EPA to hold hearing on greenhouse gas emissions (1:21 p.m. 11/18/09)
CHICAGO – The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on the proposed greenhouse gas emissions thresholds as they apply to new or existing industrial facilities. The program would...
View ArticleEPA: Greenhouse gases endanger human health (1:57 p.m. 12/7/09)
By DINA CAPPIELLO and H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that...
View ArticleSierra Club sues DNR over power plant records
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Sierra Club is asking a judge to force the Department of Natural Resources to release public records related to alleged Clean Air Act violations at state-run power plants. In a...
View ArticleSierra Club lawsuit threatens university projects
By Paul Snyder A Sierra Club lawsuit seeking the results of a state review of four campus power plants could be the beginning of a massive drain on the budgets of university building projects. The...
View ArticleEPA: Texas permit violates Clean Air Act
Ramit Plushnick-Masti AP Writer Houston — The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to end a long-running dispute with Texas over how the state regulates emissions, including cancer-causing toxins...
View ArticleBid to block new EPA rules faces veto
By Jim Abrams AP Writer Washington (AP) — White House officials have raised the stakes on the Senate’s first major climate change vote of the year, threatening to veto a Republican-led effort to stop...
View ArticleEPA overturns Texas permit program
Ramit Plushnick-Masti AP Writer Houston — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has officially overturned a 16-year-old Texas air permitting program EPA officials say violates the Clean Air Act,...
View ArticleEPA to investigate 15 Wis. power plants
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified the state of Wisconsin this week that it was starting an investigation into 15 publically owned...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court casts doubt on global warming suit
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Washington (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday about allowing states to sue electric utilities to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from...
View ArticleHigh court blocks states’ climate change lawsuit (UPDATE)
By ?MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court blocked a federal lawsuit Monday by states and conservation groups trying to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power...
View ArticleObama halts controversial EPA regulation
By DINA CAPPIELLO and ?JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday scrapped his administration’s controversial plans to tighten smog rules, bowing to the demands of...
View ArticleCompanies to pay for air violations at Wis. plant
Two companies have agreed to pay a $280,000 civil penalty and spend $500,000 on an environmental project to resolve alleged air violations at a Wisconsin plant.
View ArticleAppeals court rejects challenge to clean air rule
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to a tough new clean air requirement limiting sulfur dioxide emissions.
View ArticleWPS agrees to settle Clean Air Act violations
The U.S. Department of Justice says the Wisconsin Public Service Corp. has agreed to pay a $1.2 million civil penalty and make substantial investments in pollution controls in order to resolve...
View ArticleUtilities settle with EPA over air pollution
Wisconsin utilities have agreed to spend more than $1 billion to clean up aging coal-fired power plants under a settlement with federal regulators announced Monday.
View ArticleWisDOT distributes $39M for air quality projects
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is distributing nearly $39 million in federal money to help pay for projects to improve public transportation, bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, traffic...
View ArticleEPA wins pollution lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce in 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states the power plant pollution that blows downwind and...
View ArticleUS high court limits existing EPA rule
The Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama administration's only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. But the divided court...
View ArticleEPA ‘win’ at high court could foretell future losses
Don’t be fooled by the hype around the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent greenhouse gas decision.
View ArticleAppeals court tosses suits challenging climate change plan
A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a pair of high-profile lawsuits challenging the Obama administration's sweeping plan to address climate change, saying it's too early to challenge a...
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