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Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Remarks on Earth Day

By admin - 16th November 2011

The Civil Rights movement had been a high-profile movement for almost two decades. The anti-war movement had also been going for years and would continue for many more years. By contrast, the modern environmental movement went from its Inauguration in the first Earth Day to a sweeping set of new environmental protections in about six years

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EPA Issues First Greenhouse Gas Permit in Texas

By admin - 10th November 2011

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the first Texas Greenhouse Gas (GHG) permit for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant in Llano County, Texas. LCRA is modernizing and expanding its plant by replacing its 37 year old unit with a new more efficient and reliable natural gas powered unit.

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EPA, DOE Partner to Develop Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Sites

By admin - 4th November 2011

Clean energy project aims to benefit local economies and create jobs

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Marcellus fracking: Facts & fictions

By admin - 2nd November 2011

It's an object lesson in the folly of predetermined conclusions. The accident drew immediate condemnation from anti-drilling activists and threats of a lawsuit from Maryland's attorney general because the Susquehanna empties into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Cap-and-Trade Regulation

By admin - 1st November 2011

On Oct. 20, 2011, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved final regulations establishing the United States’ first economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program, pursuant to authority granted under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). Once approved by the California Office of Administrative Law, the final regulation will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, with the first compliance period for which covered entities must hold compliance instruments set to begin on Jan. 1, 2013. The action concludes a rulemaking process that has spanned nearly three years and was interrupted by a court order that temporarily barred CARB from proceeding with development of the cap-and-trade program under AB 32.

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