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/2012/04/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-la-feed-in-tariff-solyndra-review-coal-mining-eu-ets-offshore-wind-lawsuit/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-la-feed-in-tariff-solyndra-review-coal-mining-eu-ets-offshore-wind-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:40:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73688 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 to allow the Department of Water and Power (DWP) to move forward with a feed-in tariff initiative. The Clean LA Solar program will allow property owners to sell solar [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/policy-enforcement-briefing-la-feed-in-tariff-solyndra-review-coal-mining-eu-ets-offshore-wind-lawsuit/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/coal-power-plants-to-increase-capacity-emissions-natural-gas-nuclear-power-safety-influence-industry-too-gbi-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/coal-power-plants-to-increase-capacity-emissions-natural-gas-nuclear-power-safety-influence-industry-too-gbi-says/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:10:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73273 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 of increased demand from several planned U.S. power plants due for completion by 2015, with a combined capacity addition of 11.5 GW, according to a report from GBI Research. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/coal-power-plants-to-increase-capacity-emissions-natural-gas-nuclear-power-safety-influence-industry-too-gbi-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-indian-point-epa-overruled-on-coal-uk-delays-ghg-reporting-law/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-indian-point-epa-overruled-on-coal-uk-delays-ghg-reporting-law/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:40:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72958 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 for a transformer explosion at its Unit 2 reactor that spilled oil into the Hudson River in November 2010. The penalty comes as the state agency and Entergy negotiate whether [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-indian-point-epa-overruled-on-coal-uk-delays-ghg-reporting-law/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-gao-slams-doe-rare-earth-trade-case-eu-aviation-farming-forestry-co2/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-gao-slams-doe-rare-earth-trade-case-eu-aviation-farming-forestry-co2/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:12:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71811 A Government Accountability Office report says that the Department of Energy responded slowly with documentation of its loan guarantee program, indicating an overall flaw in the DOE’s system of documenting and tracking loan guarantee applications. The report then questions the DOE’s ability to conduct timely oversight of federal investments in green-energy projects, The Hill said. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-gao-slams-doe-rare-earth-trade-case-eu-aviation-farming-forestry-co2/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/the-quiet-clean-mining-revolution/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/the-quiet-clean-mining-revolution/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:25:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70407 Few industries have such a black eye, literally and metaphorically, as mining. After centuries of environmental effects ranging from toxic emissions to unsightly tailings ponds, acid mine drainage, massive energy consumption and other impacts, mining is slowly cleaning up its act. Why? Mostly because new clean technologies are increasing industrial efficiencies. They’re lowering mining companies’ [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/the-quiet-clean-mining-revolution/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/molycorp-plans-near-zero-wastewater-facility/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/molycorp-plans-near-zero-wastewater-facility/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:29:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70332 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 sequential start-up this week, will mine for the minerals bastnasite and monazite, and will use acids and bases – mostly hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide – to separate out [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/molycorp-plans-near-zero-wastewater-facility/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/policy-enforcement-briefing-short-lived-climate-pollutants-mats-mact-smart-energy-act/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/policy-enforcement-briefing-short-lived-climate-pollutants-mats-mact-smart-energy-act/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:08:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70186 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, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and methane. The new coalition is the first effort to treat the pollutants together and work on national action plans and policy priorities as a collective challenge. Founding [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/policy-enforcement-briefing-short-lived-climate-pollutants-mats-mact-smart-energy-act/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69619 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 environmentally unsustainable investments, and the bank is willing to consider the levels of fossil fuel exposure as a potential risk to financial stability, The Guardian reports. The discussion stems from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/policy-enforcement-briefing-bank-of-england-considers-carbon-bubble-diesel-health-study-delayed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-manufacturing-tax-credit-natural-gas-drilling-ener1-chapter-11-tier-3-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-manufacturing-tax-credit-natural-gas-drilling-ener1-chapter-11-tier-3-emissions/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:25:25 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69028 The White House has released more details about the manufacturing efficiency incentives that President Obama announced in his State of the Union address Thursday. The proposed $5 billion in incentives aren’t new, but – if passed by Congress – are an extension to the Recovery Act’s Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit awarding a 30 percent rebate on qualified [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-manufacturing-tax-credit-natural-gas-drilling-ener1-chapter-11-tier-3-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:41:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68972 The International Code Council and Delmar have released a support publication for the construction industry referencing the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The guide, Green Building: A Professional’s Guide to Concepts, Codes and Innovation, includes coverage of green building design, rating systems, standards, and the regulatory process for residential and commercial construction; an explanation [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/standards-compliance-briefing-igcc-code-guide-builders-challenge-version-2-sites-zhome-responsible-jewellery-council/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-moratorium-on-uranium-mining-cdc-on-fracking-csapr-lake-tahoe-restoration/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-moratorium-on-uranium-mining-cdc-on-fracking-csapr-lake-tahoe-restoration/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:20:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67991 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 Grand Canyon. The decision is expected to allow existing uranium and other mining operations in the region to continue, but block new claims, the New York Times said. The announcement [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-moratorium-on-uranium-mining-cdc-on-fracking-csapr-lake-tahoe-restoration/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-keystone-xl-arctic-drilling-gulf-of-mexico-lease-sale-coal-mines-clean-up/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-keystone-xl-arctic-drilling-gulf-of-mexico-lease-sale-coal-mines-clean-up/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:11:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66972 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 to the project despite delays. The plan would increase output capacity for the oil sands crude to 830,000 barrels a day from 700,000, Reuters reports. Companies interested in drilling in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-keystone-xl-arctic-drilling-gulf-of-mexico-lease-sale-coal-mines-clean-up/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-navy-purchases-biofuel-gulf-coast-task-force/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-navy-purchases-biofuel-gulf-coast-task-force/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:55:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66340 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 want to put off a commitment on binding cuts until 2015 – until after the publication of additional scientific review on the effects of climate change and a chance [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/07/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-navy-purchases-biofuel-gulf-coast-task-force/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/jpmorgan-citi-top-banks-slammed-over-coal-investment/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/jpmorgan-citi-top-banks-slammed-over-coal-investment/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:12:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66043 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 in coal industries, in a report by German green group Urgewald, South African organizations GroundWork and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and international financial sector monitor BankTrack. Figures in Bankrolling Climate Change show that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/jpmorgan-citi-top-banks-slammed-over-coal-investment/feed/ 6 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-climate-pact-setback-california-tailpipe-rules-biofuel-support/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-climate-pact-setback-california-tailpipe-rules-biofuel-support/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:59:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65551 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 Durban, South Africa, The Guardian reported. Government officials from the United Kingdom, European Union, Japan and the United States said any global climate agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/21/policy-enforcement-briefing-climate-pact-setback-california-tailpipe-rules-biofuel-support/feed/ 0