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United Nations Climate Change Conference: Copenhagen
Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
The Copenhagen Accord – behind the headlines
The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change said on 16 December that it would be a ‘tragedy’ if Copenhagen failed to reach an agreement because of substance, and a ‘farce’...
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Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
More Developments from Cophenhagen - A Draft Accord, REDD plus, and control of the Climate Fund
Throughout the day on 18 December press conferences have been postponed or cancelled. Throughout the day drafts of the proposed ‘Copenhagen Accord’ have emerged from behind the closed doors...
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Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
Tragedy, farce or last minute triumph?
Speaking in Copenhagen Ed Miliband, the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change said: ‘it would be a tragedy if we fail to get an agreement because of substance: it would be...
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Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
The EU's Position Shifts
Throughout COP15 the European Union (EU) has advocated a single new agreement to replace Kyoto and to incorporate the commitments in the LCA text. That EU position was thought to find expression in the...
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Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
Business – as usual?
Throughout COP15 Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer has remarked on the level of business interest in the summit, and its outcome. Speaking at an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) event he challenged...
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Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
Peatland emissions find a place in the negotiating text
In her recent Lexis podcast Susanna Tol of Wetlands International explained the implications of their recent report on greenhouse gas emissions from degrading wetlands.  Crucially, when wetlands...
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Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
A Long Way to Go
Week 2 of the Copenhagen climate change summit has opened with strong indications of the distance between developed and developing nations and economies. The UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary...
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Colleen Theron
Posted By: Colleen Theron
Should real estate investors be interested in energy efficiency?
The built environment accounts for over a third of total indirect CO2 emissions in the US and the UK, based on studies carried out in both countries. In a new report, “Energy Efficiency in...
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Malcolm Dowden
Posted By: Malcolm Dowden
Has climate change litigation become even more difficult?
Shortly before the Copenhagen climate change summit in December 2009 emails leaked or hacked from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit prompted responses ranging from robust defence...
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Peter M. Gillon
Posted By: Peter M. Gillon
SEC's New Guidance for Public Companies to Discuss Material Effects of Climate Change on Financial Performance
The SEC yesterday announced new disclosure guidance requiring public companies to discuss material effects of climate change on their financial performance. This new requirement exposes a risk for public...
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Top Cases are the hottest legal opinions in this practice area and are selected by attorneys on the Law Center staff. The opinions are located on lexis.com, and many of them have enhanced content such as links to briefs and other court documents, Expert Commentary, Emerging Issues Commentary, LexisNexis Judicial Profiles, and Cases In Brief, which provide the ultimate in analytical material.
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LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff LexisNexis Video Discussions and Interviews from LegalTech NY, Feb 1, 2010
Feb 1, 2010 - Mike Walsh, CEO of U.S. Legal Markets at LexisNexis, addresses viewers from the convention floor at LegalTech NY 2010. Feb 1, 2010 - LexisNexis' Mike Mintz interviews USLM CEO Mike...
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Malcolm Dowden Caps on greenhouse gas emissions should not be left to judges
Todd D. Stern, head of the US delegation, gave a media briefing shortly after arriving in Copenhagen today, 9 December.   He reiterated recent US commitments on greenhouse gas...
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Malcolm Dowden COP15 Press Briefing: Blogger Malcolm Dowden’s Query Addressed
At a press briefing on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference from Copenhagen, Denmark (COP15), UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer spoke of a very positive...
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LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff Mark Bennett of Miller Canfield Interviews Kevin Kampschroer, Director of GSA's Office of High-Performance Federal Green Buildings
The GSA's Office of High-Performance Federal Green Buildings (OHPFGB) must move quickly to obligate most of the $4.5 billion it has received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....
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Law and the Environment: Designing a Transatlantic Agenda
Top Blogs have been identified by the LexisNexis Law Center staff as the most interesting, readable, and useful blogs pertaining to this practice area. Most of them are created by legal and other professionals in a wide array of disciplines and represent the cream of the crop in the legal blogosphere.
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LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff Free Webinar: What In-House Counsel Want, Feb. 16, 10:00 am EST
Your chance to understand the needs of top in-house counsel   Just what do in-house Counsel want? What drives their hiring decisions when choosing a law firm? When do they choose a local...
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Conferences in Washington DC Global Warming: Climate Change and the Law, Mar. 4-5, 2010
ALI-ABA & ELI Course of Study – Attend live in D.C. or by webcast
Understanding the emerging markets and regulations surrounding climate and carbon is a critical skill for practitioners of environmental, regulatory, energy, resources, administrative, corporate,...
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Bradley M. Marten
Posted By: Bradley M. Marten
Introduction to LexisNexis Global Climate Change Special Pamphlet Series
Endeavoring to write about climate change while the law is still being written, is a little bit like jumping on a moving train without knowing exactly where it is headed. But the train is moving, and...
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P Barmeyer, K Townsend, L Jones, J Bottini
Posted By: P Barmeyer, K Townsend, L Jones, J Bottini
The SEC and Climate: Disclosure Requirements
Climate  change can impact companies in a variety of ways. To help you and your corporate clients identify the types of business risks posed by climate change and how these risks fit within...
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Mary Ellen Ternes
Posted By: Mary Ellen Ternes
EPA's Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
As of January 1, 2010, large emitters of heat-trapping emissions must collect greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new recording system, pursuant to a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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E Phillips, K Etela, B Freeman, L Vinokur
Posted By: E Phillips, K Etela, B Freeman, L Vinokur
Cap-and-Trade: Law and Economics
Congress has been working on legislation to create a federal cap-and-trade program, and enactment of a new law is on the horizon. A cap-and-trade program could affect federal, state, and local...
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Ridgway M. Hall, Thomas Utzinger, and Jessica Hall
Posted By: Ridgway M. Hall, Thomas Utzinger, and Jessica Hall
Renewable Portfolio Standards
Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) obligate retail sellers of electricity to include in their energy resource portfolios certain minimum amounts of electricity from qualifying renewable energy sources....
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