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..............................................This Blog Named to LexisNexis' 2011 Top 50 ListJPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-1239830037833543652016-05-27T10:50:00.000-05:002016-05-27T10:51:03.429-05:00G7 Ise-Shima Summit May 26-27 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BACKGROUND: teal; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This is the last post. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">WIMS has now closed all operations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I will be blogging about broken government and related matters @<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://jpmcjefferson.blogspot.com/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #ffff99">http://jpmcjefferson.blogspot.com</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial><></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000160266.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT face=Arial>G7 Ise-Shima Summit May 26-27</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- The G7 Ise-Shima Leaders' Declaration includes a section on "Climate Change, Energy, Environment" [see page 26] -- ". . .we reaffirm not only our continuous commitment in our global efforts against climate change, but also our determination to maintain the momentum of COP21 and ensure swift and successful implementation of the Paris Agreement including the long-term aims on mitigation, adaptation, and finance. . ."</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="http://www.japan.go.jp/g7/summit/documents/index.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT face=Arial>All G7 documents from Ise-Shima</FONT></SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/26/remarks-president-obama-press-availability-ise-shima-japan"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT face=Arial>Remarks by President Obama in Press Availability -- Ise-Shima, Japan</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2016/05/27/greenpeace-critical-g7-climate-communique/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT face=Arial>Greenpeace Critical of G7 Climate Communique</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Greenpeace says the Communique does not address climate change quickly enough considering the level of the crisis.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. 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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-81212112353319271502016-05-26T10:59:00.001-05:002016-05-26T10:59:22.877-05:00House moves toward conference committee on sweeping energy bill<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">House moves toward conference committee on sweeping energy bill</SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- The House took a step Wednesday toward forming a conference committee on a wide-ranging energy bill -- l</SPAN><FONT color=#800000><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">awmakers voted 241-178 to pass an amended version of the Senate's energy bill -- the House replaced the Senate measure with its own energy legislation passed last year and attached to it numerous other, mostly Republican, energy and natural resources bills</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #222222; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/press-releases/comprehensive-energy-reform-marks-another-milestone"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Comprehensive Energy Reform Marks Another Milestone</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) spoke in favor of the House amendment to S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 -- will move important provisions of H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, which passed the House last December</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2012"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">S.2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2016/roll250.xml"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Roll Call vote on amended S.2012</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Pelosi Statement on LGBT Discrimination Amendments on Energy & Water Bill" href="http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/pelosi-statement-on-lgbt-discrimination-amendments-on-energy-water-bill/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pelosi-statement-on-lgbt-discrimination-amendments-on-energy-water-bill" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">Pelosi Statement on LGBT Discrimination Amendments on Energy & Water Bill</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2>- <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">the outcome of three amendments regarding LGBT discrimination offered in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="BCSE Statement on House Passage of Energy Legislation" href="http://www.bcse.org/bcse-statement-on-house-passage-of-energy-legislation/" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">BCSE Statement on House Passage of Energy Legislation</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="API welcomes House action to move comprehensive energy bill" href="http://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2016/05/25/house-action-to-move-comprehensive-energ" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">API welcomes House action to move comprehensive energy bill</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. 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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-74626097625277275942016-05-25T10:51:00.001-05:002016-05-25T10:51:54.751-05:00House Clears Monumental Update to Chemical Safety Laws<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/press-releases/house-clears-monumental-update-chemical-safety-laws"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">House Clears Monumental Update to Chemical Safety Laws</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- The House of Representatives today (5/24/16) passed a landmark bicameral, bipartisan overhaul of our chemical safety standards -- the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act passed the House by a vote of 403 to 12 -- for over three years, the committee has examined the Toxic Substances Control Act and has conducted nine hearings examining all aspects of the laws shortcomings -- the bill passed is the product of months of bipartisan House and Senate negotiations.</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/fact-sheets/frank-r-lautenberg-chemical-safety-21st-century-act"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Fact Sheet & Background</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2576"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">H.R.2576 - Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="EDF Applauds House Passage of Bi-Partisan Chemical Safety Reform" href="http://www.edf.org/media/edf-applauds-house-passage-bi-partisan-chemical-safety-reform" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">EDF Applauds House Passage of Bi-Partisan Chemical Safety Reform</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Congress Moves Forward on Overhaul of Toxic Substances Control Act" href="http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2016/congress-overhauls-toxic-substances-control-act" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Congress Moves Forward on Overhaul of Toxic Substances Control Act</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-18609657262250398382016-05-24T11:01:00.001-05:002016-05-24T11:01:18.358-05:00EPA's Newest Environmental Justice Strategy Available for Public Review <DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="EPA's Newest Environmental Justice Strategy Available for Public Review" href="https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/05/ej-ej2020-2/" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">EPA's Newest Environmental Justice Strategy Available for Public Review</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">- </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Article by Charles Lee is the Deputy Associate Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice at EPA</SPAN><FONT color=#800000> about the EJ 2020 Action Agenda (or EJ 2020).</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #222222; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/ej-2020-action-agenda"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">EJ 2020 Action Agenda</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- public comment period from May 23 to July 7, 2016 -- also two webinars scheduled for Thursday, June 2nd from 2 to 3:30 EST, and June 7th, from 3:00 to 4:30 EST</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="EPA Commits to Strengthen Enforcement for Communities Hit Hardest by Environmental Injustice" href="http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2016/epa-commits-to-strengthen-enforcement-for-communities-hit-hardest-by-environmental-injustice" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">EPA Commits to Strengthen Enforcement for Communities Hit Hardest by Environmental Injustice</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Appeals court delays action on Obama's carbon emissions plan<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-cleanpowerplan-idUSKCN0Y729K"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">D.C. Appeals court delays action on Obama's carbon emissions plan</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- </SPAN><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">5/116/16. