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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Another EPA Rule Eased, Veto Threat, PA Shale Fees

The EPA will ease emissions restrictions on 27 states in its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, the latest retreat for the agency under fire from industry and congressional Republicans, The Wall Street Journal reported.  The agency will propose a “technical adjustment” to the final rule, which will take effect in January, ... Read more »

Water Briefing: WeatherTrak, PPG, Converted Organics, Ridgeline

The Dorchester condominium association in Palm Beach, Fla. saved 1.1 million gallons of water after implementing the WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management platform earlier this year, according to the manufacturer, HydroPoint. The Dorchester found cash savings on its first water bill after installing a single WeatherTRAK smart irrigation controller in January ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: TRAIN Act, Pa. Shale Ruling, Ethanol Cutbacks

The House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation that would establish an interagency committee to weigh the economic costs of any new EPA rules, and also delay for several years two EPA regulations on power plants that would limit mercury emissions and cross state pollution from ozone and particulate pollution, ... Read more »

Renewables to Grow Fastest in Next 25 Years – But Carbon Keeps Soaring

Renewable power will be the fastest-growing energy source over the next 25 years, but fossil fuels will remain the dominant energy source as carbon emissions rise by 43 percent, according to the reference case of the Energy Information Administration’s annual global projections. The International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) reference case, ... Read more »

Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Regulation Repeals, Exxon in the Arctic, Wind Energy

The leadership of the GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives told its membership that it will seek to repeal or delay numerous of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “job-killing” regulations and proposed rules, The Hill reported.  Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is targeting national smog standards, the EPA’s proposals to ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Raw Material Reporting, XL Go-Ahead, ConocoPhillips Sued

The EPA on Thursday said it would delay reporting rules that will require manufacturers and power plants to submit information on the raw materials they use that lead to greenhouse-gas emissions, Bloomberg reported. The rule was to take effect this year, but has been pushed back until March 31, 2013. ... Read more »

R&D Briefing: GE, New Energy Technologies and Aquatech

GE has launched its 1-megawatt Waukesha APG1000 gas engine (pictured), which can utilize a broader variety of biogases, including those from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agricultural waste. The Waukesha unit’s expanded biogas capabilities are the result of an 18-month redesign and testing initiative that includes modifications to the combustion chamber; ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA Review

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a final version of its regulatory review plan on Tuesday to comply with President Barack Obama’s order that agency rules not overly burden business, The Hill reported. The EPA said it will review 35 regulations under the final plan with an eye toward “modifying, ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Renewable Auctions, Oil Sands Protests, Canada Coal Rules

The California Public Utilities Commission has given unanimous approval to the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM), a program under which developers will bid on the lowest levelized cost of energy (LCOE) that they can afford, Greentech Media reports.. The program is designed to support small to mid-sized renewable energy development and ... Read more »

Compliance & Standards Briefing: UN Insurance Principles, WEEE, Tesco Fuel

The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative held its fourth of seven meetings last week in Auckland in an effort to develop sustainability principles for the insurance industry. The final principles, which are scheduled for launch in June 2012, are expected to serve as the global framework for insurance companies ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: DuPont Order, E-Waste Ban Expanded, Fracking Report Issued

The Energy Department’s natural gas advisory subcommittee has released its report on hydrofracking, saying that the industry might win public trust by overhauling water management, updating rules that protect water sources, releasing more information on the impacts of the process, and measuring methane from shale gas operations before and during ... Read more »


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