Compliance

The latest environment and energy policy, regulatory, standards, compliance and enforcement news as well as government implementations and proposals.

EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020

March 9, 2007 by Paul Nastu

EU leaders agreed Friday that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources by 2020, AP reports. No enforcement mechanism has been agreed on yet. The deal makes three main promises to be obtained by over the next 13 years...

UK Environmental Secretary Supports Carbon Quotas for Car-Owners

March 8, 2007 by Paul Nastu

The UK's Environment Secretary, David Miliband, is trying to persuade the EU to extend its emissions-trading scheme to the roads, the Epoch Times reports. If successful, car-owners could be given a carbon allowance which they could extend by buying surplus credits from other road-users whose own emissions fall below their allocated quota...

EPA’s Performance Track Adds 55 New Facilities

March 7, 2007 by Paul Nastu

From leading food and beverage companies to a major automobile manufacturer, 55 new facilities have joined the National Environmental Performance Track. The partnership program recognizes facilities that set three-year goals for continuous improvements in environmental performance beyond their...

EPA Cuts Diesel Locomotive and Vessel Pollution

March 2, 2007 by Paul Nastu

EPA is proposing a new rule to reduce air pollution from locomotive and marine diesel engines. The Clean Air Locomotive and Marine Diesel Rule would set stringent emission standards and require the use of advanced technology to reduce emissions. When fully implemented, the initiative would cut particulate matter emissions from these engines by 90 percent and nitrogen oxides emissions by

GAO: Missed Deadlines for Efficiency Standards Will Cost $28 Billion

March 2, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Department of Energy has missed all 34 congressional deadlines for setting energy efficiency standards for the 20 product categories with statutory deadlines that have passed, the U.S. Governemnt Accountability Office reports. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimates that delays in setting standards...

Honda to Spend $165 Million for Greener Facilities

February 28, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

p>Honda will spend $165 million by 2009 to make two of its coating facilities in North America more environmentally friendly...

Five States Create GHG Reduction Initiative

February 28, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

At the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association, the governors of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington signed an agreement to develop a regional target for reducing greenhouse gases within the next six months. During the next 18 months, they will devise a market-based program, such as a load-based cap and trade program to reach the target,

London Plan Would Cut Emissions 60% in 20 Years

February 28, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

London has unveiled a plan to cut carbon emissions by 60 percent within 20 years by reducing demand and waste, Reuters reports. LondonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s 7.5 million people will be urged to turn off televisions and lights, switch to low energy light bulbs, and be offered subsidies to insulate their homes. Businesses and local governments...

DOE Legislation Would Fast Track Energy Efficiency Standards

February 27, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The U.S. Department of Energy has sent legislation to Congress that would significantly speed up the process to establish energy efficiency standards. The proposed legislation requests authority to...

Australia Efficiency Standards will Squeeze Out Incandescent Light Bulbs

February 20, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Australia's environmental minister says the government will use both persuasion and regulation to phase out incandescent light bulbs completely within three years, The New York Times reports. Efficiency standards will be steadily tightened to the point where it will ultimately be impossible to sell ordinary incandescent bulbs that meet them, forcing consumers to purchase compact fluorescent lights...

EU Backs Plan to Cut CO2 Emissions 20% by 2020

February 20, 2007February 20, 2007 by Paul Nastu

European ministers plan to cut overall carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent by 2020, adding that they were ready to go to 30 percent if other industrialized nations matched their efforts, The Globe and Mail reports. EU members still need to agree on what cuts each country must make in order for the EU to reach that goal.

NAM Delivers Energy Strategy

February 19, 2007 by Paul Nastu

The National Association of Manufacturers has unveiled an energy strategy, "Energy Security for American Competitiveness," that the organization says is designed to diversify the nation's energy mix and lay a foundation for meeting the nation's energy needs in the future...

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