Study Group: Council Members Knowledgeable about Legal, Regulatory and Economic Issues Affecting Mining and Natural Resources in the U.S.
Council Members in this Study Group: 145
This study group may include professors, attorneys, former regulatory officers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as law and litigation issues, lobbying, policy and government, elections, antitrust, immigration, intellectual property, and legislation, among others.
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Peter RobertsonPartner
CROWELL & MORING LLP
Peter D. Robertson is a Partner at Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC, where he focuses in the area of public policy, especially environmental/energy law and policy. His work ranges from representing clients on energy and environmental policy matters to negotiating settlements of environmentalenforcement...
- Peter Umhofer
Senior Director of Governmental Affairs
Kanner & Associates, LLCPeter Umhofer is Senior Director of Government Affairs at Kanner & Associates, LLC in Washington, DC, a government relations consulting firm specializing in energy and environmental policy issues, including climate change and renewable energy. Previously, Mr. Umhofer served on the Obama presidential...
- Edward Krenik
Senior Principal
BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLPEdward D. Krenik is Senior Principal in the Government Relations, Advocacy and Strategy Section at Bracewell & Giuliani located in Washington, DC. Previously, Mr. Krenik served in the Bush Administration as Associate Administrator for congressional and intergovernmental relations at the U.S. Environmental...
- Robert Rosenberg
Partner
SLOVER & LOFTUS
Robert Rosenberg is a Partner at Slover & Loftus in Washington, DC, practicing primarily in the fields of transportation and energy. His specialties include coal transportation and coal supply matters, railroad rate relief for captive shippers, damages and related economic analysis, including costof...
- Leonard Coburn
President
Coburn International Energy CoLeonard L. Coburn is the President of Coburn International Energy in Washington, DC, where he focuses on international energy issues with a concentration on Russia, Former Soviet Union (FSU) and Middle East. He specializes on oil, gas, political risk, and geopolitics. Previously, Mr. Coburn was a Director...
- Robert Strong
Partner
CLARK HILL PLCRobert A.W. Strong is Partner at Clark Hill in Birmingham, Michigan, where he has represented industrial clients in all areas of energy and utility law, including contracting, rate negotiation, ratemaking, environmental permitting, energy pricing and purchasing and civil litigation. Mr. Strong hasdeveloped...
- John Iani
Partner
VAN NESS FELDMAN, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONL. John Iani is Partner at Van Ness Feldman in Seattle, Washington, where he provides counseling on project development, energy, natural resources, fisheries, and environmental issues before Congress, federal and state agencies, regulatory bodies, and the courts. Previously, he served as the Regional...
- Kyle Danish
Partner
VAN NESS FELDMAN, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Kyle W. Danish is Partner at VanNess Feldman in Washington, DC. Mr. Danish’s practice focuses on environmental and energy matters. He advises on issues ranging from corporate strategy related to climate change to emissions trading transactions in South America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Russia....
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Chrysler LLC is Hoping Bankruptcy Can Be Used to Rewrite Union Contracts
October 28, 2008
"GM, Chrysler Deal Could Spur UAW Concessions, " Detroit Free Press, October 20, 2008 | www.freep.com
The domestic auto industry already negotiated dramatic wage, healthcare, and pension benefits from the UAW during the last round of contract talks. Some of those concessions though have not been realized yet. For example, the wage concessions were to drop the standard hourly wage from...
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Russia's Financial Turmoil Forces New Oil Tax Changes
September 23, 2008
Leonard Coburn, President, Coburn International Energy Co
Additional Oil Tax Cuts by 2010 | themoscowtimes.com
Russia's primary revenue sources are taxes on oil and gas. Russia's oil taxes have been falling as oil prices fall and Russian oil production stagnates. Additional oil tax changes wil occur to spur new oil productiion and increase revenues.
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Surface Transportation Board Proposes Revising Railroad Cost of Capital Methodology
August 16, 2007
Robert Rosenberg, Partner, SLOVER & LOFTUS
STB Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Railroad Cost of Capital Methodology | www.stb.dot.gov
The Surface Transportation Board has proposed to change its methodology for calculating the railroad industry cost of capital. The cost of capital is used for several regulatory purposes. Lowering the cost of capital, as proposed by the agency, could increase the rate relief available to...
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Corn Squeezings - The hidden, and not so hidden costs, of the diversion of corn crops for ethanol.
July 9, 2007
Corn's-a-Poppin' | blogs.wsj.com
The diversion of substantial agricultural resources to the production of fuel and energy supplies will continue to have a significant short to mid term impact on prices and costs throughout many sectors of the economy. Food prices will likely remain high, and prices for crops such as soy andsorghum...
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March 21, 2007
Leonard Coburn, President, Coburn International Energy Co
New Pipeline Will Bypass the Bosporus but Involve Russia | www.nytimes.com
1. A Bosporus pipeline bypass would alleviate the congestion in the crowded straits, provide access to a deepwater port, and potentially allow more crude oil shipments from Russia and Central Asia.2. Similar proposals for a direct bypass have been discussed for more than a decade and none has...
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