Republicans to question EPA official on air-toxics rule for power plants
House Republicans will bring the Environmental Protection Agency’s No. 2 official before a committee today to question him on the economic impacts of a proposed air-toxics rule for power plants. The hearing comes as a coalition of states, including Texas, and utilities ask a federal court to delay the final rule’s issuance until late in 2012. More »
Environmental, health groups push for tighter car emission standards
Environmental and health groups pushed the Environmental Protection Agency to move forward with a rule expected later this year to tighten vehicle tailpipe standards for smog-forming emissions. The groups claim the proposal would add less than 1 cent to the per-gallon price of gasoline. More »
Democrats want hearing on study affirming global warming is real
Top Democrats requested a hearing on a study that was fronted by climate skeptic Richard Muller but still found that the Earth has been warming. More »
Texas takes its case against revised EPA rule to the agency
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed revisions to its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule don’t satisfy Texas’ concerns about whether the state and its utilities can comply, a top state official told the agency today in Washington. More »
Environmentalists seek probe of feds’ Keystone XL review
Environmentalists today are imploring federal investigators to probe State Department officials’ connections to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to Gulf Coast refineries. More »
Has `clean tech’ been eclipsed by fossil fuel innovation?
The greatest advance in energy technology has actually been hydraulic fracturing, which has completely changed the domestic energy picture in the past five years. By making fossil fuels more affordable, fracking has made clean tech riskier than ever. More »
Exelon says EPA should finalize cross-state, toxics rules, citing costs
Chicago-based Exelon Corp. said Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency should finalize its upcoming Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and a separate power plant toxic emissions rule, saying that option would come at a much lower cost for electric utilities than subsidizing or mandating renewable energy. More »
Oil spill claims czar: Shrimpers’ pain continues
The administrator of the $20 billion fund set up by BP to compensate individuals and businesses hurt by last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Thursday new rules are being formulated to make payouts more generous for hard-hit shrimpers. More »
Electric utilities, state official heading to D.C. to testify on air pollution rule
Susana N. Hildebrand, chief engineer for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, is among those who will speak at a hearing Friday on proposed revisions to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The state of Texas has sued the EPA to block the rule. More »
BP will drill the safest well in the Gulf
It’s official. Today, government regulators approved BP’s plan to drill its first deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico’s since last year’s Macondo disaster, which killed 11 crew members aboard the Deepwater Horizon. The plan allows BP to immediately begin drilling at its Kaskida site, about 190 miles off the Louisiana coast. BP not only [...] More »
Lawmakers push EPA on requiring fracturing fluid disclosure
Top House Democrats on environmental issues are suggesting the Environmental Protection Agency require oil and gas companies to report the ingredients of the fluids they use to hydraulically fracture wells after congressional investigators received inaccurate information on one ingredient. More »
House panel approves bill to require Congress to vote on high-cost regulations
The House Judiciary Committee cleared a bill today that would require Congress to sign off on federal regulations that Republicans say threaten job creation and cost millions to comply with. More »
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