EPA has slammed the State Department's earlier draft reviews. Pipeline opponents are counting on the agency to be as tough on the final assessment.
WASHINGTON—Any day now, the EPA will be weighing in with an analysis of the State Department's...
Oct 19, 2011
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On the heels of Pres. Obama's decision to scrap smog standards, EPA says it will miss its Sept. 30 deadline to propose greenhouse gas rules for utilities
The Environmental Protection Agency will miss an end-of-month target for proposing greenhouse gas...
Sep 15, 2011
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State Dept says EPA 'seems pleased' with agency's final environmental review of Keystone XL. A final decision could come by the end of 2011
A proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline cleared a major obstacle on Friday with the...
Aug 26, 2011
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The deal puts 18 aging coal plants on a path to being cleaned up or retired; a second haze pact — now in the works — could affect 300 coal facilities
WASHINGTON—Back in the winter of 1991, President George H.W. Bush traveled to Arizona to tell...
Jul 11, 2011
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Facing $3 billion in coal plant retrofits, CPS chief executive says: 'We've chosen to invest those dollars today in clean sources that are affordable'
HOUSTON, Texas—CPS Energy, a municipal utility in San Antonio, Texas, plans to shut its two-unit,...
Jun 21, 2011
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The TRAIN Act would create a multi-million dollar committee to conduct cost-benefit analyses of 10 EPA regs aimed at curbing GHGs and other pollutants
WASHINGTON—Those perceiving the Clean Air Act as a lumbering locomotive intent on flattening U.S....
Jun 7, 2011
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EPA's relatively mild 'tailoring act' that went into effect Jan. 2, is on much shakier ground than its CO2 endangerment finding
WASHINGTON—Texas and 14 other states clearly want to deep-six the endangerment finding.
But legal...
Jun 1, 2011
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Developers say they want in on New York's solar landfill project, but agree that Masschusetts and New Jersey have more enticing policy incentives
New York City's garbage never looked so good.
Solar firms are already lining up for a piece of the...
Apr 28, 2011
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Already-underfunded clean air bureaus are set to lose millions, according to figures from the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. Can they cope?
WASHINGTON—Those conducting triage on the gimpy EPA budget that limped out of the U.S. Capitol in...
Apr 27, 2011
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EPA has asked Chesapeake Energy to give a "complete accounting" of all the hazardous chemicals released by a gas well that blew out last week
WASHINGTON—Regulators said on Tuesday they have asked Chesapeake Energy to give information on any...
Apr 27, 2011
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