According to the Daily Environment Report (subscription required), EPA is going to change the name of the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response to the Office of Land and Emergency Management

Last Friday, FERC sought a further stay of the decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals striking down FERC Order 745.

Although there is no news on DOE's web site as of today, apparently FutureGen 2.0 future gen 2is dead.

The Governor applauded such efforts as a key step in the development of this new market.

On Tuesday, Governor Patrick announced a series of climate change preparedness initiatives, including about $50 million in funds for a variety of programs.

The Second Circuit recently rejected one of the all-time "Hail Mary" passes for CERCLA contribution.

ClimateWire (subscription required) reported today that Russia plans to join the Paris Agreement. Apparently, Russia is doing so because it sees a global move to a low-carbon economy and it

The battle over the scope of the absolute pollution exclusion in general liability policies continues to be fought in the context of defective drywall manufactured in China.

Several sources are reporting that California Attorney General Kamala Harris' office is examining what Exxon knew about the science of climate change compared with what the company told investors.

Generally speaking, it's just not wise for a state simply to thumb its nose at EPA.

While speculation is rampant regarding just far President Trump will go to roll back progress on climate change in the United States...

It's not always the case, but my speculation about the Massachusetts climate bill was correct. On Friday, Governor Baker signed it into law.

Last year, Governor Patrick announced a goal of 1.6GW of solar electricity in Massachusetts by 2020; a goal that requires more than 1.2GW of new solar in the next six years.

On Friday, MassDEP proposed a number of revisions to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, including reporting and cleanup standards for PFAS. The proposed GW-1 standard

I've posted a number of times about the coming wave of efforts to reduce or eliminate GHG emissions from buildings.

Yesterday, Judge William Young ruled that discharges to groundwater are not subject to Clean Water Act jurisdiction, even if they ultimately reach surface waters that are unambiguously waters...

Last week, District Judge Ralph Beistline allowed the summary judgment motion filed by the United States Forest Service, and dismissed citizen claims challenging the Forest Service decision...

According to a report in yesterday’s Greenwire, President Obama’s proposed budget would reduce Superfund spending by 6%, from $565 million to $532 million.

While the Act certainly looks much like a tax, I failed to point out that the Act omits what is typically the biggest selling point of a carbon tax – its impact on prices and consumption behavior.

When EPA’s NSPS Rule for GHGs was published in the Federal Register last week, I noted that the rule might be on shaky ground, because an EPA Science Advisory Board work group had questioned the basis for EPA’s decision that carbon capture and storage is feasible technology.