Environmental Politics

"Public Health Groups Launching Campaign To Defend EPA Climate Rules"

"A coalition of public health organizations in the coming weeks plans to step up efforts to oppose legislation that would block or delay Environmental Protection Agency climate rules." Budget-cutting Republicans on Capitol Hill will be encouraged to reduce the healthcare costs borne by taxpayers and ratepayers as a result of air pollution.

Source: E2 Wire, 02/04/2011

Long-Delayed Projects Get Exemption From EPA's New Air, Climate Rules

"The Obama administration will spare a stalled power plant project in California from the newest federal limits on greenhouse gases and conventional air pollution, U.S. EPA says in a new court filing that marks a policy shift in the face of industry groups and Republicans accusing the agency of holding up construction of large industrial facilities."

Source: Greenwire, 02/03/2011
March 29, 2024

DEADLINE: Vermont Law and Graduate School Summer Media Fellowships

VLGS is accepting applications from full-time journalists at different career stages for its 2024 two-week summer media fellowships program — two for environmental law and policy, one for food/agriculture law and two for animal law and policy. Cash stipends, free housing. Apply by Mar 29.

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"San Bruno Pipeline Called 'Tip of the Iceberg'"

"Federal investigators' findings in the San Bruno pipeline explosion probe suggest that thousands of miles of long-buried and untested natural gas pipelines across the United States are at far greater risk of failure than the industry and government regulators have long maintained, experts say."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 02/01/2011

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