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Energy & Environment Monitor |
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 04:08 |
- EPA Launches Comprehensive New Internet Tool That Gives Public “Quick and Easy Access” To Vast Nationwide Water Discharge Data
On January 26, 2012, EPA unveiled a new internet database, called the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool, which for the first time in history makes available to the public detailed information about water discharges from facilities across the...
- Climate Change Headlines:
01/25/12: U.Va. professor throws cold water on global warming The Virginian-Pilot http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/uva-professor-throws-cold-water-global-warming 01/25/12: Weird winter weather explained Daily Illini http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2012/01/global_warming 01/26/12: Presentation by global warming skeptics draws big crowd in Portland OregonLive.com http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/01/presentation_by_global_warming.html 01/26/12: Democratic lawmaker likens GOP to terrorists...
- Court Denies Motion to Supplement Complaint With Hendryx Studies
On January 23, 2012, a federal judge denied a motion by anti-mining groups to add a NEPA-based health effects claim to a pending challenge to a “fill” permit issued by the Corps of Engineers. In Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, et...
- USEPA’s MACT and CSAPR Rules are Flawed
On January 24, 2012, Gene Trisko, the General Counsel to Unions for Jobs and The Environment, made a presentation to the UJAE Board of Directors, which analyzed the basis and effect of USEPA’s final utility MACT and CSAPR rules. UJAE...
- EPA Announces Timing for Draft EGU GHG Permit Rule
EPA Assistant Administrator for Air Gina McCarthy, speaking at a briefing on January 19, 2011, hosted by ICF International, announced that EPA is nearing completion of a draft Greenhouse Gas permitting rule for new, modified, or reconstructed power plants. She...
- Environmental Groups Notify EPA of Planned Coal Ash Suit
On January 18, 2012, Earthjustice notified the EPA of its intent to sue the agency over an alleged failure to properly regulate coal ash under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). Earthjustice sent the notice on behalf of eleven...
- Sierra Club Seeks to Impose Conductivity and Sulfate Limits on Discharges from Kentucky Mines
The Sierra Club and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth have appealed an NPDES permit issued to a coal operator in Kentucky which could have industry-wide implications in that State. The appeal raises two issues that should concern everyone in the coal...
- USEPA Releases Formerly Confidential Business Information under TSCA
In September 2009, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced changes to EPA’s chemical management program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). As part of these changes, EPA has both increased public access to chemical information submitted by companies to...
- Essroc Cement Company to Pay .7 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations
On December 29, 2011, the U.S. EPA and U.S. DOJ announced that Essroc Cement Company has agreed to pay a .7 million penalty and invest approximately million in pollution control technology to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air...
- West Virginia’s Agriculture Commissioner Criticizes EPA Enforcement Actions Against Poultry Farms
The Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (“TMDL”) is tasked with reducing pollution (specifically nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment) in the Bay’s 64,000 square mile watershed. EPA has described the project as the largest and most complex TMDL ever attempted. Last...
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