DETROIT ? Miller Canfield is among the first law firms in the Midwest to assemble an interdisciplinary team dedicated to climate change-related law. Climate change is emerging as a critical policy area around the world, affecting everything from business and industry to consumers and government and regulatory authorities.
Earlier this year, President Bush announced the administration’s new
stance on global climate change. On November 2, Michigan’s Governor
Granholm announced the state’s plan for furthering growth in the
alternative energy industry and setting goals for the state’s Renewable
Portfolio Standards. On November 14, Michigan joined nine other Midwest
states in the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord – a
regional strategy to achieve energy security and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions that cause global warming.
“Our Climate Change initiative includes attorneys from the firm’s
environmental, real estate, public law, corporate and finance groups –
giving it a broad perspective and depth of knowledge well suited to this
dynamic field of law,” said Michael Hartmann, CEO of Miller Canfield.
“From our offices in the U.S., Canada and Poland, our team will help
clients adapt to these new climate change challenges and identify
opportunities along the way.”
The firm’s Climate Change initiative will be coordinated by Mark
Bennett, senior counsel.
Among the issues the Climate Change lawyers are addressing: Renewable
Portfolio Standards (RPS), Renewable Energy Credits, sustainable
development including green buildings, LEED certification and green leases,
waste-to-energy project certification, carbon emission reduction credits
associated with Kyoto and CDM/JI projects, as well as Voluntary Emission
Reductions transactions on the Chicago Climate Exchange and
over-the-counter markets, public nuisance litigation, and bio-refinery
regulations.
The law firm of Miller Canfield was established in Detroit in 1852 and
employs 800 in offices in Michigan, Illinois, Massachusetts, Florida, New
York, Canada and Poland.
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