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Energy Department Waives Requirement to ‘Buy American’ for Certain Products

The Department of Energy Dec. 29 said it will waive “Buy American” requirements contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for several products after determining the goods were unavailable in satisfactory quantity in the United States…

EPA Proposes Changes to HCFC Allocation System in Response to Federal Court Decision

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing revisions to its methods for allocating consumption and production allowances for two hydrochlorofluorocarbons for 2012 through 2014 in response to a 2010 federal court decision…

House Approves Omnibus Spending Bill With Environmental, Energy Policy Riders

The House approved a $1.043 trillion, nine-bill omnibus package to fund the federal government for the rest of 2012…

EPA Approves Three Hydrocarbon Refrigerants

The Environmental Protection Agency approved three hydrocarbon refrigerants to replace ozone-depleting substances in a final rule to be published in the Federal Register…

Spending Bill Agreement Retains Language to Restrict EPA, Interior Regulatory Authority

Republicans and Democrats have reached on agreement on retaining policy language that would restrict the regulatory authority of the EPA and the Interior Department in an omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through the rest of fiscal year 2012…

Industries, Regulators Report Few Problems With Greenhouse Gas Permitting Program

The addition of greenhouse gas emissions to the prevention of significant deterioration permitting process has largely been a smooth transition, industry representatives and state regulators told BNA…

Environmental Groups Sue to Force EPA to Set Emissions Standards for Coal Mines

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to force the Environmental Protection Agency to establish new source performance standards for emissions of methane and other pollutants from coal mines…

Promotion of Sustainability Increasing Among Large U.S. Companies, Study Finds

Almost 75 percent of Standard & Poor’s top 500 U.S. companies tout sustainability efforts on their websites, according to a new study…

First Greenhouse Gas Permit in Texas Approved by EPA for Gas-Fired Power Plant

The Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 10 issued the first greenhouse gas emissions permit in Texas since it took over permitting authority after the state refused to implement the federal greenhouse gas emissions program.

Senate Passes Spending Bill Restoring Climate Service, Adding Carbon Capture Funding

The Senate approved a fiscal 2012 spending bill Nov. 1 that allots $2 billion for carbon capture and storage projects and restores $161.5 million to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate service that had been barred by the House in June…

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