Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Biden administration finalized updated procedures for conducting cost-benefit analysis and encouraging public participation in meetings about regulations. When reviewing proposed regulations, OIRA invites public input via meetings that outside parties request to present their views on the topic.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 21, 2023

The post EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The plan is designed to help achieve EPA's goals while taking into account current economic conditions.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The post Energy Transitions, Regulations Driving Energy as a Service Market Growth appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The market is expected to grow at more than 10% a year through 2027, according to a new report.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2023

Enacting strong regulations on chemicals by class , rather than individually, can help protect people and the environment from serious harm while still making sure that scientific integrity is upheld and the best available science guides the process. Fortunately, EPA has begun a slow pivot toward assessing multiple chemicals at once.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The post Regulations, Smart Buildings Help Grow Energy Management System Market appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Increased investment in energy efficiency programs is also driving the market's growth.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 26, 2024

A lack of regulation allows them to provide abysmal end-of-life care Too many hospice providers in the U.S. are run by private equity and for-profit corporations.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Regulators in Australia and New Zealand havegiven the green light to growing a genetically modified banana resistant to a devastating fungal disease spreading worldwide

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 30, 2022

Abu Dhabi Global Market, the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, is partnering with AirCarbon Exchange to create the world's first fully regulated carbon trading exchange and carbon clearing house which will be established in Abu Dhabi and serve corporations.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The post Regulations, Smart Buildings Help Grow Energy Management System Market appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Increased investment in energy efficiency programs is also driving the market's growth.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 12, 2022

A management system by Wolters Kluwer can help businesses with ESG data and reporting to help manage increasing sustainability regulations. The post Sustainability Management System Helps Businesses Stay Ahead of ESG Regulations appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The post Energy Transitions, Regulations Driving Energy as a Service Market Growth appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The market is expected to grow at more than 10% a year through 2027, according to a new report.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Agricultural and environmental groups have sent a letter Congress asking it to stop tying the EPA's hands when it comes to regulating emissions from livestock. The post Letter Asks Congress to Give EPA Power to Regulate Livestock Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Regulations have pushed car manufacturers to offer the most efficient vehicles ever, but much more can and must be done to address climate change.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 18, 2023

In rejecting Montana’s SIP, EPA repeatedly pointed to Montana’s failure to comply with EPA’s guidelines for determining Best Available Retrofit Technology, even though the guidelines were not enforceable regulations. The post Guidance Is Still Not the Same as Regulation first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Voters in parts of Cochise and Graham counties will decide whether to join the state’s more populated districts and regulate groundwater extraction. Local Regulation. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 23, 2023

The post Global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Outlook and Regulations: What to Expect in 2023 and Beyond appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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. Our team designed parallel national surveys to examine the views of regulators and wastewater utility managers about this nexus.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 22, 2022

Earlier this week, the Council on Environmental Quality promulgated its Phase I rule amending the NEPA regulations. I will briefly repeat my concern that Phase II of the NEPA regulations is going to be very important. I will briefly repeat my concern that Phase II of the NEPA regulations is going to be very important.

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As social media more frequently exposes people to brutality and untruths, we need to treat it like a consumer product, and that means product safety regulations

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) and soot (or particulate matter, PM 2.5 ) from new heavy-duty trucks. State regulations have strict inducements, so the degree to which EPA aligns with such parameters is important. Limits on mal-maintenance/tampering.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 24, 2023

Specifically, the NRC determined that fusion energy be regulated under the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s byproduct material framework contained in 10 C.F.R. All of the commercial nuclear reactors in service today are fission reactors, which are heavily regulated under 10 C.F.R.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 5, 2023

After more than a year of work, MassDEP has proposed regulations that would require applicants to perform cumulative impact analysis prior to issuance of certain air emissions permits. The regulations were required by the environmental justice provisions of the 2021 Climate Roadmap Act. The public comment period ends April 7, 2023.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 8, 2024

Instead of informing downstream communities, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) helped Imperial cover up the spill for over nine months. By failing to inform the community about the toxic leak, the lawsuit argues, the regulator failed to protect these guaranteed rights. Where rules do exist, they aren’t enforced.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

In a new post, Dan Farber mentions performance-based regulation as a promising tool for encouraging energy utilities to be enthusiastic in supporting the transition to clean energy sources. The theory is that the regulators would establish performance targets which, if exceeded, would lead to a generous economic reward.

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National Law Center

MARCH 14, 2024

The post Plaintiffs Claim Cranberry Bog Not Exempt from CWA Regulation appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. On February 28, 2024, the Corte Oreilles Lakes Association together with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa.

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Endangered Species Law

APRIL 11, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will publish its final rule updating regulations implementing section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (Section 10), which addresses the agency’s issuance of incidental take permits and enhancement of survival permits under Section 10. Tomorrow, the U.S.

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Nanotech

MARCH 29, 2024

On March 15, 2024, the European Commission (EC) published in the Official Journal of the European Union an amendment to the Cosmetics Regulation. The following nanomaterials have been added to Annex II (substances prohibited in cosmetic products).

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2023

The new tracking service will help the cocoa and coffee industry comply with the EU’s recently released rules on regulating deforestation.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 8, 2024

Strong federal and state safety regulations are needed to ensure the safety of driverless vehicles’ AI-based software Recent Tesla Autopilot and Cruise robo-taxi news has raised public concern.

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National Law Center

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2023, lawsuits were filed against state governments in Indiana, Arkansas, Virginia, and Alaska alleging that state hemp laws and regulations. The post Legal Challenges to State Hemp Laws and Regulations appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

including the Mariner East Pipelines) and Laurel Pipe Line – and the new HVL regulations would apply to them, as well as any other future intrastate HVL public utilities. Additionally, there are no retroactive design or construction regulations for those pipeline facilities that exist when the rule is made effective by operation of law.

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Nanotech

MARCH 29, 2024

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) published a report on March 22, 2024, on “Gene-Edited Plants: Regulation and Issues for Congress.” Gene-edited plants are regulated under the U.S. Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology, which coordinates how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 20, 2024

“Industry hybrid regulation: Exploring a model for business-driven circular economy.” Alternatively, firms can volunteer to proactively take collective action toward sustainability, called industry self-regulation. Chapardar, H. ” Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 21, 200205.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 8, 2024

European waste management regulations and the transition towards circular economy. However, a recurring limitation in EU regulations, encompassing not … Continue reading European waste management regulations and the transition towards circular economy. A shift-and-share analysis. A shift-and-share analysis

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Legal Planet

JUNE 23, 2021

Supreme Court today held unconstitutional a longstanding California regulation allowing labor unions intermittent access to agricultural workplaces for labor organizing purposes. Briefly, Cedar Point Nursery involves an agricultural industry challenge to a regulation enacted by California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The post Will We Ever Stop Overestimating the Cost of Complying with Environmental Regulations? first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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