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• Subsidizing Conventional Biofuels: An Idea Whose Time is Over

  Finally, policies that prop up biofuels production are in the crosshairs, and not a moment too soon. Because over the last decade, the biofuels industry has grown accustomed to getting whatever it wants, with no questions asked. Those days, at long last, appear to be over. Last week, the U.S….

  Climate, Policy June 20, 2011

• It’s Finally Time to Regulate Air Toxics

  Did you know that air emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants — the largest industry emitter of mercury, dioxins, acid gases, and arsenic and nickel and other heavy metals — are not subject to national regulations to protect human health and the environment? Moreover, this surprising lapse in federal…

  Policy March 15, 2011

• Cheering Long Awaited Rules

  On January 2, 2011, something amazing happened, or more accurately, didn’t happen. Despite the direst predictions of climate deniers and regulatory naysayers, the sky didn’t fall, or even begin to fall. Because on that day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency started to roll out long-awaited Clean Air Act regulations that…

  Policy January 3, 2011

• EPA’s New Rules Pave Way for Geologic Sequestration of CO2

  It may sound like science fiction, but what if we could “scrub” all the carbon dioxide emitted from coal-fired power plants and inject it deep into the Earth, permanently locking it up in rocks? Well, this is fact, not fiction, and it’s called carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).  And it…

  Industry, Policy, Technology November 22, 2010

• The Sky is Not Falling and The Lights Will Still Be On…

  This week, NERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation—an industry-funded group charged with keeping the lights on—released a long awaited and much anticipated report on the impact of a number of potential EPA regulations for the power sector.  And guess what? Much to the chagrin of those who have said…

  Policy October 27, 2010