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FERC Decision to Deny Intervention of License Amendment Upheld by 9th Circuit
Senate Proposal to Grant Regulatory Authority to CFTC on Carbon Market Trading
EPA Grants California Request to Implement Greenhouse Gas Regulations on Autos
Georgia Appellate Court Overrules Trial Court Decision to Regulate CO2
Expanded Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Scheduled for House Floor Vote Today
FERC Accepts Southwest Power Pool’s Funding Proposal to Integrate Wind Resources
Wellinghoff Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Transmission Policy
Comprehensive Energy Bill Set for Senate Floor
FERC Grants Declaratory Relief for the Funding of a Major Transmission Line between New England and Québec
NYISO to Treat Wind as Flexible Resource
FERC Announces Regional Planning Meetings to Focus on Interregional Challenges
Obama Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard for Cars and Trucks
Waxman, House Energy Democrats Revise Energy Bill for Committee Mark-Up
Governor Purdue Signs the Georgia Nuclear Energy Financing Act
The Endangered Species Act - The New Climate Change Battleground
MMS Publishes Final Rules for Offshore Renewable Energy
The United States and Mexico Announce Plans to Work Together on Clean Energy and Climate Change
Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Heads Into Hearings
Wellinghoff: Current and Continued Developments May Significantly Decrease Baseload Capacity Needs
EPA Announces Proposed “Endangerment Finding”
Senator Nelson Releases Energy Bill
FERC Seeks En Banc Hearing on Transmission Siting Authority
Waxman and Markey File Draft Energy and Climate Change Legislation
EPA’s Endangerment Finding Under Review at the White House Office of Management and Budget
D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s Exception Events Rule
Senator Cantwell Introduces Legislation to Boost FERC Market Authority
FERC and Department of Interior Agreement for Offshore Wind Projects
Chairman Wellinghoff Testifies Before Senate on Transmission
EPA Proposes Nationwide Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
President Issues Memo Ordering Reconsideration of Regulations Limiting Impact of Polar Bear Listing
Senator Reid Introduces Bill to Give FERC Additional Backstop Siting Authority for Transmission
FERC Holds Conference on Connecting Renewables to the Grid
Cap-and-Trade Auction Revenues Included in Administration Budget
D.C. Circuit Overturns Fine Particle Standard; Rejects Challenges to Coarse Particle Standard
EPA to Reconsider Clean Air Act Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stimulus Bill Nearly Complete
Plan Estimates $80 Billion Needed to Bring Wind Power to Eastern US
New Administration Takes Over New Source Review
Obama Orders Reconsideration of EPA’s California Waiver Decision
Senate Environment Committee Calls for GHG Regulation Under Existing CAA Authority
FERC Says Intermittent Solar Facility Fit to be QF
House Proposes to Give Billions to Support Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Grid Upgrades; Senate Unveils Own Proposal
Nation’s Largest Low-Level Radioactive Waste Site to Be Built in West Texas
Federal Judge Rules TVA Plants Are A Nuisance
Edison Electric Institute Unveils Recommendations on Climate Legislation
Obama Designees Give Sneak Peak at New Agenda
EPA Issues Final Rule on NSR Aggregation
FERC Rules on First ROE under 2008 Policy Statement, Rejects Contested Kern River Settlement
NM AG Hopes New Administration Will Bring Fair Hearing to Desert Rock
Environmentalists Submit Green Report to Obama Transition Team
Congressman Markey to Chair New Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Vacatur Reversed, CAIR Begins
Environmental Groups Quickly Ask EPA to Reconsider CO2 Policy
Obama Picks Nobel Prize Winner Steven Chu to be Energy Secretary
First Hydrokinetic Device at an Existing Hydroelectric Project Approved
EPA Headquarters Responds to the EAB Deseret Decision on Utility CO2 Emissions
When the Going Gets Tough…A Review of Ongoing Efforts to Permit New Coal-Fired Power Plants
Utility Mercury Emissions the Subject of Yet More Litigation Against EPA
Deseret Permit Remanded for Further Consideration of Limits on CO2
A Hope for CAIR?
