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May 31,2017-Number 103
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Leading the News
Regulatory Policy EPA Regulatory Review Floodgates Open, Leaving Pruitt to Mop Up When asked which EPA regulations stifle economic growth and should be reconsidered or rescinded, industry groups responded, "All of them."
News
Air Pollution EPA Appeals Deadlines for Toxic Air Pollution Reviews The Environmental Protection Agency wants more time to evaluate 13 air pollution standards that are overdue for review and is appealing the deadlines set by a federal judge (Blue Ridge Envtl. Def. League v. Pruitt, D.C. Cir., No. 17-5124, 5/30/17).
Climate Policy
Climate `Danger Zone' Seen If Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Pa
il
Donald Trump wasn't exaggerating when he said during his election campaign that the U.S.
could "cancel" the Paris Accord on climate change.
Climate Policy Exxon Squares Off With Shareholders in Annual Climate Showdown This week will be a public trial by fire for new Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods.
Climate Policy Modi Signals India Will Hold to Paris Climate Deal If U.S. Quits Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signaled that he'll stick to agreements made under the Paris climate accord even if the U.S. pulls out.
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Climate Policy 11 jmp Goes His Own Way as G-7 CobbL > qether an Awkward Truce U.S. President Donald Trump showed his determination to break the global mold as he refused to follow the Group of Seven line on climate change and forced a more skeptical approach to free trade.
Climate Policy World Carbon Price Seen Needing to Increase Sevenfold by 2020 Carbon prices need to jump sevenfold by 2020 from current rates in the world's biggest market to meet climate goals cost-effectively, according to a commission of economists and scientists.
Coal Mining
Only Place in America Wh
al Demand Has Risen Is Nebraska
Looking for a rare bright spot in U.S. coal?
Congress Barrasso Agenda Heavy on Public Works, Light on Environment In the weeks ahead the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hopes to be deeply enmeshed in the Trump administration's vision of a $1 trillion upgrade to U.S. infrastructure--and there will be plenty of reason for its chairman to boast that the panel is meeting its responsibilities on public works.
Energy Deputy Secretary Tapped for No. 2 in Nuclear Energy Office Edward McGinnis, who oversaw the Energy Department's international civilian nuclear energy policy, has been appointed to the No. 2 role in the agency's office responsible for nuclear research and waste.
Energy India Expects Surplus Electricity This Year as Blackout ( sist India's power ministry forecast surplus electricity supply in the year ending March, highlighting improvements in electricity generation and transmission capacity.
Energy
Infamous Three Mile Island Nuke A '
< ualty of Shale Boom
Competition from cheap natural gas has claimed another U.S. nuclear power plant in a state
that has balked at government aid for financially ailing reactors.
Insurance Magnetei toto . ige Dispute Belongs in State Court A state trial court will decide whether technology company Magnetek is owed insurance coverage for PCB claims it took on under an agreement with the former Monsanto Co., the Northern District if Illinois ruled (Velsicol Chern. LLC v. Magnetek, Inc., 2017 BL 178009, N.D. III., 17 C 2092, 5/26/17).
International Climate EU Panel Seeks Deeper Cuts For Non-Emissions Trading Sectors A panel of European Parliament lawmakers May 30 backed changes to proposed binding greenhouse gas emissions cuts through 2030 for parts of the European Union economy not covered by the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS).
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Motor Vehicles Daimler Said to Seek U.S. Lawyers for Executives in Diesel Probe Daimler AG is conducting a search for U.S. criminal defense lawyers to represent company executives who may be swept up in the Justice Department's investigation of possible diesel emissions cheating, according to people familiar with the matter.
Motor Vehicles EU Parliament, Mations at Od > i r Vehicle Emissio r > ting The European Parliament and European Union national governments are at odds ahead of talks to finalize a reform of the 28-nation bloc's system for testing air pollution emissions from passenger vehicles.
Renewable Energy Russia Starts Largest Renewable Energy Auction in Bid for Jobs Russia is pressing ahead with its biggest-ever auction for renewable energy, seeking to award contracts to purchase 1.9 gigawatts of clean electricity as well as attracting foreign investment to support jobs at home.
Sustainability Brazil Green Bond Sales Seen Reaching Record $5 Billion in 2017 Brazil is set to sell a record $5 billion of green bonds this year, even as the country's markets reel from growing political turmoil, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative.
Toxic Substances Vets Win Open Records Ruling Over Toxic Marine Base Water The federal government owes U.S. Marines a more complete answer about how it evaluates and compensates claimed illnesses caused by toxic water at Camp Lejeune, the District of Connecticut ruled (Few v. U.S. Dep't of Veterans Affairs, D. Conn., No. 16-cv-00647, 5/26/17).
Water Pollution EPA Sued for Approving Virginia's Polluted Waters List Minus Shenandoah Approval of a list of Virginia's polluted waters that doesn't include the algae-laden Shenandoah River prompted four local environmental groups to sue the EPA.
Water Pollution EPA Won't Have to Disclose How Power Plants Handle Wastewater Power plants won't have to disclose how they remove pollutants from wastewater and how much they remove, what it costs them, and what equipment they use, a federal court affirmed.
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