http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/policy-enforcement-briefing-wind-ptc-plastic-bag-ban-bp-penalty-shipping-fuels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/policy-enforcement-briefing-wind-ptc-plastic-bag-ban-bp-penalty-shipping-fuels/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 13:15:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77405 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 to wind energy production tax credits at the facility of wind turbine blade manufacturer TPI Composites in Newton, Iowa. An extension of ten years is estimated to cost $4.1 billion, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/policy-enforcement-briefing-wind-ptc-plastic-bag-ban-bp-penalty-shipping-fuels/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77212 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 Development has released a policy report directed toward the Rio+20 conference that outlines a set of policy recommendations from the business community. The report has seven categories of action including [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/fracking-and-our-energy-future/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/fracking-and-our-energy-future/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 10:10:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76197 Fracking and Our Energy Future brings a panel of experts and activists together to discuss the impact of hydraulic-fracturing natural gas extraction. A Q&A with the audience follows. Moderated by Joel Towers, executive dean of Parsons The New School for Design]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/fracking-and-our-energy-future/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77067 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 an attempt to avoid summer blackouts. The country is facing a shortage of electric power after shutting down all 50 of its nuclear power plants in the wake of the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-g8-summit-wastewater-treatment-electricity-capacity-prices/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-g8-summit-wastewater-treatment-electricity-capacity-prices/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:12:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76968 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 reviewed Iran’s impact on the global oil supply, saying that they would involve the International Atomic Energy Agency if the country continues to cause disruptions to the world’s oil. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-g8-summit-wastewater-treatment-electricity-capacity-prices/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/the-many-moving-pieces-of-californias-cap-and-trade-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/the-many-moving-pieces-of-californias-cap-and-trade-program/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:33 +0000 Jon Costantino http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76950 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? Actually quite a bit. There are many moving parts in this complex regulatory puzzle being assembled by the California Air Resources Board (Board or CARB). CARB has control over many of these moving [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/the-many-moving-pieces-of-californias-cap-and-trade-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/us-imposes-31-duty-on-chinese-solar-panels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/us-imposes-31-duty-on-chinese-solar-panels/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:50:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76887 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 and increasing friction between the two countries. The US Commerce Department ruled yesterday in favor of American companies that charged Chinese exporters had illegally “dumped” their solar panels on the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/us-imposes-31-duty-on-chinese-solar-panels/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-bonn-climate-talks-new-zealand-ets-iris-review/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-bonn-climate-talks-new-zealand-ets-iris-review/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76860 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 country delegates who agreed on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, a process to develop a new GHG emissions reduction protocol by 2015, should set targets this year to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-bonn-climate-talks-new-zealand-ets-iris-review/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76669 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 transmission line proposed for the mid-Atlantic U.S. will advance to an environmental review stage after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management found that there is no competitive interest. After [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/dont-board-the-fracking-banned-wagon/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/dont-board-the-fracking-banned-wagon/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:35:57 +0000 Peter Gray http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76417 In my last column, I preached patience for those who question the safety of extracting shale gas via fracking. In this month’s column, I profile the growing trend of states and localities electing to ban fracking in response to fears that it might cause groundwater contamination. The availability of cheap, plentiful shale gas is a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/dont-board-the-fracking-banned-wagon/feed/ 26 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/stricter-regulatory-standards-end-of-legal-loopholes-needed-for-fracking-safety-nrdc-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/stricter-regulatory-standards-end-of-legal-loopholes-needed-for-fracking-safety-nrdc-says/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:30:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76442   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 not kept pace with the industry boom, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report. The study, “In Fracking’s Wake: New Rules are Needed to Protect Our Health and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/stricter-regulatory-standards-end-of-legal-loopholes-needed-for-fracking-safety-nrdc-says/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:50:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76463 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 enough support to delay plans to cut solar subsidies for as long as several months. But those opposing the proposal to slash feed-in tariffs by between 20 and nearly [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/epas-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards-costly-and-time-consuming-for-coal-plants/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/epas-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards-costly-and-time-consuming-for-coal-plants/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:45:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76399 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 required retrofits, according to a study commissioned by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO). Economists at the Brattle Group evaluated the MATS, which requires the US coal and oil fleet [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/epas-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards-costly-and-time-consuming-for-coal-plants/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76342 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 in Quebec. The proposal, which has a 45-day public comment period, includes market security measures, guidelines for ensuring that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:31:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76103 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 the Production Tax Credit and expand the 30 percent tax credit to investments in clean energy manufacturing, known as the 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit. The remarks came [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/feed/ 0