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Financial Responsibility Requirements Coming?

On July 10, 2009 the EPA identified hard rock mining as the first new class of facilities for which EPA will develop financial...


Tags: Environment

Wind farms may not be the energy panacea that we are looking for, according to this article in Examiner.com (Cleveland, Ohio)....


Tags: Wind, Energy, Environment

This article in the Houston Chronicle discusses Senate challenges to climate legislation recently passed in the House. Regional...


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The Washington Post is reporting that plans by T. Boone Pickens to construct the world's biggest wind farm in Texas - 4,000...


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The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is holding a hearing today to address the need for climate legislation,...


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Ohio EPA Announces Environmental Insurance Program

Ohio EPA announced a new Environmental Insurance Program (EIP) offered through the Ohio EPA’s Site Assistance and Brownfield...


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This interesting NYT article suggests the incandescent light bulb is “not dead yet” despite the congressional mandate on energy...


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The NYT is reporting that environmentalists have lost every case before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term, speculating that...


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A California Superior Court Judge has halted an expansion at Chevron's Richmond oil refinery until it produces a new...


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Cincinnati Passes Environmental Justice Ordinance

On June 24, 2009 the City of Cincinnati passed an Environmental Justice Ordinance ("EJ Ordinance"). Believed to be the first of...


Tags: Environmental, Justice, Environment

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