Tag: greenhouse gases
Cliamte Change Bill Withdrawn from the Senate
August 1, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid formally withdrew the climate change bill, already containing compromises such as removal of a formal cap and trade program, from consideration. Although the U.S. spoke last year of being a leader in the fight against climate change (also growing our economy and reducing dependence on foreign energy sources), [...]
Posted: August 1st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: climate change, greenhouse gases, legislation, reductions, Senate
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USEPA Plans to Regulate GHGs via the CAA
June 6, 2010
Last month the USEPA recently issued its long-awaited “tailoring” rule, its attempt to use the Clean Air Act (CAA) to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from stationary sources (see www.epa.gov/nsr/actions).
The USEPA will use existing Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD, found in 40 CFR Part 52.21) and Title V Permitting (40 [...]
Posted: June 6th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: clean air act, climate change, EPA, greenhouse gases, PSD
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Additional Economic Benefits of Going Green
May 31, 2010
Many companies think about going green. I have talked about this to managers at several companies. Many nod their heads that the business benefits of growing green are real and can have a positive impact on their firm. (See my blog article below of the 8 purely business reasons to have a robust [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: climate change, efficiency, energy, greenhouse gases, indirect economic benefits, lighting
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Early Lessons of the U.S. Mandatory GHG Emission Reporting Rule
As has been written in several previous Environmental News for You the new Mandatory GHG Emission Reporting Rule (40 CFR Part 98) is in effect. There has probably never been a rule in the history of the USEPA with such stringent requirements for monitoring, emission estimation, and reporting. In addition, the USEPA released a draft [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: GHGs, greenhouse gases, mandatory reporting, Part 98
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