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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This Week’s Climate Policy Update - May 2024 #2

Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

A $1 Billion, 10-year Climate Tech Investment Effort to Come in Massachusetts

As part of the Healey–Driscoll administration’s continued efforts to ensure Massachusetts remains a state where people want to live, work, and raise families — and businesses want to start and operate companies — the...more

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Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste: October 2023 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Report

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 2023 report titled: Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste (“Report”)...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: Uncovering a Promising Sector in Climate Tech

The food and ag sectors are tied to nearly a quarter of all global greenhouse gas emissions. However, those sectors receive disproportionately less climate tech venture funding. Beatriz Franco and Maya Benami of Vita Vera...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Biden Administration Unveils Blueprint to Decarbonize Transportation Sector

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The Biden Administration released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization (Blueprint) on Jan. 10, 2023, setting forth a comprehensive strategy for federal leadership and partnerships to decarbonize the...more

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The United States and Israel outline strategic alliance in science and emerging technology

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Following President Biden’s visit to Israel, the United States and Israel announced a new strategic technology alliance in pandemic preparedness, including disease surveillance, early warning, and rapid countermeasures;...more

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From Policy to Power: Federal Actions to Deliver on America’s Offshore Wind Potential

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Climate change poses the biggest threat to our ocean and to the future of the planet. Its harmful impacts can be mitigated by decarbonizing our energy grid. Achieving major carbon emissions reductions in the electricity...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

ARPA-E: Biden’s Proposed FY 2023 Budget Boosts Investment in Clean Energy Technologies

On March 28, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration sent the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to the United States Congress (“Congress”). The President’s proposed $5.8 trillion budget for FY 2023 allocates billions...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan: A Bold Mandate for Infrastructure Investment

On March 31, 2021, President Joe Biden unveiled the American Jobs Plan (the “Plan”), an eight-year, $2 trillion investment to modernize and improve U.S. infrastructure, generate jobs and economic growth, and promote American...more

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Biden-Harris Administration Pushes for Offshore Wind and Jobs

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Consistent with the Biden-Harris administration’s “whole of government” approach to climate change as announced in its Day 1 and Day 7 executive orders, on March 29 the administration announced a variety of concrete...more

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‘The American Jobs Plan’: Biden Administration unveils $2 trillion proposal for infrastructure

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On March 31, the Administration unveiled its long-awaited infrastructure proposal from the President’s Build Back Better Plan. The American Jobs Plan will impact a multitude of industries and the economy in seven key policy...more

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UK Government's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution

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Earlier last week, the UK Government published its Policy Paper on the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. The policy paper reiterates the commitment the Government made last week to turn the UK into the world’s...more

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Election 2020 Snapshot: Helping our aerospace and defense clients make sense of the U.S. election results

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Election 2020 Snapshot: Helping our aerospace and defense (A&D) clients make sense of the U.S. election - The election of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States likely will result in significant shifts in U.S....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Cumulative Effects 2020 - October 8th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm MDT

A unique forum designed to create dialogue on sustainable project development in order to prepare for climate change and a rapidly evolving global dynamic. ACI’s sister company, CI Energy Group’s Cumulative Effects...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 20th Annual Arctic Oil & Gas Symposium - October 6th - 7th, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm MDT

Join us virtually for a must-attend event for government and industry professionals involved in Northern resource development. Connect with key northern stakeholders for crucial insight on the future of Arctic activity, and...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont Legislative Update 01-24-2020 - An analysis from DRM's Government and Public Affairs Team

Global Warming Solutions Act: asking for too much or not enough? The House Committee on Energy and Technology took testimony this week on the The Global Warming Solutions Act. University of  Vermont Professor Jon Erickson...more

White & Case LLP

Combatting climate change and driving digitalization without falling foul of antitrust rules

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Combatting climate change and driving digital transformation of traditional industries are two key challenges of our times. Many industries are working hard to achieve the Paris Agreement climate goals, but with simultaneous...more

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Electric Aircraft - A new era for aviation?

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Throughout the ages humans have dreamed of flying.  With the advent of the age of flight that dream became a reality as developments in aircraft technology meant that air travel was more accessible to, and affordable for, the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Betting Against the House (and Senate): The Green New Deal

Last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) released more details on the much-anticipated “Green New Deal” in the form of a non-binding resolution. As the name suggests, the legislators modeled...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

May 2018 Washington Update

House Hearing on DOE Budget - On April 12, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on “The Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Energy Budget” with testimony from Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. The...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

White House Publishes Mid-Century Strategy For Deep Decarbonization

On November 16, 2016, the White House filed the Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under the Paris climate deal. The strategy highlights the role that...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ontario Announces Five-Year Climate Change Action Plan

On June 8, 2016, the Ontario government (Government) released a five-year Climate Change Action Plan (Action Plan), which builds on the Government’s Climate Change Strategy released in November 2015, that set the long-term...more

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Energy Technology Connections Newsletter: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - October 2015

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A Note from the Editors - Our October edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more

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