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December 2009 Issue

In this issue:

Message from the Co-Chairs
Jim Rubin and Roger Martella…1

Brazil and COP-15
Marcus V. Freitas…3

Energy Efficiency and the Clean Development Mechanism in Peru: A New Challenge for the Government and a New Way of Doing Business
Luis Carlos Rodrigo and Ursula Zavala Carlin…5

Chile’s Environmental Law and Jurisprudence
Gonzalo Biggs…8

Legal Changes to the Chilean Environmental Institutional Framework
Iván Poklepovic M.…14

Recent Reforms to the Regulation of the Mexican Energy Sector
Leopoldo Burguete Stanek…17

New Trends and Evolution of Environmental Regulation in Venezuela
Elisabeth Eljuri and Wendy Quintero…21

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December 2009 Issue

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March 18-21, 2010
39th Annual Conference on Environmental Law
Salt Lake City, UT

Global Climate Change and U.S. Law

Environmental Litigation