Thursday, August 12, 2010

EPA Proposes Clean Air Act Rules on GHG Emissions

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing two rules to ensure that businesses planning to build new, large facilities or m...

CCS Task Force Delivers Recommendations to Obama

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President Obama’s Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), co-chaired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Energy Leaders from 19 Countries To Attend Global Forum

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International Collaboration Tops Agenda The GridWise Alliance , in partnership with the United States Department of Energy, are hosting busi...

Department of Energy Announces FutureGen 2.0

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Department off EnergyAnnounces FutureGen 2.0 Awards $1 Billion in Recovery Act Funding for Carbon Capture and Storage Network in Illinois To...

SACE Lawsuit Against DOE Re Plant Vogtle FOIA

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Plant Vogtle According to a lawsuit filed yesterday by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy ( SACE ), U.S. taxpayers are being denied time...

Constellation Energy Acquiring Boston Generating Gas Fleet

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Constellation Energy Signs Agreement to Acquire the 2,950 MW Boston Generating Gas Fleet in New England Constellation Energy today announced...

DOE Secretary Chu Establishes Energy Advisory Committee

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The Department of Energy announced the members of Secretary Steven Chu's Energy Advisory Board today. According to the DOE press release...

TSCA Inventory Update Reporting Modifications

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EPA has posted a prepublication version of its proposed modifications to the IUR rule on the Agency's Web site. (See the "Announce...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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WE SUPPORT CHARLIE RANGEL

BP Deposits $3 Billion To Start $20 Billion Account

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BP has initiated a $20 billion compensation fund by depositing $3 billion into the account yesterday. The CEO of BP's Gulf Coast Restora...

Plains Pipeline to Spend $41 Million to Prevent Oil Spills

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Across 10,000 Miles of Pipeline The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance) and the Just...
Monday, August 09, 2010

EPA Issues Final Rules on Cement Plant Mercury Emissions

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EPA Sets 1st National Limits to Reduce Mercury & Other Toxic Emissions from Cement Plants The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Cement Industry Concerned About New EPA Standards

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The Portland Cement Association ( PCA ) today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final re...

BP Spill Panel to Host DC Public Hearing

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On Thursday, August 25th, the BP Spill Commission, headed by former EPA Administrator William Reilly and former Sen. Bob Graham, will hold a...
Friday, August 06, 2010

Kalamazoo River Oil Spill

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A broken pipeline oil spill 100 miles west of Detroit in the Kalamazoo River is part of a larger pattern of inadequate government oversight ...

EPA Hearings on Coal Ash

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting five public hearings on the Agency’s June 21, 2010 proposal to regulate the disposal and...
Thursday, August 05, 2010

EPA Collaborative Website & 1-Hour NO2 NAAQS PSD Program

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EPA Launches a Collaborative Web Site for Integrated Environmental Modeling The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new on-l...

Presidential Climate Action Project Releases Recommendations

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The Presidential Climate Action Project ( PCAP ) released a new set of recommendations today that call on President Obama to initiate five a...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

National Clean Energy Summit 3.0

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The National Clean Energy Summit 3.0 (NCES), the third annual summit, is scheduled for September 7th, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Un...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Senate Shelves Energy Bill Until After August Recess

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this afternoon that the Senate will not be voting on energy/oil spill legislation ( Clean Energy...

BP Well Blowout Spewed 200 Million Gallons of Oil Into Gulf

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BP's blown-out Macondo well spewed approximately 5 million barrels, or 210 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico. According to scienti...
Monday, August 02, 2010

Crude Oil Not Listed As Hazardous Under RCRA

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BP's Oil Waste Exempt From Being Listed As 'Hazardous Waste' The 1988 federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) exem...

Names of the 11 Workers Killed on the Deepwater Horizon

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The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana on April 20. Two days later, the rig collapsed. Since then, an estimated 2...

EPA Hearings on Clean Air Transport Rule

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EPA's published the proposed transport rule today and has scheduled three public hearings on the proposed rule to curb interstate transp...

Chinese Consortium To Buy EdF Power Distribution Networks

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EDF took a euro 1.1 billion stock hit over risks related to planned nuclear reactor construction in the United States, which is a key part o...

EPA Says Corexit 9500A Less Toxic Than Originally Thought

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EPA Releases Second Phase of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released pee...

Congressman Edward Markey vs Oil Dispersant Usage

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The Center believes that the oil dispersants used in the Gulf of Mexico was a bad solution to a worse problem. We believe that the Coast Gua...
Friday, July 30, 2010

House Passes CLEAR Act (Gulf Spill/Energy Bill)

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The House of Representatives passed the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010 [CLEAR Act ( H.R. 3534 ) --its Gulf Spi...

Clean Energy, Economy & Security Forum at The White House

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On Wednesday the White House, hosted an energy forum that brought more than 130 stakeholders– civilian and uniformed officials from the Depa...

EPA Proposes One Year Compliance Date Extension on Spill Prevention Rule for Certain Facilities

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Offshore drilling, production, and certain onshore facilities are not eligible for extension The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...