas emission restrictions before midterm elections.

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    Wednesday
    Jun092010

    “Dis-En Banc’d” - Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal in Comer v Murphy Oil

    Under strange circumstances, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the appeal in a brief order in Comer v Murphy Oil, Docket No. 07-60756 on May 28, 2010, holding that the court had no quorum to hear the appeal.

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    Tuesday
    Jun012010

    Fifth Circuit To Determine Whether Quorum Exists For En Banc Hearing of Climate Change Case 

    The Fifth Circuit is in the process of determining whether an appropriate quorum exists to rehear the issues raised in Comer v. Murphy Oil. 

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