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.
FTC Increasing Scrutiny of Green Claims, Former Director Says
The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying its scrutiny of marketers' green claims, according to an attorney and former FTC employee.
In a column for CorporateComplianceInsights.com, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Tests, MATS Hearing, Ballast Water, FOIA on Keystone
A first round of EPA tests showed no evidence that water at 11 homes in Dimock, Penn., near natural gas drilling operations of Cabot Oil ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Superfund Sites, OECD Report on GHG, Tier 3 Standards
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the release of emergency oil reserves during a bilateral meeting this week, but no agreement ...
Coke Wastewater Straining City Resources, Officials Claim
Wastewater from a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Northampton, Mass., is becoming costly for public facilities to treat, leading the city to investigate revisions to treatment ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GAO Slams DOE, Rare Earth Trade Case, EU Aviation, Farming & Forestry CO2
A Government Accountability Office report says that the Department of Energy responded slowly with documentation of its loan guarantee program, indicating an overall flaw ...
GRI Releases Sustainability Taxonomy, Public Comments on G4
The Global Reporting Initiative has released a taxonomy for tagging sustainability data in reports and has released the results of the first public comment period ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Poland Veto, World Water Forum, NRC Safety Rules, Ohio Fracking Law
Coal-reliant Poland vetoed a European Union roadmap for cutting the bloc's carbon emissions by 80 percent by mid-century. All 26 other EU countries supported the ...
Airbus ‘Could Lose Chinese Business’ Due to European Carbon Rules
Airbus' parent company has warned that it stands to lose Chinese business if the European Commission ignores protests from airlines about its European emissions trading ...
Efficiency Standards to Save Businesses, Consumers Over $1.1t by 2035, ACEEE Finds
Appliance, equipment, and lighting standards will save businesses and consumers more than $1.1 trillion by 2035, while cutting greenhouse gases and other emissions, according to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Votes on Keystone, Drilling and MACT; Obama Proposes Alt Fuel Tax Breaks for Business
A vote Thursday in the Senate to attach the Keystone XL oil pipeline project to a must-pass transportation bill failed 56 to 42; a vote ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Shipping Emissions Standstill, City's Feed-In Tariff, China Misses 2011 Target
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has yet to come up with a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from international shipping, after concluding a week ...
BP Reaches $7.8bn Oil Spill Settlement with Businesses, Individuals
BP announced that it has reached a $7.8 billion settlement proposal with the individual and business plaintiffs represented by the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC), ...
Voluntary Carbon Offset Programs Gathering Steam
With the future of an international climate agreement still in flux, governments worldwide are turning to voluntary carbon offsetting markets to engage private sector climate ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Offshore Wind, Clean Energy Standard, 10 Coal-Fired Plants to Retire
A planned six-year $180 million Department of Energy initiative is targeting the potential of offshore wind energy. Four offshore wind energy installations will have access ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Australia Carbon Tax, EU ETS Permit Supply, U.S. GHG Report
The White House backed TransCanada Corp.'s bid to build a major portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline - a $2.3 billion section called Gulf ...
Daimler Trucks Compliant with 2014 GHG Regulations
The EPA has certified Daimler Trucks North America's complete 2013 portfolio of on-highway, vocational and medium duty vehicles as fully compliant with 2014 greenhouse gas ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Trial, Forest Emissions, FTC Hits Window Claims
BP and plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are discussing a $14 billion settlement that appears to be nearing completion. ...
AK Steel Energy Project Hinges on Ohio Definition of Renewables
An Ohio Senate Bill would allow local steel maker AK Steel Corp. to convert waste gas released by its manufacturing process into power it can ...
Volume of Global Carbon Market to Grow 13% in 2012, Then Decline
The volume of carbon traded globally will grow by 13 percent in 2012 reaching 9.5 Gt CO2e, despite depressed prices, according to analysis by Thomson ...
Ban Hails Companies’ Embrace of Sustainability, Urges More Action
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged more businesses to embrace the principle of sustainability in their strategies, noting that with the most ...
