Posts Tagged ‘Regulations’
Republicans Using Security To Circumvent Enviro Regs
If you’re a conservative Republican Congressperson, how do you come up with ways to circumvent our current environmental laws? How about trying to pass a law that gives border patrol agents the right to ignore all environmental laws in protected areas, such as our National Parks. It seems that certain. . .
Coke Moves To Stop Ban Of Plastic Bottles At Grand Canyon
It seems that Coca Cola was not too happy with a decision made by officials at the Grand Canyon to ban plastic bottles on the parks lands. Park officials were looking to find a way to keep plastic bottles from damaging the pristine eco system found at the Grand Canyon,. . .
Time To Discuss A U.S. Carbon Tax
Could the U.S. pass carbon-limiting legislation similar to what Australia and the European Union have passed? Yesterday Australia joined the EU in imposing a price on carbon emissions on their economy. Its impact will be felt right across the economy, from miners and liquefied natural gas producers to airlines and. . .
CO2 Emissions Exceed Predictions
Global carbon emissions last year exceeded worst-case scenario predictions from just four years before, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). A rise of six percent (564 million additional tons) over 2009 levels was largely driven by three nations: the US, India, and China. Emissions from burning coal jumped. . .
Obama Proposes 101 Conservation Projects
The Interior Department has issued a report that has identified 101 conservation projects across the U.S. as part of President Obama’s initiative to protect public lands. The 101 projects cover two per state and one in the District of Columbia. Some of the projects presented include an all season trail. . .
Worldwide Phase Out Of Leaded Gasoline
Leaded gasoline was fixture in this country up until the mid 1970’s. Some of you may remember filling your car up with regular leaded gasoline. Some of you may still be adding it as an additive to cars that were built prior to 1974. The world use to run on. . .
Majority Of CO2 Comes From 10 Countries
Sixty-seven percent of the world’s carbon dioxide output originates from ten countries, according to a new study that measured the CO2 output from 112 countries. The study conducted by Carnegie University and the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research did not solely focus on a country’s CO2 emissions, but. . .
75 Is The New 55
Don’t get too excited about 75 being the new 55, it’s not an age related thing, but a new driving limit on America’s highways. If you live in Maine there is now a stretch of I-95 that had the speed limit raised from 65 to 75. Maine becomes the first. . .
Earthquakes And Nuclear Power Plants
Earthquakes and nuclear power don’t seem to go hand in hand. Last month’s eastern earthquake that shook buildings from Virginia to New England shook a nuclear power plant twice as hard as it was designed to withstand. There was enough of a shake that prompted the North Anna plant to. . .
Obama Backs Off On New Ozone Standards
Elections have a funny way of changing the political stripes of candidates. Even though the next presidential election is well over a year away, our current President has most definitely changed his stripes when it comes to protecting our environment. Once heralded as a welcome green change from the Bush. . .
U.S. Lags Behind EU’s REACH
REACH is a European Union (EU) regulation that addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on humans and the environment. It is the EU’s most ambitious legislation that took seven years to pass. Its ramifications will extend to industries around the world that supply chemical. . .
House Republicans Seek To Undermine EPA
This September when the Republican controlled House of Representatives returns from recess one of their first legislative efforts is to curb the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. House Republicans are adding riders to appropriations bills in an attempt to hamper both agencies. The riders have absolutely nothing to. . .
U.S. CO2 Emissions Up 4 Percent In 2010
U.S. carbon emissions rose 4 percent in 2010. The federal government attributed the increase in greenhouse gas emissions to a recovering manufacturing sector, and the increase use of air conditioners by consumers during the hot summer of 2010. U.S. carbon emissions from oil, coal, and natural gas, which accounts for. . .
Science Should Matter To The Republican Candidates
Why is it that the current field of Republican candidates with the exceptions of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman believe that global warming is a fabrication created by science? The latest candidate, Texas Governor Rick Perry, yesterday told a crow in Hew Hampshire that scientists looking for cash to fund. . .
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