Carbon Offsets: Are small landfills behaving badly?
The Wall Street Journal reports that landfills that collect methane and sell it as fuel also can sell the value of these avoided greenhouse gas emissions. Journal reporter Jeffrey Ball says landfill...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gases and the Clean Air ActAn update
On July 15, 2008, we published a post concerning the Environmental Protection Agency’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning whether greenhouse gas emissions warranted regulation...
View ArticleGreenhouse GasesEPA proposes to regulate under the Clean Air Act
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to use authority in Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act to regulate US emissions of six greenhouse gases. The text of the proposed rule makes the...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingPart 1: EPA’s technical support document
EPA’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles relies on a small number of references, primarily this technical support document (TSD).
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingPart 2: The mysterious disappearance of...
In July 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that raised numerous issues concerning the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions through the Clean...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingPart 3: Distinguishing between ‘public...
EPA’s proposed endangerment finding asserts that greenhouse gas emissions from US mobile sources cause or contribute to public health harm. However, the Clean Air Act distinguishes between “public...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingPart 4: Scientific causation
A careful look at parts of EPA’s proposed endangerment finding show the causal chain that the Agency believes is scientifically sufficient. This causal chain has interesting implications for air...
View ArticleDrinking Water Regulations and Conservation:The latter makes the former more...
A report in the Barnstable Patriot suggests that water conservation is raising the cost of drinking water in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Edward F. Maroney reports that the Hyannis Water Board has at least...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingPart 5: EPA rules upheld
In a per curium opinion issued on June 26, the Court of appeals for the DC Circuit upheld EPA’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding and other regulations depending on it. The case is Coalition for...
View Article‘EPA Identifies Substitutes for Toxic Flame Retardant Chemical’But...
In a press release dated July 30, EPA says it has identified 33 substitutes to the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), which will be phased out of production by December 2013. Despite...
View ArticleThe Gold King Mine Blowout:What would EPA pay in fines if it were a private...
Violations of environmental laws carry substantial risk of fines for violations, whether or not the violation was negligent. On August 5, a cleanup crew of Region 8 of the US Environmental Protection...
View ArticleThe Gold King Mine Blowout, Part 2:More EPA behavior that would get a private...
Previously we posted on EPA’s Gold King Mine blowout, identifying aspects of the Agency’s conduct that would bring ruin on a private entity: The size of the blowout is much larger than EPA said it was....
View ArticleThe Gold King Mine Blowout, Part 3:Evidence indicating the blowout was...
To date, we have identified six features of EPA’s conduct that, if committed by a private entity, likely would be correlated with increasing fines and penalties in addition to tort liability. From Part...
View ArticleCongressional Review Act Joint Resolutions of Disapproval [Updated 2/28/17]
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 8) provides Congress with an expedited procedure for disapproving regulations promulgated by a federal agency. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval...
View ArticleCongressional Review Act Joint Resolutions of Disapproval [Updated 3/1/17]
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 8) provides Congress with an expedited procedure for disapproving regulations promulgated by a federal agency. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval...
View ArticleCongressional Review Act Joint Resolutions of Disapproval [Updated 3/2/17]
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 8) provides Congress with an expedited procedure for disapproving regulations promulgated by a federal agency. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval...
View ArticleCongressional Review Act Joint Resolutions of Disapproval [Updated 3/4/17]
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 8) provides Congress with an expedited procedure for disapproving regulations promulgated by a federal agency. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval...
View ArticleCongressional Review Act Joint Resolutions of Disapproval [Updated 3/7/17]
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 8) provides Congress with an expedited procedure for disapproving regulations promulgated by a federal agency. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval...
View ArticleCongressional Review Act Joint Resolutions of Disapproval [Updated 3/14/17]
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 8) provides Congress with an expedited procedure for disapproving regulations promulgated by a federal agency. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval...
View ArticleCongressional Review Act Joint Resolutions of Disapproval [Updated 3/22/17]
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 8) provides Congress with an expedited procedure for disapproving regulations promulgated by a federal agency. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval...
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