Mining
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: LA Feed-in-Tariff, Solyndra Review, Coal Mining, EU ETS, Offshore Wind Lawsuit
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
Los Angeles City Council approved a measure ...
Coal Power Plants to Increase Capacity, GBI Says
The consumption of coal in North America is expected to grow to 940.4 million metric tons (MMt) over the next eight years, as a result ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting Law
Entergy, the owner of Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, N.Y., has agreed with the New York State DEC to pay a $1.2 million penalty ...
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 ...
The Quiet Clean-Mining Revolution
Few industries have such a black eye, literally and metaphorically, as mining.
After centuries of environmental effects ranging from toxic emissions ...
Molycorp Plans Near-Zero-Wastewater Facility
California-based rare earth mining company Molycorp says its Project Phoenix facility in Mountain Pass, Calif., will have near-zero wastewater discharge.
The $895 million project, which begins ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, EU ETS, MATS, MACT, 2012 CGP
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, an effort to reduce black carbon, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bank of England Considers Carbon Bubble, Diesel Health Study Delayed
The governor of the Bank of England has acknowledged that there is a need for evaluation of the financial system's exposure to high carbon and ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Manufacturing Tax Credit, Natural Gas Drilling, Ener1 Chapter 11, Tier 3 Emissions
The White House has released more details about the manufacturing efficiency incentives that President Obama announced in his State of ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: IgCC Guide, Builders Challenge, SITES, ZHome, Responsible Jewellery Council
The International Code Council and Delmar have released a support publication for the construction industry referencing the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The ...
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Arctic Drilling, Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale, Coal Mines Cleanup
TransCanada Corp said it would undertake a $600 million expansion and extension of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move designed to show its commitment ...
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 ...
JPMorgan, Citi, BofA Slammed Over Coal Investment
JP Morgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America have been branded the worst three "climate killers" in the financial sector over their large-scale investments ...
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 ...
Tiffany Details Diamond, Metals Purchasing
Tiffany & Co. last year bought over 80 percent of its serialized diamonds either directly from a mine, or from a supplier that only ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy Department Probe, Arizona Copper Mining, Cape Wind Setback
President Obama has promised House Republicans investigating the government's aid to to the now-bankrupt solar firm Solyndra that a former business executive will lead an independent ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Zones, Ozone Hearing, Carbon Tax
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (pictured left) on Thursday announced a revised plan to establish solar energy zones in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, ...
Adapting NASA Technologies to Environmental and Energy Applications
An often-cited example of how public spending for scientific research can yield commercial dividends is the NASA moon landing mission. The forerunners ...
Luminant to Sue EPA Over Cross-Border Pollution Rule
Luminant – Texas’s largest power generator - has announced the shuttering of facilities across the state, and launched a legal challenge against the regulations it blames ...
