Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Archives - Page 3 of 3

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Gas Tax, EPA Lawsuits, California Recycling Law

October 12, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

China will impose a nationwide value-based sales tax on oil and natural gas beginning next month, Bloomberg reported. The country’s Ministry of Finance said the natural resources tax will be 5 to 10 percent of sales and will be assessed on both domestic producers and joint ventures with overseas companies. ... Read more »

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

October 5, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

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 »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solyndra Threat, Smog Rule Battle, Johnson Controls Plant Shut Down

September 19, 2011June 5, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Solyndra controversy is starting to pose a serious threat to future investments in renewable energy, the Hill reports. Congressional Republicans are planning a huge political fight over the failed, stimulus-funded$535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar company (pictured during an Obama visit in 2010) and the issue could ... Read more »

Luminant to Sue EPA Over Cross-Border Pollution Rule

September 13, 2011September 13, 2011 by Leon Walker

Luminant – Texas’s largest power generator – has announced the shuttering of facilities across the state, and launched a legal challenge against the regulations it blames for the closures: the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The rule, which the EPA released on July 7, requires Texas power generators to make ... Read more »

Compliance & Standards Briefing: Ultra-Low Sulfur Coal, Water and LEED, PV and WEEE

August 9, 2011 by Environmental Leader

Ameren Missouri, an electric and gas provider, said that it will comply with the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule by entering into a long-term contract with Peabody Energy for the purchase of 91 million tons of ultra-low sulfur coal through 2017. Warner Baxter, company president and CEO, said this strategy will ... Read more »

EPA to Limit Drifting Smog

July 7, 2011July 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized widely anticipated Clean Air Act regulations on pollution that crosses state lines. In an announcement shortly before noon Eastern, the EPA said the Clean Air Transport Rule will cut hundreds of thousands of tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions that ... Read more »

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