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The hole truth
EPA proposes new regulations for injecting carbon into the ground |
Kate Sheppard |
15 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The EPA released a proposal for a new rule on Tuesday that lays some of the groundwork needed to get carbon capture and storage technology up and running. If formally adopted, the new rule would create a new class of injection wells under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act's Underground Injection Control program. There are currently five different types of wells; this would add a sixth for those created to store carbon emissions from coal-fired power pl ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Cause of death: apathy
Lieberman-Warner moved from critical condition to the morgue |
Joseph Romm |
08 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The fading hopes for the Lieberman-Warner climate bill have all but ended (see E&E News, 'Sponsors lower expectations for Lieberman-Warner bill,' $ub. req'd, reprinted below). Serious climate legislation had been in critical condition for some months (see 'Boucher lets conservatives block House climate bill' and 'Don't hold your breath on Lieberman-Warner passing in 2008.'). Doctors and family members finally pulled the plug this week, and the patient appeared to ... |
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| Topics: climate change mitigation, politics, US EPA, legislation, climate (all these topics) |
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A national environmental policy?
New paper demands consideration of global warming in federal policy decisions |
Joseph Romm |
08 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. ----- The fact that our country has a National Environmental Policy Act means we should have a national environmental policy, and any national environmental policy is bound to take into consideration global warming, right? Wrong on two counts. The U.S. is sorely lacking an updated environmental policy. It's been over a decade and counting. With the E ... |
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| Topics: climate change mitigation, climate, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Rebuttal?
California stats say state emissions-reduction plan far more effective than federal law |
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04 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:04 PM on 04 Jan 2008 When the U.S. EPA denied California the right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, the agency reasoned that the just-passed energy bill's boost to national fuel-economy standards would be stronger emissions-reduction policy than the state's plan. California, which has sued, would beg to differ, and has released statistics refuting the EPA's claim. For ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Republican governors to Bush: Pull over and let us pass
The federal gov't is blocking state efforts to fight climate change |
David Roberts |
22 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (R) take to the pages of the Washington Post to send President Bush a simple message: 'It's high time the federal government becomes our partner or gets out of the way.' At issue is the waiver Calif. and 11 other states need from the EPA to implement their new tailpipe-emissions standards. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court made it clear that California is perfectly within its rights to imple ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, politics, state politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Breaking: Supreme Court rules against Bush admin. in global warming case
This is a game changer |
David Roberts |
02 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Word just came down that the Supreme Court has ruled against the Bush administration in the landmark global warming case of Massachusetts v. EPA. The ruling was 5-4, with conservatives dissenting and the crucial vote of Anthony Kennedy going with the ... non-conservatives. Background on the case here, here, here, and here. The court addressed three questions: Do states and environmental groups have standing to sue EPA? (To show legal standing, states had to show ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, litigation, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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