Tag: warming

California Adopts its Cap-and-Trade Program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By William H. Holmes on December 22, 2010 Posted in California, Climate Change, Renewable

After a full day of testimony and deliberation on December 16, 2010, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted the state’s Cap-and-Trade Program on a 9-to-1 vote. The Program is promulgated under the California Global Warming Solutions Act (A.B. 32) as a market-based compliance mechanism to help achieve reduction of the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) … Continue Reading

California Election Results Provide Endorsement for Renewable Energy

By William H. Holmes on November 8, 2010 Posted in California, Renewable

A legal update from our colleagues Seth Hilton, John McKinsey and Allison Smith: The results are in on the California election, and it’s supportive of renewable energy. The two most important developments: Jerry Brown prevailed over Meg Whitman in the gubernatorial race and Proposition 23 failed. The election appears to have been, in part, an … Continue Reading

EPA Issues Proposed RFS2 Rules for 2011

By Graham Noyes on July 14, 2010 Posted in Biofuels, Climate Change, Legal, Renewable

The EPA has issued proposed RFS2 rules for 2011 that provide some indications that the agency is dedicated to jump starting the advanced biofuels industry.… Continue Reading

Discussion on Kerry Lieberman and EPA with William Brent

By Graham Noyes on May 28, 2010 Posted in Cleantech, Climate Change, Renewable

Here is a Q&A I did with William Brent, the head of Weber Shandwick’s cleantech practice and blogger at www.mrcleantech.com: WB: I asked my friend Graham Noyes of law firm Stoel Rives who focuses his practice on bioenergy projects, federal energy incentives and carbon monetization for his thoughts on the Kerry Lieberman bill. Q (WB): … Continue Reading