EPA TO LAUNCH CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES TO CURB AIR POLLUTION

EPA is developing two new initiatives to establish guidelines for determining the clean air benefits from projects that encourage energy efficiency and renewables. Under the first initiative, the agency is preparing a new guidance document to help determine the emissions benefits of energy efficiency and renewable projects. The second initiative would offer states specific advice on measuring and verifying the emissions reductions from these projects that could be credited under EPA's regional smog reduction plan, known as the NOx SIP...