The United States Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office (“BTO”) released a Request for Information (“RFI”) to solicit feedback on a draft document titled: ...more
The State of Oregon conducted an air curtain incinerator (“ACI”) emission testing project (“Project”) in the Spring of 2023.
The results of the Project were released on October 24th by the Oregon Department of...more
The American Gas Association (“AGA”) issued a report titled:
Natural Gas Efficiency Programs Report 2020 Program Year (“Report”)
The Report Is authored by Miles Vondar and Morgan Hoy....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an October 4th Federal Register Notice proposing revisions to the Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) for volatile organic liquid (“VOL”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on September 12th the issuance of a September 2023 report titled:
Electricity Sector Emissions Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act: Assessment of...more
The United States General Services Administration (“GSA”) announced pilot interim requirements for the use of low embodied carbon construction materials in GSA projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Rate (“IRA”) of 2022. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposal”) in the May 22nd Federal Register that would amend certain parts of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting...more
A United States District Court (C.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a March 22nd Order an issue arising out of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Conservation, and Liability (“CERCLA”) exemption for federally...more
The United States Climate Alliance (“Alliance”) has published a December 22 document titled:
Enabling Industrial Decarbonization – A Policy Guidebook for U.S. States (“Guidebook”)...more
The Natural Resources Defense Council and 25 other environmental and climate advocacy organizations (collectively, “NRDC”) submitted November 4th comments to the United States Department of Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service...more
11/11/2022
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Hydrogen Power ,
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IRS ,
NRDC ,
Offshore Wind ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Incentives ,
Wind Power
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) announced the release of a publication titled:
The High-Integrity Sustainable Aviation Fuels Handbook (“Handbook”) -
The Handbook is authored by Pedro Piris-Cabezas....more
The Steel Manufacturers Association (“SMA”) released what it described as an independent study (“Study”) concluding that:
. . . Steel produced by electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers in the U.S. has a carbon intensity...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a March 10th news release stating that Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma have entered into what is described as a:
. . ....more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama Power Company (“APC”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a Major Source Operating Permit (“Permit”)....more
The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (“CASAC”) sent a February 4th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the following subject: CASAC Review of the EPA’s Policy Assessment for...more
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) published a December 2021 paper titled: Knowledge Infrastructure:
The Critical Path to Advance Embodied Carbon Building Codes (“Paper”) ...more
The American Coatings Association (“ACA”) submitted November 16th comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed amendments to the National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for...more
Earthjustice submitted an August 24th Petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) asking that it make an endangerment finding under Section 231 of the Clean Air Act in regards to aviation gasoline...more
The Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) in a July 20th news release provided a copy of a July 2021 report titled:
Benchmarking Air Emissions – Of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States...more
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a June 9th report (“Report”) titled:
Electric Power Sector CO2 Emissions Drop as Generation Mix Shifts from Coal to Natural Gas -
EIA states that in...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mid-Continent Coal & Coke Company (“Mid-Continent”) entered into a December 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) proposed on October 15th a policy statement titled:
Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets (“Policy”)
See Docket No. AD20-14-000....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 (“EPA”) announced in an April 24th news release it was awarding $11.5 to replace 580 older diesel school buses.
School districts in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PDEP”) and Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC (“Range”) entered into an April 9th Consent Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Consent Assessment”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mahle Engine Components USA, Inc. (“Mahle”) entered into a March 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
4/17/2020
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Arkansas ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Department of Ecology ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Pollution Control ,
Special Use Permit ,
State and Local Government