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/2012/05/21/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/2012/05/14/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/2012/05/11/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/2012/05/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-australia-carbon-tax-japan-nuclear-more-fracking-rules/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-australia-carbon-tax-japan-nuclear-more-fracking-rules/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75874 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 companies facing a carbon tax included 248 names, much lower than the expected total of 500. Those on the list – primarily power generators, mining companies and heavy industry firms – will [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-australia-carbon-tax-japan-nuclear-more-fracking-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-clean-energy-ministerial-nyc-zoning-eu-ets-feed-in-tariffs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-clean-energy-ministerial-nyc-zoning-eu-ets-feed-in-tariffs/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:42:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75361 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial and the UN Sustainable Energy for All program have outlined a set of commitments for participating countries and the private sector to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, and increased global [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/policy-enforcement-briefing-clean-energy-ministerial-nyc-zoning-eu-ets-feed-in-tariffs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-chevron-mexico-low-carbon-bill-chemical-safety-board-oil-market-speculation/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-chevron-mexico-low-carbon-bill-chemical-safety-board-oil-market-speculation/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:04:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74845 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The new Brazilian prosecutor of the case against Chevron Corp and drilling firm Transocean, Celso de Albuquerque Silva, is seeking a suspension of the companies’ operations. Though a similar request in the court was already rejected, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-chevron-mexico-low-carbon-bill-chemical-safety-board-oil-market-speculation/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/policy-enforcement-briefing-fracking-controls-china-aviation-plan-cvs-settlement/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/policy-enforcement-briefing-fracking-controls-china-aviation-plan-cvs-settlement/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:01:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74750 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The Obama administration has set national standards to control air pollution from gas wells drilled using hydraulic fracturing, but with a delayed implementation to appease the oil and gas industry. The rule will require companies to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/policy-enforcement-briefing-fracking-controls-china-aviation-plan-cvs-settlement/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-canada-vehicle-emissions-natural-gas-tsca-petroleum-reserve/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-canada-vehicle-emissions-natural-gas-tsca-petroleum-reserve/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74296 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. Canada issued greenhouse gas emissions rules that aim to make heavy trucks and buses up to 23 percent less polluting by 2018. The rules will take effect on the 2014 model year for vehicles including full-size [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-canada-vehicle-emissions-natural-gas-tsca-petroleum-reserve/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-aviation-law-carbon-permits-ghg-targets-gulf-sheen/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-aviation-law-carbon-permits-ghg-targets-gulf-sheen/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:10:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74180 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. India’s environment minister called the EU aviation law on carbon emissions a deal-breaker for global climate talks. and joined China in barring its carriers from participation. The European Commission president hinted that the EU could to drop [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-aviation-law-carbon-permits-ghg-targets-gulf-sheen/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-biofuels-herbicide-ruling-ma-energy-bill/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-biofuels-herbicide-ruling-ma-energy-bill/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:49:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74004 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes eight items. Six biofuel trade associations filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Appeals to intervene in support of the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) 2012 final rule, which is under challenge by the American Petroleum [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-biofuels-herbicide-ruling-ma-energy-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-calif-chemicals-refinery-agreement-loan-program-revived/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-calif-chemicals-refinery-agreement-loan-program-revived/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:19:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73779 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) will imminently release its formal draft of the Safer Consumer Products regulations, part of the state’s green chemistry program, attorneys at law firm Alston & Bird predicted. By fall [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-calif-chemicals-refinery-agreement-loan-program-revived/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/epa-proposes-carbon-regulations-for-new-power-plants/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/epa-proposes-carbon-regulations-for-new-power-plants/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:15:35 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72953 The EPA has released its first proposed Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants. Under the Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants, new fossil-fuel-fired power plants must emit no more than 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour. The proposed rule does not apply to existing units already operating, or units [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/epa-proposes-carbon-regulations-for-new-power-plants/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/supreme-court-rules-epa-clean-water-act-admin-orders-subject-to-jurisdictional-pre-enforcement-review/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/supreme-court-rules-epa-clean-water-act-admin-orders-subject-to-jurisdictional-pre-enforcement-review/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:25:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72656 On March 21, 2012, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a US Environmental Protection Agency administrative order issued under the Clean Water Act is a final agency action for which there is no adequate remedy other than judicial review, and therefore such orders are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedures Act [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/supreme-court-rules-epa-clean-water-act-admin-orders-subject-to-jurisdictional-pre-enforcement-review/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:28:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72675 Energy analysts say that the risk of the aviation sector exiting the EU cap-and-trade scheme is being priced into the market, and the impact could affect carbon prices by 2 euros or more. The carbon market is already oversupplied with hundreds of millions of permits and hindered by lower demand. Benchmark EU carbon prices have [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/feed/ 0