With election day approaching speculation is growing about what to expect in 2009 on climate change if an economy-wide cap-and-trade program proves infeasible to enact.

In an otherwise slow August, the staff of the House Energy and Commerce is drafting climate change legislation ...

Environmental NGOs expressed dismay when the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – representing the Tennessee Valley Authority, a governmental entity – sided with industry in a brief to the Supreme Court on the Second Circuit’s decision in the Connecticut v. AEP case. In its brief, DOJ defended the primacy of the Executive Branch over the Judicial Branch on the issue of climate change, arguing that the regulatory regime under construction by the Environmental Protection Agency is adequate to "occup

On November 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking stakeholder input on whether...

On July 11, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) requesting public comment on whether and how the Agency should regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) using its authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

On November 16, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army unveiled a proposed rule to amend the effective date of the 2015 rule defining "waters of the United States,"...

States and science are in the news this week . . . Futures trading of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative allowances show low prices for December 2009.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) adopted on December 8, 2025, a final rule regarding the reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products, which is set to impose significant...

On November 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking stakeholder input on how it could streamline approval for post-licensing activities at hydropower projects...

EPA now has some significant GHG rules winding their way through the Administration, including the new vehicle emission standard rule, the reporting rule and the endangerment finding.

Twenty environmental organizations announced a national campaign to persuade the Obama Administration to establish an average fuel economy standard for passenger vehicles of 60 miles per gallon .

A unanimous three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in State of New Jersey v. EPA, No. 05-1097, et al., vacated on February 8 two key rules issued by the Bush Administration on the regulation of mercury emissions from power plants.

On July 30, 2025, at the Surface Transportation Board, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern filed a notice of intent to file an Application for authority to merge.

Senate hearings this week were marked mostly by broad rhetorical flourishes, but there were hints at what elements might be necessary to draw the extra votes needed for ultimate passage - subsidies for nuclear power, allowance allocations to agriculture, promotion of biomass . . .

EPAs Environmental Appeals Board decided this week that EPA could not issue a permit to a coal-fired power plant without considering whether to impose a Best Available Control Technology CO2 limit.

This week's most significant news involves a study by a marine advocacy group naming global shipping as the 6th largest source of global GHG emissions ranking just behind the United States, China, India, Russia and Japan . . . And, in Japan, a planned investment of $30 billion over the next 5 years to develop carbon capture and sequestration technologies appears to kick off a high stakes technology race that could bring commercial success to the future winn

On May 14, complying with a court-imposed deadline, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced a final rule listing the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

EPA and NHTSA are close to proposing GHG standards for heavy duty vehicles.

Citing a "large volume" of public comments, California's Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced it will delay adopting regulations on corporate climate disclosure...

EPA finally issued its guidance to state permitting authorities on Prevention of Significant Deterioration permitting and Best Available Control Technology (BACT) determinations for greenhouse gases.