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'Convoy' Proposed for Stricter Big Rig Fuel Standards
What's that Rubber Duck? Is CB humor too obscure? Believe it or not, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which do lots of hauling in the U.S., aren't subject to fuel efficiency standards. The Union
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West Virginia Fights for Its Right to Remove Mountaintops
The Obama administration clamped down on mountaintop removal mining some earlier this year -- MRM is after all one of the most environmentally destructive practices out there. The EPA issued stricter rules,
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EPA May Set Up Cap & Trade for Nation's Biggest Polluters
Since proper comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation has crashed and burned, the task of holding the nation's biggest carbon polluters has fallen to the EPA. The EPA will begin regulating
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EPA to Set Even Tougher Fuel Economy Standards for 2017-2025
Photo credit: eutrophication&hypoxia; via Flickr/CC BY But Just How Tough? There's been much speculation about what the EPA's post-2016 fuel economy standards will be when they're announced this week. As of now, thanks to an executive order from the
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EPA Revives Environmental Justice Working Group After Ten Year Hiatus
With little fanfare other than press release a week ago (which I missed and Miller McCune didn't) the Environmental
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The Week in Pictures: Italian Renewable Energy Exec Arrested for Mafia Ties, 90% of Kuwait's Coral Reefs Have Mysteriously Died, and More (Slideshow)
It didn't take long for new developments to surface about the Italian Mafia infiltrating the renewable energy industry: Police officers have arrested a renewable energy exec and seized 1.5 billion euros worth of assets, because of alleged mafia ties.
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More Reaction To The Decision To End The EPA Climate Leaders Program
Last week's announcement that the EPA is bringing its Climate Leaders program to an end shocked many in the greenhouse gas reporting community. The Environmental Director of a Global Technology Company told me that he was "very disappointed that the
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EPA Proposal Addresses Abuse of Chemical Trade Secret Claims
After the Environmental Working Group exposed a study claiming that chemical manufacturers overuse the trade secret protections provided in current law, the EPA is taking action. Proposed changes to the Inventory Update Reporting
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EPA Refutes Challenges to its Ability to Regulate Carbon
A total of 10 petitions, including one from the US Chamber of Commerce, were sent to the EPA challenging its 2009 ruling that it can regulate greenhouse gases as a harmful pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Today, those 10 petitions
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EPA Raises "Major Red Flag" for $7 Billion Tar Sands Pipeline
Well, here's one bit of good news from the US government in an otherwise severely depressing one. It doesn't make up for the fact that Democrats have killed any hope of a climate bill this year, but it does give some semblance
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Urban Sprawl: It's the American Way. For Now.
Sad but true. For decade upon decade, the uS government incentivized the development of urban sprawl -- funding highways and subsidizing suburban homes and so on and so forth. Not exactly a news flash. But yesterday, when I
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Fate of Biggest US Mountaintop Removal Mining Project to be Decided This Year
Mountaintop Removal Mining Site. Photo via the NY Times Future of Mountaintop Removal Mining Hinges on Outcome If any of you are familiar with my past postings on the topic, you'll already be aware of my general attitude towards the practice of
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EPA Launches New Water Conservation Campaign....By Driving a Car Cross-Country?
The EPA is launching a great water consumption awareness campaign called We're For Water. We're definitely excited that the organization is working hard to show Americans how we can curb our water use and conserve resources. Goodness knows we need it,
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EPA Approves First Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine Under More Stringent Guidelines
One more item that probably would've made more headlines had there not been a gigantic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (I know I missed it until now): As Solve Climate reports,
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Seventh Generation CIP Jeffrey Hollender Speaks Out on Chemical Reform
Bills have been introduced in the U.S. House and Senate to reform the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Although it is barely on the radar of most news media and public awareness, this may be bigger than the gulf
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1.1 Million Gallons of Toxic Chemical Dispersants Now in the Gulf
With the gruesome pictures of oil-covered birds and soiled shorelines now rolling in, and the narrative of the spill split between BP's continued inability to get a handle on the flow from the source and the federal government's
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What the Hell is the Murkowski Amendment?
The Murkowski amendment, which is currently heading to the Senate floor for a vote, is around one sentence long. It's simple, and potentially devastating. It's solely stated goal is overturning the endangerment finding filed by the EPA that ruled
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Amish Farming Methods & Manure Runoff Raising EPA's Ire
In many ways the Amish live up their reputation of living greener lives--low-power technology, non-existent consumerism, strong sense of community and DIY ethic--but when it comes to agricultural practices, just
