Environmental Policy & Law
Environmental policy and law addresses federal, state and international policies and regulations to control climate change, police carbon emissions and drive conservation of natural resources. Key stories discuss the United Nations efforts towards climate control and the EPA Clean Water Act and EPA Clean Air Act.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Wind PTC, Plastic Bag Ban, BP Penalty, Shipping Fuels
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
President Obama stumped for an extension ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, Natural Gas Lobby, NRC, Camp David Declaration
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
The World Business Council for Sustainable ...
The Impact of Fracking
Fracking and Our Energy Future brings a panel of experts and activists together to discuss the impact of hydraulic-fracturing natural gas ...
Japan Urges Industry to Cut Energy Use 15%
The Japanese government is pushing its industrial sector and citizens in certain parts of the country to reduce the amount of energy they use, in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: G8 Summit, Wastewater Treatment, Electricity Capacity Prices
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items.
President Obama and G8 Summit world leaders ...
The Many Moving Pieces of California’s Cap and Trade Program
The calendar says May 2012, so what does that mean for California's attempts to implement a first-in-the-nation, economy-wide Cap and Trade Program? ...
US Imposes 31% Duty on Chinese Solar Panels
The US government has imposed tariffs of around 30 percent on solar panels imported from China, sparking charges of "trade protectionism" from Chinese government officials ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bonn Climate Talks, New Zealand ETS, IRIS Review
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said that ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Google Wind Line, EU Aviation, Superfund Settlement
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The $5 billion, Google-backed offshore wind energy ...
Don’t Board the ‘Fracking Banned’ Wagon
In my last column, I preached patience for those who question the safety of extracting shale gas via fracking. ...
Current Wastewater Methods Fail to Protect Public from Frack Water, NRDC Says
Hydraulic fracturing's huge output of polluted wastewater is putting drinking water supplies, rivers, streams, and groundwater at risk, primarily because state and federal regulations have ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: German Solar Subsidies, Australian Carbon Price, Honda Hybrid Suit
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items.
The German parliament's upper house has rallied ...
EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ‘Costly’ and ‘Time-Consuming’ for Coal Plants
Compliance with the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) poses "significant challenges" for coal plants, forcing many to retire rather than make the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: California-Quebec ETS, Energy Efficiency, Canada Emissions Target
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
The California Air Resources Board released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to the carbon market ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on Keystone
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Australia Carbon Tax, Japanese Nuclear, More Fracking Rules
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
The Australian government's preliminary list of ...
Port of Los Angeles to Pay Carriers for Using Low-Emission Ships
The Port of Los Angeles has adopted an international clean air program that will ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Korea ETS, Fracking Rules, Clean Energy Standard
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
TransCanada is expected to reapply for its ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, 'Crucifixion,' Ozone Standards, Greywater
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
Corporate sustainability reporting may drop out of ...
Coke China Plant Shuttered ‘over Chlorine Contamination’
Coca-Cola was reportedly forced by regulators to temporarily stop production at a bottling plant in north China, after inspectors allegedly ...
