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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 »

Supreme Court to Judge Smog Rule

June 25, 2013June 27, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Not all of today’s big policy news comes out of President Obama’s climate speech. The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to consider the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, a major plank of Obama’s first-term environmental policy, which has been in limbo since an appeals court ruled it invalid last August, following a ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Drops Study, Groups Sue Over Smog

June 21, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA yesterday dropped plans to further study the effect of natural gas drilling on a Wyoming aquifer. A draft agency report in late 2011 found that hydraulic fracturing fluid had likely contaminated groundwater, a finding that prompted an industry backlash. Following several delays, the EPA now says it will ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: US Sues Exxon, Smog Rules ‘Could Cost $1 Trillion’

June 14, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed a lawsuit Thursday against Exxon Mobil over the 5,000-barrel Pegasus pipeline spill in Mayflower, Arkansas. The two parties are seeking civil penalties, and the state is also seeking a judgment on Exxon’s liability for damages. The March spill contaminated 22 homes, ... Read more »

Factories Shuttered Due to Smog in Beijing

January 30, 2013January 30, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Heavy smog enshrouded eastern China for the second time this month, pushing the air quality index to severe levels and prompting Beijing officials to temporarily shut down factories. Beijing’s city government ordered 103 heavily polluting factories to suspend production through Thursday, reported the Associated Press. Officials also told government departments ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Gross Negligence Alleged, Democratic Platform, Petroleum Loan

September 5, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Justice Department has outlined in new court papers examples of gross negligence and willful misconduct on the part of BP for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf. Gross negligence is the most prominent issue in the filing, with the case scheduled for trial in New Orleans in January 2013. ... Read more »

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