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Amid speculation that the Nov. 3 elections could allow Democrats to re-take control of the White House and potentially the Senate, industry attorneys are preparing their clients for expected dramatic changes in federal environmental and climate change rules.
Expectations that Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) will take over as the top Republican next year on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee that oversees EPA is prompting questions about how such a committee shuffle could affect environment policy.
The nuclear energy industry is raising broad legal, policy and procedural concerns over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) proposal to relax disposal requirements for some radioactive waste, adding to obstacles the NRC could face in attempting to finalize a rule that environmentalists and states already oppose and that EPA says needs revisions.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA) are attacking and questioning efforts by Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) to impede the Golden State’s plan to phase out most uses of natural gas, including in homes and commercial buildings, charging the company’s tactics are unethical and possibly illegal.
Capitol Hill Democrats and former EPA officials are ramping up their criticism of the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks in a bid to make them a liability for President Donald Trump just days ahead of the Nov. 3 election, while also seeking to lay the groundwork for undoing the policies if Trump is defeated.
With the Nov. 3 general election just days away, stakeholders are making their final environment-related campaign pitches while also preparing for starkly different scenarios for the future of federal climate and environmental policy.
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SilviaTerra, a startup company that created the first-ever high-resolution inventory of all forests in the continental United States using remote sensing technologies and machine learning is poised to launch what could be a revolutionary forest management and carbon credits system based on “precision forestry.”
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is facing pressure to establish new transmission policies and coordinated planning processes to ensure that massive offshore wind (OSW) generation projects driven by state climate policies will be able to interconnect with onshore grids and avoid “stranding” wind farms unable to connect onshore.
Industry groups are expected to step up scrutiny in the next year of states’ growing efforts to develop enforceable drinking water limits for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including potentially more court action, an industry attorney says, especially given new scientific developments expected to be done on PFAS’ effects.
The Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) is hosting its annual meeting this week. Meanwhile, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the law firm Beveridge & Diamond are sponsoring a “Superfund at 40” discussion on Superfund reform ideas.
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California air board chief Mary Nichols says she would accept the job of EPA administrator if offered the post under a Biden administration, and believes her experience with pioneering climate change and air programs in the Golden State could shape future national policies, especially if Democrats take control of Congress after the Nov. 3 elections.
A new report by sustainability experts touts an array of short- and longer-term strategies to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, estimating that job gains under the approach would dwarf job losses and that the effort would not increase oil and gas sector unemployment over the next decade.
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