California Energy Commission chair Robert Weisenmiller said the state may allow owners to delay retiring some gas-fired generators that faced closure under rules restricting once-through cooling from ocean water. State regulators are re-examining the timelines because of the loss of 2 GW of power from the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant, Reuters reports.
The Sierra Club, Earthworks and Citizens for a Healthy Fort Collins filed a motion to intervene in the Colorado Oil and Gas Association’s lawsuit against the city of Fort Collins. The association is trying to overturn a five-year fracking ban that the city passed through a ballot measure in November.
Noble Energy, Anadarko and Encana are supporting tighter Colorado regulations designed to cut pollution from wells, pipelines and processing plants, the Denver Business Journal reports.
Canadian mining company Infinito Gold has filed a request for arbitration with a World Bank court in its dispute with the Costa Rica government over the Las Crucitas mining concession, which the government revoked in 2010 over environmental and legal concerns, the Tico Times reports.
The UK government announced that its Code of Practice for Material Recycling Facilities in England and Wales will come into effect in October. The code will require quality testing for facilities that process over 1000 metric tons of materials a year, Waste Management World reports.
Three companies that operate four seafood processing vessels in federal waters off the coast of Alaska have settled violations of Clean Water Act permits, relating to the discharge of pollutants from seafood waste, the EPA says. Golden Fleece will pay a fine of over $136,000, Blue North Fisheries will pay $94,500, and The Fishing Company of Alaska will pay $44,000.
