Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The absence of baseline regulation of dairy operations isn’t limited to greenhouse gas emissions. But here’s the thing: CARB itself has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from dairies. CARB can regulate dairy methane. Timestamp at 2:05:10). Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.
Legal Planet
MAY 24, 2023
In a recent post, my colleagues and I reported on our most recent research output in a long series of projects examining the effect of regulation on water innovation. 2016: Survey as blunt instrument We dove deeper into the perceptions wastewater managers in California hold about innovation.
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Enviromental Defense
MAY 7, 2024
Any credible solution to the toxic tailings problem starts with replacing the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) with an effective and fair regulator that works in the public interest, not for the industry it is intended to regulate. Background: Toxic tailings ponds now cover an area of over 300 sq km, equivalent to 2.6 Less than 0.1
Circle of Blue
JUNE 17, 2021
In this blistering year in California drinking water wells are going dry in increasing numbers, rekindling memories of the historic drought of 2012 to 2016, when more than 2,600 wells across the state stopped producing water. Counties, not the state, regulate new wells. California is not yet to that level of emergency.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
Back in 2016 I wrote a long post about biodiesel , explaining what it is made from (mostly vegetable oil) and arguing that EPA should show restraint in setting targets for biodiesel because of the limited availability oils and fats and the harmful consequences of drawing too heavily from these limited sources.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 13, 2023
DC Ambler purchased the property in 2005 and imported a large quantity of regulated and non-regulated fill material in 2012. DC Ambler Properties failed to comply with the 2014 COA and a subsequent stipulation agreement in 2016, and was ordered by the Commonwealth Court to resolve the company’s outstanding obligations.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.
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