by Lynn Floyd | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dec. 7, 2010 New GHG plan for New Mexico The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) signed off on a new plan to reduce emissions by 2 percent annually from 2010 levels for all power plants and oil and gall facilities. However, this plan will only be...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dec. 6, 2010 Supreme Court to hear CO2 case The Supreme Court is reviewing a decision that held that America’s five largest polluters could be sued for their CO2 emissions. In 2009, states, environmental groups and New York City claimed the pollution from these...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dec. 3, 2010 WCI, RGGI markets talk future Officials from the three American cap-and-trade systems, the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord (MGGRA) met in Washington DC to...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dec. 2, 2010 Republican Senators want freeze on funding for developing nations Four Republican senators have requested a freeze on a $4.8 billion pledge to assist developing countries with climate change. The senators site an already staggering deficit as...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dec. 1, 2010 US heavy emitters not set for EPA GHG regulations A recent survey of greenhouse gas (GHG) accountants reported that many of the facilities that will be required to obtain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permits for GHG regulation beginning in 2011...
