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Panel to evaluate municipal broadband rules in Tennessee

2015-10-21 11:50:41| Telecom - Topix.net

The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations meeting comes as state lawmakers grapple with whether to allow utilities in cities like Chattanooga to offer super-fast broadband Internet service outside of their service areas. But the refusal of state lawmakers to change the rules led Chattanooga to ask the Federal Communications Commission to override state laws preventing the city's super-fast Internet to be offered in outlying areas.

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U.S. Said to Engage in Talks on Carbon Market Rules

2015-10-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: The U.S. is engaged in talks on setting international rules and guidelines for carbon trading in the event that United Nations climate talks fail to set a framework for such a system, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plan. A coalition of nations and regions willing to implement the market standards to meet their domestic climate targets would be a fallback position in case the UN-negotiated climate deal expected in Paris doesnt include such measures or progress is deemed too slow,...

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Tougher asbestos rules needed, experts tell Oregon environmental regulators

2015-10-20 04:57:59| Waste Management - Topix.net

Ed Edinger, Asbestos Training Project owner, gives us an up-close look at one of the most commonly used types of asbestos. Oregon environmental regulators had a limited assignment for the two dozen experts invited to a meeting on asbestos Monday: Tell us the best way to implement a new law requiring contractors to check for the cancer causing substance when tearing down a house.

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NYC Noise Control Rules

2015-10-20 01:53:09| PortlandOnline

PDF Document, 329kbCategory: October 22nd Handouts

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DEQ chief says state used wrong federal water rules in Flint for 17 months

2015-10-19 16:16:26| Waste Management - Topix.net

The city used the wrong federal standards to treat Flint River water for 17 months, the state's chief environmental officer now says Dan Wyant, director of the state Department of Environmental Quality, said DEQ officials were confused on federal regulations that required the city to make Flint River water less corrosive. Wyant acknowledged the mistake in oversight by his office in a statement issued to The Flint Journal-MLive today, Oct. 19. The lack of treatment of Flint River water to make it less corrosive has contributed to increasing amounts of lead leaching into the city's water supply since April 2014, according to researchers from Virginia Tech university.

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