"EPA Tightens Rules for Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Landfills"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tightened standards for the nation's landfills to reduce emissions of methane and other harmful air pollutants."
Source: AP, 08/17/2015
Laws & Regulations
15 States Request Stay of Obama Clean Power Plan
"Foes of the Obama administration's plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector have lodged their first formal challenge to the newly finalized Clean Power Plan, asking federal judges to postpone the rule's deadlines."
Source: EnergyWire, 08/17/2015
"Burning Man Gets Federal Permit After Clash With Officials"
"The annual Burning Man festival received a permit to use federal land in Nevada’s desert after a clash over federal land managers’ expensive requests."
Source: The Hill, 08/14/2015
"Judge Approves Exxon Mobil Settlement Over 2013 Arkansas Spill"
"A federal judge on Wednesday approved Exxon Mobil Corp's $5.07 million settlement of charges that it violated the federal Clean Water Act and state environmental laws in connection with a 2013 oil spill in central Arkansas."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2015
Still Interested? Some Feds Hope You Will Give Up on FOIA Requests
Federal agencies sometimes wait years to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests, then ask if they are still interested in receiving the requested information. Now the Justice Department's Office of Information Policy has issued an official "guidance" that frowns slightly on overuse of the "still interested?" practice.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho "Ag-Gag" Law as Unconstitutional
"The facts show the state's purpose in enacting the statute was to protect industrial animal agriculture by silencing its critics," district Judge B. Lynn Winmill wrote. Sometimes investigative journalists need to go undercover. And sometimes muckraking journalists need undercover whistleblowers to tip them to abuses.
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"The Teflon Toxin: DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception"
"Concerns about the safety of Teflon, C8, and other long-chain perfluorinated chemicals first came to wide public attention more than a decade ago, but the story of DuPont’s long involvement with C8 has never been fully told."
Source: The Intercept, 08/12/2015
"NOAA Proposes to Task Foreign Fisheries"
"A proposed regulation would prohibit imports from foreign fisheries that do not meet U.S. standards for protecting whales and dolphins under the Marine Mammal Protection Act."
Source: Courthouse News Service, 08/12/2015
"EPA Moves To Fix Air Pollution Rule After Supreme Court Loss"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to fix by this spring the problem that caused the Supreme Court to rule against its major air pollution regulation in July."
Source: The Hill, 08/11/2015
"Freight Trucks at New Jersey Port Must Curb Idling"
"The air in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, is expected to clear up now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized agreements with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and port terminal operators that will cut air pollution caused by idling diesel trucks at the port."
Source: ENS, 08/07/2015
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