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.
COP 17 Closing Statement by UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Here's the COP 17 closing statement by UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Wyoming Aquifer, Alaska Energy Authority, EPA Enforcement 2011
Republicans expressed confidence that Congress will reach an agreement that extends the payroll tax cut, now in the Senate. The House bill contains a measure to ...
Case Set to Challenge EPA's GHG Regs
Oral arguments will begin February 28 in a case challenging a "weak link" in the EPA's regulatory process for greenhouse gas emissions, according to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Emissions Rules, Bonneville Power, FDA Plans BPA Decision
California's Air Resources Board proposed new rules to reduce emissions from vehicles, including putting 1.4 million electric, plug-in and hydrogen cars on the state's roads by ...
US, China, India Hold up Durban Climate Talks on Final Day
The U.S., China and India are blocking a plan to create a legally binding global climate treaty as the final day of COP 17 negotiations ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron Fined
Durban: The world's biggest polluters -China, the United States and India - remain firmly against a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions. The nations ...
COP 17 Press Briefing – End of Week One
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres briefs the press on the status of negotiations at the end of the first week of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, SolarWorld, Better Buildings Challenge, Boiler MACT
Durban: U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres remains hopeful that countries can get past the years of gridlock to reach fresh, binding commitments to GHG reductions, Reuters ...
$4bn for Energy Efficiency Announced; Walgreens, Kohl’s, Nissan Commit to Upgrades
3M, Alcoa, GE, Kohl's, Nissan, Supervalu, Walgreens and dozens of other organizations joined President Obama and former president Bill Clinton today in announcing ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17-Durban, EU Aviation Regulation, Boiler MACT, Clean Air Act
Durban: The draft plan for the United Nations Green Climate Fund - a financing system that would deliver $100 billion a year in aid to developing ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Clean Water, Clean Air Act, Cross-State Air Pollution
Federal prosecutors said BP broke pledges to improve operations after Alaska's North Slope pipeline spill five years ago, and are seeking to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: UN Conference, Chevy Volt Fire Risk, Electric Bills to Rise
The United Nations Climate Change Conference kicks off in Durban today, presenting the last chance for countries to come to an agreement on extending the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: More EPA Delays, Solar Trade Dispute, Chevron Fined
The EPA said it will delay proposing the country's first-ever greenhouse gas limits on oil refineries, the latest setback for the agency that has struggled to ...
Analyst: U.S. Tariffs, Solar Price Rises ‘Likely’
As the Chinese solar power industry considers filing a retaliatory trade case against the U.S., IDC research manager in renewable energy Jay Holman said ...
HFC Emissions Threaten Climate, says UN
A study has demonstrated that refurbished refrigeration and air conditioning can produce 93 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than new equipment, as the UN reports that ...
Green Building Brief: Seattle Benchmarking, Kone Elevators, Retrofit Rules
Seattle is moving into the next stage of its Building Energy Benchmarking and Reporting Program, launched in May. The city has ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Coins, Organics Vote, LEED
The U.S. Mint announced that its West Point, N.Y., facility has been accepted in the Energy Department's Superior Energy Performance program, just one of the steps ...
States Abandon Carbon Market
Six U.S. states have abandoned the planned Western Climate Initiative greenhouse gas trading program leaving only California and four Canadian provinces involved in the program's development, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Pact Setback, California Tailpipe Rules, Biofuel Support
The world's richest countries have all but given up on a new climate treaty that would take effect this decade ahead of next month's talks in ...
Put a Price on Industrial Water Use, Report Urges Government
A federal advisory body has recommended that the Canadian government put a price on water used by industry, the Toronto Star reports.
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