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EPA to Finalize Power Plant Mercury Rules This Week

December 19, 2011December 19, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA finished writing mercury-control rules for utilities on Friday, according to the Washington Post. Several sources told the paper that the White House and EPA have wrapped up last-minute talks on the rules, which the agency is planning to announce this week. Friday was the deadline for the EPA ... Read more »

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Mercury, Renewable Fuels, MACT Boiler Rules

June 22, 2011June 4, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA is making yet another extension to a public comment period, this time on proposed mercury and air toxics standards for coal plants. But the agency said the 30 day extension to the timeline for public input will not delay the issuing of final standards, scheduled for November. Last month ... Read more »

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Light Bulbs, Mercury, BPA, Tidal Power

June 20, 2011June 4, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Presidential candidate and member of congress Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has hit out at a federal law that requires light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient starting next year. “President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want,” Bachmann said at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in ... Read more »

EPA Admits Mercury Math Error

May 20, 2011June 14, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The Environmental Protection Agency has admitted that its newly proposed limits on mercury from power plants are based in part on mathematical errors, the New York Times reports. In a letter to industry lawyers yesterday, EPA assistant administrator for air and radiation Gina McCarthy said the agency made a mistake ... Read more »

Alcoa Meets Carbon Goal 10 Years Early

May 13, 2011May 13, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Alcoa has beaten its carbon reduction goal a decade early, according to the company’s 2010 sustainability report. Last year the company cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 22 percent below 2005 levels, exceeding a 2020 goal of a 20 percent reduction. Alcoa lowered its 2010 carbon intensity to seven percent ... Read more »

Lighting Roundup: Lumiette, Cree; Firms Fail to Recycle CFLs

April 18, 2011April 18, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Here’s a roundup of the latest news in energy-efficient lighting. Only a third of businesses and just two percent of individuals recycle their compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs, according to the Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers. Sustainable Business reports that as a result, CFLs are contributing to the release of ... Read more »

EPA Announces Power Plant Mercury Standards

March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 by Leon Walker

National standards on power plants’ emissions of mercury, arsenic and several other toxic air pollutants were announced yesterday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These proposed standards would require many power plants to install widely available pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases. ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: GM Settlement; Happy Groundwater Investigation; Boise Chemical Fire

October 26, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news: DOJ and 14 States Reach $641 Million Settlement for Former GM Facilities Remediation The U.S. Dept. of Justice and Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment announced Thursday that they have entered into a bankruptcy settlement agreement with Motors Liquidation Company ... Read more »

Investors Urge EPA to Adopt Coal Ash Regulations

September 16, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

A coalition of investors today urged the Obama administration to tightly regulate toxic coal waste in order to mitigate financial risk in the event of another coal-ash disaster like the one experienced in 2008 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Solve Climate reports. Instead of the current “patchwork of weak ... Read more »

EPA Sets Limits to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Cement Plants

August 10, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday issued final rules it says will protect Americans’ health by cutting emissions of mercury, particle pollution and other harmful pollutants from cement manufacturing, the third-largest source of mercury air emissions in the U.S. EPA says the rules will save lives but that ... Read more »

TransAlta Agrees to Cut Emissions at Coal-Fired Power Plant in Washington State

June 24, 2010 by Gina Roos

TransAlta has signed an agreement (PDF) with the state of Washington’s Department of Ecology to cut mercury and visibility-limiting emissions from the state’s only coal-fired power plant, reports Renewablesbiz.com. The Canadian utility pledged to reduce up to 20 percent of nitrogen-oxide emissions and up to 50 percent of its mercury emissions. ... Read more »

Ford Drives Dealers Toward Energy Efficiency

February 13, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Ford is kicking off a voluntary sustainability initiative for its Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers by appealing to them to reduce emissions and improve energy-efficiency at their facilities. Ford plans to test for best practices at three dealerships in diverse climates, as part of what it is calling the “Go ... Read more »

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