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Daily Environment Report
September 05, 2017 - Number 171
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Leading the News
Agriculture Agriculture Nominee Favors Voluntary Pollution Programs An advocate of voluntary programs to curb nutrient runoff from farms is President Donald Trump's pick to head the Agriculture Department's work on domestic farming and conservation.
EPA
Democrats May Slow But Not Stc
rip Pick for EPA Water Office
Senate Democrats may delay the confirmation of the Trump administration's pick to lead the
EPA's Office of Water in response to a dispute with the agency's leader, Scott Pruitt.
EPA EPA General Counsel Pick Criticized Agency's Rules President Donald Trump's pick to be the EPA's top legal counsel is a staunch critic of the Obama-era regulations he could play a crucial role in unraveling.
News
Agriculture Plastic F11n < vering China's Farmland Contaminates Soil China will expand its agricultural use of environment-damaging plastic film to boost crop production even as the government tries to curb soil pollution, a government scientist said.
Climate Change New York City Reviews Plans on Flooding After Houston Disaster New York is reviewing its plans for a massive rainstorm after the flooding that has left parts
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of Houston underwater for days.
Climate Policy Australia's Carbon Offsets Program Linder Federal Review The federal Climate Change Authority launched a review of Australia's carbon offsets scheme just a few months before it's expected to launch its sixth auction for emissionsabatement projects.
Climate Policy Sweden Plans $630 Million in Climate Investments Next Year Sweden's government plans to invest an additional 5 billion kronor ($630 million) next year to address climate change and help the country eventually reach its goal of becoming free of fossil fuels.
Climate Regulation Chevron, Encana Prepping for Methane Rule Without EPA Guidance Major oil and gas companies like Encana and Chevron are working to meet an October deadline to report on their methane emissions despite a lack of guidance from the EPA and fears of legal challenges from environmental groups.
Congress PODCAST: The Frenzy Begins as Congress Returns Congress returns from a month-long vacation today and it definitely has its work cut out for it: by the end of this month, it has to fund the government, raise the debt ceiling, reauthorize the FAA and provide disaster relief for victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Duty to Indemnify
Insurer Wail
ng to Recoup Superfund Costs
North River Insurance is off the hook for Superfund claims against a waste hauler for
contamination at several landfills, the District of New Jersey said (Penn Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Crum
& Forster Ins. Co., 2017 BL 309506, D.N.J., No. 09-cv-4644, 9/1/17).
Energy
Trump Taps Clean Coal Patent-Holdi
'"(i >sil Fuel Official
A contractor who holds patents in pollutant reductions for coal and natural gas production
has been tapped as the next head of fossil fuels at the Energy Department.
Motor Vehicles Man Whose Gear Found VW Fraud Says Diesel's Death Overstated What is the market leader in equipment for measuring automobile emissions to do if the vehicles of the future don't spew exhaust? Japan's Horiba Ltd., whose gear was central in exposing Volkswagen AG's diesel-cheating scandal, believes that day will never come.
Motor Vehicles Merkel Says Diesel Needed as Bridge Technology to Electric Cars Chancellor Angela Merkel renewed her pledge to avoid diesel driving bans, arguing the technology will be needed for decades to come to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as automakers develop electric vehicles.
Motor Vehicles Sweden Plans to Raise Subsidies for Vehicles with Low Emissions Sweden has proposed increasing subsidies for new light vehicles with low carbon dioxide emissions and raising taxes on high-emission vehicles, in a bid to increase the number of
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environmentally friendly cars on the road.
Natural Gas Wrath of Harvey Lays Bare Mexico ': U.S, Natural Gas Addiction Hurricane Harvey's crushing blow to the U.S. energy industry reveals just how dependent Mexico has become on natural gas from its northern neighbor.
Oil & Gas India'c i',',, Oil Refiner Seeks Paths to Modi's Cleaner Fut j< India's top oil refiner is exploring the use of natural gas and electricity to power vehicles as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government envisions multiple paths toward reducing the country's dependence on petroleum-based fuels.
Regulatory Policy
OMB Asks Agencies for Next Ye;
julatory Plans
Federal agencies must submit by Sept. 18 their plans to regulate and deregulate in the year
ahead, although the Office of Management and Budget still hasn't given them their regulatory
budgets for fiscal year 2018.
Renewable Energy Better Than a Battery? Big Energy Backs Hydrogen Power Storage The secret to switching the global energy system entirely to renewables may lay in the universe's most abundant substance.
Renewable Energy Energy Demand Prompts Brazil Wind, Solar Power Auctions An expected increase in demand for renewable energy has prompted Brazil to schedule two auctions in December for future wind, solar, and other types of power.
Toxic Substances Panhandle East 1 i edges Pipeline Smoke Claims Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. won dismissal of most civil claims stemming from a 2014 pipeline smoke cloud, but the District of Kansas declined to dismiss another allegation that the company's pipeline operation was abnormally dangerous (Brown v. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co., 2017 BL 309228, D. Kan., No. 16-cv-02428, 9/1/17).
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