Environmental and Policy Focus -Interior Department offers new rules for 'fracking': Los Angeles Times - May 16 -
The U.S. Department of the Interior proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on...more
5/25/2013
- Farms FDA Food Safety Fracking Highways LAWA Railways Water
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Environmental and Policy Focus - Little unity over California's cap-and-trade program; California cancels carbon permit reserve sale after no bids; Obama names McCarthy to top EPA post; Peninsula cities...more
3/11/2013
- BPA Cap-and-Trade CEQA EPA Fracking Permits Water
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Environmental and Policy Focus - Obama picks REI Chief Jewell to head Interior Department; Work begins on Carlsbad desalination plant; Solar panel makers grapple with hazardous waste problem; Environmental...more
2/18/2013
- Barack Obama Political Appointments Solar Energy
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Environmental and Policy Focus - California defeats lawsuit against cap-and-trade program; Court says EPA overestimates biofuels production; California proposes to list BPA as a Proposition 65 reproductive...more
2/1/2013
- Biofuel BPA Cap-and-Trade CEQA EPA Shell Oil Wind Power
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Environmental and Policy Focus California oil land auction draws widespread criticism; New air pollution standards restrict soot particles; Air Resources Board approves carbon offset registries; EPA...more
12/24/2012
- CERCLA Clean Air Act Environmental Policies EPA Wastewater
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Environmental and Policy Focus - Oral arguments in stormwater cases before the Supreme Court prompt early reactions; EPA rule complicates runoff case for Justices; EPA faces legal action on carbon...more
12/7/2012
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Storm Water
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Environmental and Policy Focus -- California holds cap-and-trade auction of greenhouse gas credit; Developer sues Aerojet, others over groundwater contamination; A Business-Friendly Climate Agenda for...more
11/16/2012