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…

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.

Obama’s Retreat on Ozone Standards Could Leave Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rules Vulnerable

Environmental and industry groups are questioning whether costly plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions may be vulnerable after the Obama administration announced Sept. 2 it is dropping a rulemaking to set more stringent air quality standards for ozone…

House Republicans Seek to Deny EPA Use of Appropriated Funds for Climate Programs

The House July 27 approved a measure that would halve funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas reporting registry in fiscal year 2012 and another that would transfer $50 million from EPA’s Climate Change Program to the Great Lakes Restoration initiative, two of a series of amendments being offered to a bill (H.R. 2584) to fund EPA and related agencies…

House Panel Moves to Strip EPA Authority Over Greenhouse Gases, Other Pollutants

The House Appropriations Committee July 12 approved the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bill for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, with amendments that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating mobile sources of greenhouse gas emissions, hazardous air pollutants from cement kilns, fine particulate matter, and nutrients in Florida waters…

Senate Rejects Bid to Halt EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules, Defeating Murkowski Resolution in Close Vote

The Senate June 10 voted 53–47 to reject a resolution (S.J. Res. 26) to block Environmental Protection Agency regulation of greenhouse gas emissions…