Find out why so many environmental policy professionals depend on the exclusive reporting from Inside EPA.
Sign up for 30 days of no-obligation access..
A Justice Department (DOJ) memo clarifying when funds from the Treasury’s Judgment Fund can be used in settlements is prompting questions among Superfund attorneys, who say it may complicate Superfund settlement negotiations and that it creates ambiguity on whether DOJ is rejecting use of the fund in pay-as-you-go settlements.
EPA’s largest employee union is raising alarm over the agency’s plan to move its Region 5 offices into the second phase of its three-phase plan for reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that the move due to take effect Sept. 22 could require staff to return to their offices just two weeks later, despite lingering fears about unsafe conditions.
Reps. David McKinley (R-WV) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) are floating draft details of a plan to cut utilities’ greenhouse gas emissions that combines an immediate focus on technology programs with a longer-term “clean electricity standard” (CES), coupled with at least temporary preemption of existing EPA utility GHG rules.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is poised to hear oral argument Sept. 22 in a suit filed by Sierra Club and other environmental groups over EPA’s policy allowing “interprecursor” air trading in states’ plans for attaining federal ozone standards, a practice critics say violates the Clean Air Act and may hike pollution.
Environmentalists’ new lawsuit aiming to force EPA to add limits for additional air pollutants to its existing steel mill toxics emissions policy will test a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit precedent requiring that EPA fill in “missing” limits for air toxics left unregulated by toxic emissions policies.
Environment Next is a service for all InsideEPA.com subscribers, covering the burgeoning debate over the future of environmental policymaking.
Municipal stormwater officials are calling for the sector to craft new pollution runoff management strategies after recent research linked aging stormwater retention ponds to unforeseen pollution releases, including nutrients and toxic substances both linked to buildups of sediment in the runoff-controlling ponds.
The financial services firm Credit Suisse is unveiling a new sustainability fund directed at protecting oceans as policymakers are increasingly focusing on impacts from climate change, plastics leakage, and other hazards affecting the marine environment -- a likely sign of gathering business and government attention to the “blue economy.”
Former EPA administrators and staff are outlining a guide for the agency to work with Congress on securing a public declaration for rebuilding EPA’s budget to its 40-year average in “real dollars,” proposing a four-year goal of hiking the total annual spending to the equivalent of $11.4 billion in 2019 dollars.
The Senate environment panel will hold a hearing this week on Trump administration’s narrow Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule. Meanwhile, House lawmakers are scrutinizing the “legacy” of contamination from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at military bases.
Exclusive news, hot documents, and timely updates on legislation and litigation over EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers' joint Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule.
Complete coverage of environmental policy decisions and proposals with the potential to directly affect operations at federal facilities, including military bases, DOE labs and more.
InsideEPA/climate is a climate-specific news service from the editors of InsideEPA.com – delivering daily news, analysis and perspective on the renewed debate over climate change policies.
A new service providing in-depth coverage of the Toxic Substances Control Act is now available on InsideEPA.com.
You can add Inside TSCA to your current account for just $400. Contact Steve Reilly or call 703-562-8992 to subscribe, or learn more here.
Pending federal court cases are raising questions about the viability of several Trump administration environmental policy priorities and highlighting the challenges of citizen suit and federal enforcement actions for water discharges and air emissions including greenhouse gases.
California air board staff is floating preliminary proposals to tighten criteria emissions and other standards for model year 2026 and subsequent conventional light-duty vehicles and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), including hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) from air conditioning systems, non-methane organic compounds (NMOG) and nitrogen oxide (NOx), as well as requiring ZEVs to meet one standardized fast-charging inlet configuration.
Economical site license packages are available to fit any size organization, from a few people at one location to company-wide access. For more information on how you can get greater access to InsideEPA.com for your office, contact Online Customer Service at 703-416-8505 or iepa@iwpnews.com.
© 2020. Inside Washington Publishers | Contact Us
