President Obama Announces Broad Climate Action Plan, with Power Sector GHG Emissions as Centerpiece

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President Obama Announces Broad Climate Action Plan, with Power Sector GHG Emissions as Centerpiece

June 26, 2013

BY KEVIN POLONCARZ, MICHAEL BALSTER & BEN CARRIER

President Barack Obama unveiled a suite of measures and approaches contained in The President’s Climate Action Plan (or Plan) aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. The Plan signals that regulation of GHG emissions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be a major focus of the President’s second term in Office and has significant implications for particular industries, most notably, for the electric power sector. The Plan also reaffirms the President’s commitment to “reduce U.S. [GHG] emissions in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.” According to the Plan, the GHG mitigation measures outlined are designed to be collectively sufficient to achieve that overarching goal.

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International Trade Policy in President Obama's Second Term - A Conversation with Scott M. Flicker of the Global Trade Controls Practice

New SAFE Circular 59 Further Relaxation of Foreign Exchange Controls over Inbound and Outbound Investments

New SAFE Circular 59: Further Relaxation of Foreign Exchange Controls over Inbound and Outbound Investments

UK REITS: Will the long heralded changes to reinvigorate the UK REIT regime finally be implemented?

Quarterly FCPA Report: Third Quarter 2012

2012 Post-Election Outlook for the Financial Services Industry

Guidance on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act from the Department of Justice and the Securities & Exchange Commission: The Key, as with the U.K. Bribery Act and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, Is a Robust Compliance Program

Out of Joint: How The Growing Disconnect Between Federal and State Marijuana Laws Impacts Employers

Uncertainty Regarding Cap-and-Trade Regulation Reflected In Price Of GHG Emission Allowances Sold At First Auction

Recognition of Insolvency Judgments in the UK - The Retreat from Universalism

Federal Circuit Ruling Strengthens Defenses Against Enablement Attacks on Drug and Medical Device Patents

The 40% Rule: European Commission Proposes New Law for More Women in the Boardroom by 2020

The Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption of Reliance Revisited: Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds

Employment Law Partner, Marc E. Bernstein, Weighs in on Employee Waivers and Releases, Ratification, and the Tender Back' Rule

California Holds First Auction of Cap-and-Trade Program Allowances Under Cloud of Litigation

Marc E. Bernstein Weighs in on Employee Waivers and Releases, Ratification, and the Tender Back Rule

A Current Application of the Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct by the Federal Circuit and Tips for the Practitioner

Order No. 1000 - One Year Later

Be Wary of ''Backdoor Standstills'' in Non-Disclosure Agreements

Payroll Cards: Navigating the Changing Regulatory Landscape

American Bar Association: Consumer Litigation Poised to Increase in California if Proposition 37 Is Passed

New Italian Measures Facilitate Debt Restructuring and Protect DIP Financing

Court Refuses to Dismiss Entity that Worked on Development of the ANDA Product

What Employers Need To Know About Healthcare Reform

Flaws Of The 2-Step FLSA Certification Process

Recent Developments in Turkish Commercial Law and a Brief Legal Market Overview

Recent Legislative Changes and Impact on Businesses in Turkey

ERISA Risk Management and Action Items for Last Quarter of 2012: Disclosure-Driven Challenges

No More Safe Harbors: New Statute Expands Iran Sanctions Liability for U.S. Parent Companies

Patent-Eligibility of Isolated DNA: Another Twist in the Prometheus Debate

Prometheus: A New Dawn for Biotech Patents

California Strikes Down Overly Restrictive Non-Competition Provision Related to Sale of Business

For-Profit Volunteers: The Fair Labor Standards Acts Limits on Volunteering in the Private Sector

NYSE and NASDAQ Issue Proposed Listing Rule Changes for Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers

The Future of LIBOR -- The Final Report from The Wheatley Review

Thirteen New California Laws Will Affect Employers With Operations In The State

FAQs about RIFs and Possible FICA Refunds

Trends in International M&A in 2012: A Mid-Year Review

Breaking The Glass Ceiling: Women in the Boardroom, 2nd Ed.

IRS Rules that Interest in a Money Market Fund is a Cash Item for REITs

Treasury Department Issues Regulations Expanding the Scope of Qualified Reopenings

New Italian Measures Facilitate Debt Restructuring and Protect DIP financing - Update

Latest UK Government Proposals Would Make it Cheaper and Easier to Hire and Fire UK Employees

Licensure, Certification and Timing in Completing Healthcare Acquisitions

Tax Credit Structures Called into Question by Historic Boardwalk Hall Decision

CSRC Issues New Rules to Promote QFII Program

SEC Proposes Rules Under JOBS Act Eliminating Prohibition Against General Solicitation and Advertising in Certain Reg. D/Rule 144A Offerings

California Holds Practice Auction For Its Cap-and-Trade Program

New ISDA Protocol Clarifies FATCA Withholding Responsibilities

Lessons Learned from Pfizers Settlement of FCPA Claims

The Federal Circuit Further Clarifies The Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Doctrine For Composition Claims

What In-House Counsel Need to Know Regarding Compliance and Enforcement of U.S. Anti-Corruption Laws: Recent Cases Focus on Latin America

D.C. Circuit Vacates EPAs Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

Federal Circuit Reaffirms Patentability of Isolated DNA Molecules in View of Supreme Courts Mayo v. Prometheus Decision

Second Circuit Provides Cautionary Tale For Contractual Provisions Negating Third Party Enforcement

The Future of LIBOR - The Initial Discussion Paper from the Wheatley Review

MNC Insurance in China: Are You Protected?

CIETAC Has Suspended Its Authorization to Shanghai and Shenzhen Sub-commissions for Administering Arbitration Cases

Limitation on Future Patent Protection for Biosimilars?

Patent Aggregation: Guidance from the DOJ's Recent Approval Of Three Major Patent Portfolio Acquisitions

Japan Ramps Up Renewable Energy Generation

To Confirm or Not to Confirm? Third Circuit Rules That Bankruptcy Court May Determine at Disclosure Statement Stage That a Chapter 11 Plan Is Patently Unconfirmable

Myriad Case May Shape The Future Of Medical Patents

Quarterly FCPA Report: Second Quarter 2012

Our Work on the Samsung-Seagate Transaction

U.S. Announces Conditional Suspension of Sanctions Against Burma With Strings

When the SEC Targets Private Equity: A Best Practices Approach

English High Court Provides Guidance on Scope of Documents Required to be Provided to Private Equity Fund Investors

How Hedge Fund Managers Can Use Arbitration Provisions to Prevent Investor Class Action Lawsuits

HKEx guidance on the pre-release and pre-cancellation of Hong Kong depositary receipts

New FINRA Rule 5123Notice Filing Obligations for Private Placements

New Italian Measures Facilitate Debt Restructuring and Protect DIP Financing

FATCA: Summary of Key Developments

California Supreme Court Rules That Witness Statements Obtained By Attorneys Are Work Product

Seventh Circuit Takes Broad View Of FTAIA

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Most of the Healthcare Reform Law

Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of Affordable Care Acts Individual Mandate: Implications for Employers and Group Health Plan Sponsors

OFAC Settlement Highlights Importance of Proactive Compliance Monitoring

Antitrust and Competition Outlook

SEC Finalizes Rule for Compensation Committee Listing Standards and Compensation Consultant Conflicts

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