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.
Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline; Company Plans to File Again
President Obama yesterday rejected the proposed $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline, but left the door open for backers TransCanada to submit a new ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: World Future Energy Summit, China Carbon Trading, Obama's Jobs Council
At the Abu Dhabi opening of World Future Energy Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out three core goals for 2030 in his launch of ...
Airlines Snap Up Bargain Carbon Permits, Rail at 'Looney Tax'
Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are preparing for inclusion in the EU's carbon trading scheme by buying allowances at low prices, while Ryanair has declared ...
Apple Releases Supplier List, as NGOs Praise Chinese Transparency Progress
The National Resources Defense Council and Beijing-based NGO the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs have said China is making steady progress on ...
EPA Reveals Biggest GHG Emitters
The top three GHG emitters in the country are all power plants owned by Southern Company, according to data just released by the ...
World’s Largest Metal Recycler Ordered to Stop Discharges
The world's largest metals and electronics recycler, Sims Metal Management, has been illegally discharging PCBs, mercury, lead, copper and zinc into San Francisco ...
DOE Retail Building Guide ‘Can Halve Energy Costs’
The Department of Energy has released a guide that it says will help owners of retail stores achieve 50 percent energy savings, ...
Refiners Fined for Failing to Use Non-Existent Fuel
Refiners expect to pay about $6.8 million in government penalties for failing to mix cellulosic biofuel into their gasoline and diesel – even ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Northern Gateway, EU ETS, USDA, Vermont CEP
The elders of the Haisla First Nation voiced their opposition at the opening of a regulatory joint review hearing in Kitamaat Village, British Columbia, on ...
Annual Electric Efficiency Budgets Jump 25%
U.S. ratepayer-funded electric efficiency budgets increased from $5.4 billion in 2010 to $6.8 billion in 2011, according to a report by The Edison Foundation's Institute ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Moratorium on Uranium Mining, CDC on Fracking, CSAPR, Lake Tahoe Restoration
The Department of the Interior today is expected to announce a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining claims in a million-acre buffer zone around the ...
Recyclers Arrested, Charged with Stealing Plastic
Los Angeles police made three arrests at two recycling businesses after discovering over $250,000 worth of stolen plastic containers, according to the county ...
Teck American, Dow Were Top Toxics Emitters in 2010
Teck American, Dow Chemical and Incobrasa Industires were the companies that reported generating the largest quantities of toxic chemicals in production-related waste, according ...
‘Prepare for Low-Carbon Economy This Year,’ Ex-UN Climate Chief Says
Results from the Durban climate talks show that businesses should start preparing in 2012 for a low-carbon economy, according to the former executive ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation, China Carbon Tax, Euronext Settlement, NY Energy Highway
The European Commission said that airlines could be banned from European airports if they do not participate in the European Union's emission trading system (ETS). ...
Patagonia Pioneers Sustainability Legal Status
Outdoor clothing company Patagonia has become the first company in California to elect to be a "benefit corporation." The legal status affords a company's directors ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CSAPR, Mass. Solar Panel Tax, London Low Emission Zone
A federal appeals court in Washington approved the request of more than a dozen electric power companies, municipal power plant operators and states to delay ...
Lufthansa Customers to Pay for ETS
German airline Lufthansa will pass the extra cost that the European Union's emissions trading system will add to its operation onto customers' ticket prices, it has announced....
Wind Towers Are Next Front in Trade War
Four U.S. manufacturers of wind turbine towers have filed a trade complaint against China and Vietnam, opening a new front in an ongoing trade ...
Judge Blocks Low-Carbon Fuel Rules
A federal judge has blocked California from enforcing regulations on carbon output from vehicle fuels, according to news reports.
U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence O’Neill ...
