Southwestern States Put the Brakes on GHG Regulation
In April 2010, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico each took actions to limit the states’ plans to regulate GHGs. First, on April 13, 2010, a state judge in New Mexico... Read more.
Power Plant in Texas to Capture 85% of Carbon Dioxide
n April 19, 2010, the Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) and Tenaska, Inc., announced that they had reached an agreement under which EDF agreed not to oppose... Read more.
CA Court: Refinery Changes Cannot Proceed Without GHG Mitigation Measures
On April 26, 2010, the California Court of Appeal of the First Appellate District upheld the injunction prohibiting modifications to Chevron’s Richmond, California... Read more.
Industry Files Petition For Review of EPA’s Re-Interpretation of Johnson Memo
On April 2, 2010, the same day EPA published its final reinterpretation of the meaning of “subject to regulation” under the Clean Air Act, triggering regulation... Read more.
Automakers Abandon Suits Against California’s GHG Emissions Standards for Vehicles
On April 6 and 7, 2010, automakers filed motions to withdraw their appeals in three lawsuits challenging California’s GHG emissions standards for vehicles.... Read more.
EPA Proposes to Require Cogeneration Facilities to Report GHG Emissions
On April 12, 2010, EPA published notice of a proposal to require facilities subject to the mandatory GHG reporting rule, issued by EPA in October 2009, to report... Read more.
EPA, DOT Issue Joint Standards for Vehicle Fuel Economy, GHG Emissions
On April 1, 2010, EPA and the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) released joint fuel economy and the first ever greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emission limits... Read more.
Bills Would Provide Incentives for Development of Off-Shore Wind Energy
On April 19, 2010, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with Senators Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), Tom Caper (D. Del), Susan Collins (R-Me) and Olympia Snowe (D-Me), introduced... Read more.
Bills Would Bar Consideration of Climate Change Impacts under NEPA
n April 20, 2010, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced a bill which would prohibit agencies from taking climate change impacts into account when conducting environmental... Read more.
February 2010 Update: Climate Change
February 2010 Update: Climate Change covers the following
- Obama Requests Increased Funding for Climate Change
- House Bill, Resolution Seek to Block EPA Regulation... Read more.