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By Greg Russell On June 26, 2009

CA Carbon Tax

As Congress considers the nation's first cap-and-trade legislation, California regulators are thinking about imposing the...


Tags: Energy, Environment, GHG

This article in the NYT discusses the risks of a geothermal project in California that intends to use a method to drill into the...


Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy, Environment

The Hill is reporting that the Waxman-Markey climate bill may make it to the House floor by the end of this week. It is still...


Tags: Climate Change, Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On June 23, 2009

CWA Permit Valid

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a permit issued under the Clean Water Act by the Army Corps of Engineers that allows mining...


Tags: Environment

SolarReserve is hoping to construct one of the largest solar plants in the world in Nevada, using heat-transfer technology...


Tags: Solar, Energy, Environment

U.S. EPA has set November 10, 2010, as the date by which facilities must prepare or amend, and implement changes to, their SPCC...


Tags: SPCC, Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On June 17, 2009

Conflict of Interest?

The WSJ is reporting that several of the lawmakers involved in drafting climate legislation have a financial stake in companies...


Tags: Energy, Environment

This article from the NYT reports on a study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API) finding that the U.S. oil and...


Tags: Energy, Environment, GHG

This article from The Hill reports that more and more Democrats are poised to vote against the Waxman-Markey climate legislation...


Tags: Climate Change, Environment

Companion bills were introduced yesterday in both the U.S. House and Senate to repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy, Environment

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