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In comments submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, several state utility regulators and environmental protection departments have requested that the agency consider the cumulative effect various air regulations will have on power plants and state economies
The Department of Interior announced last week that the first oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the spill last April will take place December 14 in New Orleans
Nebraska, Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on September 23 claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency inappropriately implemented the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule through federal implementation plans
On September 30, the Government Accountability Office released Providing Opportunities for Additional Review of EPA's Decisions Could Strengthen the Program, a report that concluded retailers “generally had positive views” of the Energy Star program despite concern over ongoing changes
The Obama administration will delay the release of standards that would double the fuel economy of cars and light trucks from the original September 30 deadline to mid-November
President Obama announced August 16 that the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and Navy will invest up to $510 million over the next three years in partnership with the private sector to produce advanced drop-in aviation and marine biofuels to power military and commercial transportation
On August 18, EPA filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit arguing that the agency adhered strictly to Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act’s guidelines for science-based decision-making in determining that GHG emissions from vehicles endanger public health and the environment