Congress Discusses Whether Or Not To CAIR
Eleventh Circuit Finds for EPA in Title V Petition Appeal: Sierra Club v. Johnson, Case No. 07-11537 (11th Cir.) (decided September 2, 2008
States Appeal EPA’s Decision Not to Impose NSPS for Greenhouse Gasses on Oil Refineries
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing Tackles the Grid
Texas Approves Multi-Billion Dollar Wind Power Project
EPA Proposes First Rule on Geologic Sequestration of CO2
SO2 and NOx Allowance Trading Markets in Shambles in Wake of CAIR Decision
Court Refuses to Compel EPA to Issue Climate Change Endangerment Finding
G-8 Climate Change Action Plan
Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill Moves to Senate Floor
India Moves Forward on Climate Change Action Plan
Cinergy Wins on 10 of 14 Counts in New Source Review Enforcement Case
Clean Air Mercury Rule - A Dead Letter
New Version of Climate Change Legislation Introduced in the Senate
Lawsuit Filed to Force EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Clean Air Act Developments
EPA Announces Plans Regarding Greenhouse Gas Regulation Under Clean Air Act
Banks Issue the “Carbon Principles” as Guide for Funding Fossil Fuel Plants
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down EPA's Powerplant Mercury Rule
House Democrats Introduce New Renewable Energy Tax Credit Bill
Alaskan Village Sues Energy Companies for Global Warming Nuisance
House Passes New Renewable Tax Credits
Integrity of Carbon Offsets Challenged
European Commission Proposes Renewable Energy Directive
Bali Climate Talks Concluded, Only Vague Agreement Reached
EPA Declines to Issue California GHG Auto Waiver; Decision Has Broad Implications for GHG Regulation Generally
EPA Finalizes Rule to Define "Reasonable Possibility" Trigger for NSR Recordkeeping and Reporting
International Climate Negotiations Heat Up in Bali
Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill Reported from Senate EPW Committee
EPA Takes Steps Towards Regulating Underground Sequestration of Carbon
EPA and Industry Faced Uphill Battle in CAMR Case’s Oral Argument on Delisting
EPA Announces First Step on Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Despite Duke Energy Opinion, U.S. EPA Moves Forward with NEw Source Review Reforms
Senate Hearings in Wake of the Supreme Court’s Massachusetts Decision Press EPA on California’s Waiver Request and National Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
DC Circuit Court Rules EPA Improperly Weakened Pollution Controls
Utilities Support Cap on Greenhouse Emissions
According to Recent Study, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Should Drive U.S. Climate Change Policy
EPA Scientists Recommend Lowering the Bar on Ozone
OSHA Issues New Guidance for Pandemic Planning that Effects Utilities
Department of Energy Submits Final Spending Plan for Fiscal Year 2007
The Supreme Court Speaks On NSR and Climate Change
EPA Establishes National Renewable Fuel Standard Program
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review the Appellate Court Opinion Rejecting EPA’s Equipment Replacement Provision
FERC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Gulf South Pipeline
FERC Announces Licensing Process for Tidal and Wave Technology Pilot Projects
House Passes Renewable Energy Standard
District Court Judge Orders White House to Finish Climate Change Report
Environmentalists Ask EPA to Address Global Warming in New Refinery Rule
Federal Courts Address Global Warming
EPA Rejects Calls to Limit Greenhouse Gases in PSD Permit, But Signals Regulation May Be Imminent
Kansas Administrative Agency Denies Air Permit on CO2 Grounds
DOE Announced Funding Awards for Three Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Projects
California Federal District Court Dismisses Global Warming Suit Against Automakers
CFTC Tells Congress No Additional Authority Needed
EPA Proposes Lowering Ozone Standards
The Supreme Court Speaks on NSR and Climate Change
New Assistant Administrator Takes the Helm at EPA's Office of Air and Radiation
EPA Advisers, Physicians and Scientists Step Up the Pressure for Tighter Ozone Standards
EPA Scientists Recommend Lowering the Bar on Ozone
EPA Issues Final PM Implementation Rule
Kentucky District Court Sides with Utilities on NSR "Routine" Argument
According to Recent Study, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Should Drive U.S. Climate Change Policy
Utilities Support Cap on Greenhouse Emissions
DC Circuit Court Rules EPA Improperly Weakened Pollution Controls