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In-House Counsel Preparing for New Emissions Regulations

by Law.com on June 20, 2009

In April the Environmental Protection Agency started a process that will allow it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles, and it’s expected to soon do the same for emissions from factories, power plants and other industrial facilities. But before any new regulatory scheme becomes official, businesses need to determine how their operations might be affected. So in-house lawyers are working closely with engineers and consultants to assess the size and scope of their companies’ emissions.

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