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.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: State of the Union, ETS Waivers, Tidal Permit, Cal ISO Plan
Manufacturers should get incentives to make energy-efficiency improvements to their plants, President Obama said in last night's State of the Union address. He called ...
Contraband Hospital Waste Returns to US
Brazil has sent 46.6 tons of contraband waste from American hospitals back to the U.S., Fox News reports.
Customs agents intercepted the container of waste ...
CO2 to Stay Below 2005 Levels, U.S. to Wean Itself from Foreign Oil, EIA Predicts
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will remain below 2005 levels through 2035 as increased oil, natural gas and renewable energy production reduces U.S. reliance on ...
Policy & Enforcement: Deepwater Horizon, Wind Tower Anti-Dumping Claim, Rio+20, Thai Flood Plan
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. District Judge to declare BP, Anadarko and Transocean, as Deepwater Horizon owners and operators of vessels or ...
APP Commits to 18% Cut in Energy, Water by 2015
A group of 77 paper businesses including Asia Pulp & Paper have signed an initiative committing themselves to energy-saving and emission-reduction targets set by the ...
Policy & Enforcement: EU 2020 Targets, Japan Nuclear Safety, Light-Duty Vehicle Emissions
A European Commission analysis said that raising the EU's 2020 emission reduction target to 30 percent may be less costly than previously reported. The cost ...
EU Passes WEEE Recast, Requires Up to 85% E-Waste Recycling
The European Parliament has passed more stringent targets under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, requiring member states to collect 65 to ...
Higher Gas Prices: Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Could be to Blame
The expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen.
Earlier ...
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 ...
