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Pollution is harmful contamination of the environment. Here are up-to-date articles on pollution and efforts to reduce pollution. We also include information on environmental enforcement against polluters by governmental bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and regulation to control pollution.
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: NRC Approves Reactor, China Air Pollution Standards, NZ Bans UN Offsets
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission unanimously approved a new nuclear reactor design, the Westinghouse AP1000, to be used at two American utilities projects in South ...
EU Aviation Directive Challenge Quashed
United/Continental Airlines and American Airlines have failed in an attempt to block a European Union law charging airlines flying to the continent for their carbon ...
EPA Issues Power Plant Mercury Rules
The EPA has issued requirements to control mercury and other toxic air emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants - what it calls the largest ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU ETS, Keystone XL, China Seeks Environmental Investment, MATS
European Union lawmakers backed a proposal to allow the EU Commission to support low carbon investments by withholding 1.4 billion permits from the third phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The vote is the ...
EPA Approves Three Alternative Refrigerants to Replace HFCs
Prodded by companies as diverse as Ben and Jerry’s, General Electric, A.S. Trust & Holdings, and True Manufacturing, the EPA has approved three alternative ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Drops Kyoto Protocol, Keystone Pipeline, Gulf Lease Sale, MATS
Canada is evoking its legal right to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, indicating that penalties as high as $14 billion for its failure to meet emissions ...
Texas Children’s Hospital Installs Aircuity’s OptiNet
Texas Children's Hospital has installed Aircuity's ventilation efficiency system OptiNet in its Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute building.
The installation helped the building achieve silver-level ...
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 ...
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy IG Report, Keystone XL Reroute, Pickens Plan
The criticism is coming from all corners for the Energy Department. The department's inspector general issued a report on Tuesday recommending that the department rein in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: ANWR Drilling Push, Canada Reacts, EV Fire Probe
A jobs-related proposal from House Republicans to support new infrastructure spending is dominating by a plan to massively expand offshore oil and gas leasing and open ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, The New York ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New Source CO2 Standards, Gulf Drilling, Romney Energy Plan
The EPA said Tuesday that it will write carbon dioxide emissions standards for new power plants for the first time, The Los Angeles Times reported. ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Senate Saves EPA Rules, BP Fines, Rat Bait Cancellation
Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican-sponsored jobs package that included a provision to block EPA rules that will scale back toxic emissions from industrial ...
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, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Airline Emissions Squabble, Wind Sector Grows, Air Toxics Rule
The House of Representatives has voted to shield U.S. passenger and cargo airlines from a European Union law that would make global carriers pay for their ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule
A United Nations committee has completed the draft design of a Green Climate Fund that would send $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist developing ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Conflict, Wisconsin Wind Rules, Coal Ash Pushback
The State Department allowed a company with close financial ties to TransCanada to perform a crucial environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, ...
