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Coal Combustion Residual Indecision?

Today the USEPA proposed two alternative options (75 FR 35128) for regulating coal combustion residuals ("CCR"). Under the first...


Tags: Coal, Residuals, Combustion, Coal Combustion Residuals,

We posted earlier on the hydraulic fracturing study that U.S. EPA plans to do (see here, e.g.).  EPA has announced that it will be...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy, Environment

EPA Reanalyzing Dioxin Toxicity

On June 14, USEPA gave notice of a July 9, 2010 "listening session" related to its external review draft document entitled "EPA's...


Tags: Dioxin, Environment

The NYT is reporting that the U.S. Conference of Mayors is supporting a mandatory "green" construction code designed to reduce...


Tags: Environment

By Greg Russell On June 14, 2010

Forecast Uncertainties

Take the oil spill forecasts you hear with a grain of salt.  This article from the Houston Chronicle reports on the related...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On June 14, 2010

Ouch! No Tax Credit?

The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting on the loss of state solar tax credits despite homeowner reliance when installing the...


Tags: Energy, Environment

USEPA's GHG Tailoring Rule Issued Final and Appealed the Same Day

On June 3, 2010, the USEPA issued its final Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule (75...


Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Tailoring Rule, Environment, GHG

By Greg Russell On June 6, 2010

New SO2 Standard

U.S. EPA has set a new health standard for sulfur dioxide (SO2). Among other things, EPA is setting the one-hour SO2 health...


Tags: Environment

USEPA Issues its Draft Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde

On June 2, 2010, USEPA announced a 90-day public comment period for its "Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde Inhalation...


Tags: Formaldehyde, Environment

The Ohio Chamber, along with other statewide associations, formally requested a motion for leave to intervene in the Natural...


Tags: NSR, Environment, SIP

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