National Association of Manufacturers Archives - Page 5 of 5

Has Ozone Found its Goldilocks Zone?

July 24, 2013July 24, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

A federal court yesterday rejected arguments that the current primary standard for ozone is either too weak or too strong, in a defeat for both environmental groups and business interests – but said the EPA would have to reconsider the secondary standard for the pollutant. Primary standards are designed to ... Read more »

Groups Urge White House, Congress to Pass Energy Efficiency Law

May 22, 2013May 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Five pressure groups have written joint letters to the president and leaders on Capitol Hill demanding the federal government pass energy efficiency legislation currently working its way through Congress. The Alliance to Save Energy, the Bipartisan Policy Center, Business Roundtable, the National Association of Manufacturers and the US Chamber of ... Read more »

DOE Approves Natural Gas Export Facility

May 20, 2013May 20, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mitsui and Mitsubishi of Japan, and GDF Suez of France have invested in a US liquefied natural gas (LNG) project following the Energy Department’s Friday decision to end a freeze on natural gas exports and conditionally approve a Texas LNG project. The decision allows the Freeport LNG Terminal (pictured) on ... Read more »

EPA Won’t Regulate Coal Mine Emissions

May 8, 2013May 8, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA will not set methane emissions rules for coal mines, according to a document published in the Federal Register today. EarthJustice had petitioned the EPA to add coal mines to the Clean Air Act list of stationary sources and use the law to regulate their greenhouse gas emissions, similar ... Read more »

BASF, DuPont, Other Chemical Manufacturers Pledge Product Safety

May 7, 2013May 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BASF, Dow, DuPont, Honeywell and the rest of the American Chemistry Council’s member companies have pledged to implement 11 industry best practices to evaluate and improve their product safety performance. The pledge is part of the ACC’s new Responsible Care Product Safety Code that it says goes beyond regulatory requirements ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Soot Suit, Water Project Act, Nuclear Approval

March 20, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The National Association of Manufacturers has filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals challenging EPA rules, issued in December, that would lower the annual soot exposure standard from 15 to 12 micrograms per cubic meter, the Hill reports. NAM called the regulations economically burdensome, and the association was ... Read more »

Manufacturers ‘Freaked Out’ about Climate Guidelines

March 18, 2013March 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Manufacturers are “very freaked out” by new climate change standards that President Obama will reportedly issue in the coming weeks, Bloomberg reports. According to the news agency, Obama will set guidelines that requires all federal agencies to consider the effects of major projects on air, water and soil pollution. Lobbyists ... Read more »

Court Overturns Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

August 22, 2012August 23, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has overturned an air pollution rule intended to reduce the amount of coal plant emissions that cross state lines, in a decision analysts say could set the regulations back by several years. In a 2-1 decision, the court struck down the ... Read more »

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