je.st
news
Tag: pollution rules
Colorado Governor Hickenlooper Touts New Air Pollution Rules For Oil And Gas Industry
2014-02-26 19:22:07| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is touting the state's new air pollution curbs on the oil and gas industry - but he insists that local efforts to curb drilling run afoul of constitutional property rights.
EPA Denies Politics Delayed Pollution Rules
2014-01-17 05:24:24| pollutiononline News Articles
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency denied Thursday that the agency delayed formal publication of carbon pollution rules for new power plants for political reasons, as Republican senators have claimed
Tags: rules
politics
delayed
pollution
EPA rules on interstate air pollution get warm Supreme Court reception
2013-12-12 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The latest effort to address the "good neighbor' provisions was due to go into effect in January 2012. But a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, acting on a challenge brought by 14 of the upwind states and a coalition of industry interests, rejected the plan and said the EPA had exceeded its authority. The government appealed and appeared to get a better reception from the eight justices who participated in Tuesday's oral arguments. (Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. recused...
Countries agree rules cut down pollution from deforestation
2013-11-25 09:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindustan Times: Almost eight years after the idea was first mooted, climate change negotiators have thrashed out an agreement of a deal to channelise funds necessarily for developing countries to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests. The agreement on what is popularly called the REDD+ initiative reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation now comes with the backing of pledges of $280 million in financing from the United States, Norway and...
Tags: rules
agree
cut
countries
Federal Court Rules in Water Pollution Case
2013-10-02 20:51:11| ENR.com: Headline News
A federal court requires the EPA to respond to environmental groups' concerns over algae blooms. The decision requires a response from EPA within 6 months.