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Climate change - a legal perspective from the US
Practice Area: Regulation and Enforcement
Sector: Energy and Utilities
Jurisdiction: USA
Published: 27 May 2010
Law Firm: Hogan Lovells
Overview
Senators Kerry and Lieberman released a discussion draft of the American Power Act on May 12, 2010. By many accounts, this discussion draft is the principal vehicle by which the U.S. Senate will discuss the issue of climate change in what remains of this Congress. The Climate Change and Clean Energy, Environmental, Energy, Project and International Finance, and Legislative Practice Groups at Hogan Lovells have prepared the following summary of the bill.
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