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9 May 2012
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Client/Legal Alert
On 13 April 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published first-ever carbon dioxide emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants (Draft Rule).
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1 May 2012
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Client/Legal Alert
Come 1 July 2012 certain carbon-related instruments will be deemed financial products for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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24 April 2012
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Client/Legal Alert
The Federal Government recently released the findings of Expert Review on the design of the A$10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
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7 February 2012
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Client/Legal Alert
"Enacted in August 2011, the "Special Measures Law Concerning Procurement by Electric Power Companies of Renewable-Energy Electricity" (the "Law") obliges electric power companies to purchase electricity generated from renewable energy at fixed prices.
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19 January 2012
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Client/Legal Alert
There have been a few developments in the Canadian climate change space that have occurred over the last few months. This client alert provides a summary of these developments.
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12 January 2012
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Client/Legal Alert
The decision of the Conference of the Parties (COP) at the Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP.7) in Durban to include Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) represents a significant step in the development of an international approach to emissions reductions from fossil fuel sources.
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December 2011 - February 2012
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Newsletter
Baker & McKenzie's Carbon Capture & Storage Newsletter is designed to keep our clients informed of recent developments concerning carbon capture and storage (CCS) around the world.
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23 December 2011
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Client/Legal Alert
The 7th Conference and Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol has come to end in Durban, South Africa. With negotiations focused on the major issue of developing a post Kyoto legal framework, there were only a few minor decisions made relating to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
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22 December 2011
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Client/Legal Alert
Europe's highest court rejects the legal challenge to the extension of the EU emissions trading system to aviation.
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29 November 2011
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Client/Legal Alert
The Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Meeting of Parties (CMP) to the Kyoto Protocol are convened annually between the months of November and December. This year marks the 17th COP and 7th CMP, which will take place in Durban, South Africa from 28 November to 9 December 2011.
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14 November 2011
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Client/Legal Alert
On Tuesday 8 November, the Australian Government passed the Clean Energy 2011 (Clean Energy Act) and 18 ancillary legislative instruments (collectively, the Legislative Package).
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September - November 2011
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Newsletter
Baker & McKenzie's Carbon Capture & Storage Newsletter is designed to keep our clients informed of recent developments concerning carbon capture and storage (CCS) around the world.
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28 September 2011
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Client/Legal Alert
The Legislative Package provides a mechanism to put a price on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scheme) in order to help Australia meet its unconditional pollution reduction target of 5% below 2000 levels by 2020. If the Legislative Package is passed, the Scheme will commence on 1 July 2012 with an initial three year fixed price period that will transition to a flexible price cap and trade emissions trading scheme on 1 July 2015.
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19 September 2011
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Client/Legal Alert
In a step which will affect the coal-fired electricity generation industry, Environment Canada has proposed new Regulations, which place a stringent performance standard on new coal-fired electricity plants, as well as plants that have reached the end of their economic life. |
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September 2011
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Client/Legal Alert
On 15 September 2011 the Government of the Russian Federation again changed the procedure for approval and implementation of projects for reduction of greenhouse gases carried out in accordance with Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by Russian Government Resolution No. 780 of 15 September 2011 "On measures to implement article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change", which adopted the Regulations "On implementation of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change".
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