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">on Monday delayed consideration of a challenge by 27 states to President Barack Obama's federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired plants, meaning a decision will not come until after the November presidential election -- it </SPAN><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">will now hear the case on Sept. 27 -- originally scheduled to hear the case on June 2.</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/17/3778827/cpp-oral-arguments-punted/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">DC Court Delays Hearing Over Obama's Carbon Rule. Here's How It Could Actually Speed Things Up</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- oral argument will be before the en banc court</SPAN> (9 Justices instead of 3) -- the D.C. Circuit functioning as something of a court of last resort with the Supreme Court likely to deadlock 4-4.</SPAN> [includes language of the Order]</SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="D.C. Circuit Court Expedites Legal Process for the Clean Power Plan" href="http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/05/dc-circuit-court-expedites-legal-process-clean-power-plan" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none">D.C. Circuit Court Expedites Legal Process for the Clean Power Plan</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Full D.C. Circuit to Decide Legal Merits of the Clean Power Plan" href="http://www.edf.org/media/full-dc-circuit-decide-legal-merits-clean-power-plan" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none">Full D.C. Circuit to Decide Legal Merits of the Clean Power Plan</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://environmentalappealscourt.blogspot.com/2016/01/us-court-of-appeals-rules-that-clean.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">[Previous WIIMS Coverage] U.S. Court of Appeals Rules that Clean Power Plan Will Remain in Effect</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- State of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>, et al. v. EPA - In the U.S. Court of Appals, D.C. Circuit, Case No. 15-1363, consolidated with many others.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-18101309923823745382016-05-12T10:51:00.000-05:002016-05-12T10:52:07.308-05:00EPA Releases First-Ever Standards to Cut Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="EPA Releases First-Ever Standards to Cut Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector" href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-first-ever-standards-cut-methane-emissions-oil-and-gas-sector" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">EPA Releases First-Ever Standards to Cut Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">- </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">EPA announced comprehensive steps to address methane emissions from both new and existing sources in the oil and gas sector -- for new, modified and reconstructed sources, EPA is finalizing a set of standards that will reduce methane, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and toxic air emissions in the oil and natural gas industry; for existing sources, EPA is starting the process to control those emissions by issuing for public comment an Information Collection Request (ICR) that requires companies to provide the information that will be necessary for EPA to reduce methane emissions from existing oil and gas sources.</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #222222; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www3.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/actions.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Oil and Natural Gas Air Pollution Standards Regulatory Actions Details</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- EPA has issued three final rules that together will curb emissions of methane, smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, reconstructed and modified oil and gas sources, while providing greater certainty about Clean Air Act permitting requirements for the industry.</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #222222; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www3.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/methane.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Draft Information Collection Request for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- EPA issued a draft Information Collection Request (ICR) to require oil and natural gas companies to provide extensive information needed to develop regulations to reduce methane emissions from existing oil and gas sources.</SPAN><SPAN class=apple-converted-space><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=apple-converted-space><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="API: Administration's unreasonable methane rules could put shale energy revolution at risk" href="http://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2016/05/12/administrations-methane-rules" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">API: Administration's unreasonable methane rules could put shale energy revolution at risk</SPAN></A><SPAN class=apple-converted-space><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Obama's new oil & gas air pollution rule is a step forward for climate & communities" href="https://www.earthworksaction.org/media/detail/obamas_new_oil_gas_air_pollution_rule_is_a_step_forward_for_climate_communi#When:15:11:00Z" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">Obama's new oil & gas air pollution rule is a step forward for climate & communities</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="EPA's Oil and Gas Methane Limits Are Crucial Way to Slow the Warming Trend" href="http://www.edf.org/media/epas-oil-and-gas-methane-limits-are-crucial-way-slow-warming-trend" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none">EPA's Oil and Gas Methane Limits Are Crucial Way to Slow the Warming Trend</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Obama Administration Finalizes Safeguards for Methane Pollution" href="http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/05/obama-administration-finalizes-safeguards-methane-pollution" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">Obama Administration Finalizes Safeguards for Methane Pollution</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Ceres Commends EPA for First Ever National Rule Today on Methane Pollution" href="http://www.ceres.org/press/press-releases/ceres-commends-epa-for-first-ever-national-rule-today-on-methane-pollution" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">Ceres Commends EPA for First Ever National Rule Today on Methane Pollution</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-3784831520041163502016-05-10T10:52:00.001-05:002016-05-10T10:52:47.888-05:00White House On Efforts Re: Public & Private Building Codes & Standards<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/10/fact-sheet-obama-administration-announces-public-and-private-sector"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">White House On </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">Efforts Re: </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Public & Private Building Codes & Standards</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- Fact Sheet: The impacts of climate change including hotter temperatures, more extreme weather, sea level rise, and more severe drought pose significant challenges for buildings and homes, many of which were not built to withstand the future impacts of climate change -- White House hosted a Conference on Resilient Building Codes</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-65743748981663135932016-05-09T10:52:00.001-05:002016-05-09T10:52:05.696-05:00States, Cities, Groups Reject SCOTUS MATS Attacks <DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="States, Cities, EDF and Others Ask Supreme Court to Reject the Latest Attack against the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards" href="http://www.edf.org/media/states-cities-edf-and-others-ask-supreme-court-reject-latest-attack-against-mercury-and-air" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">States, Cities, EDF and Others Ask Supreme Court to Reject the Latest Attack against the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">- </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A coalition of 15 states, five local governments, and leading medical and environmental groups including EDF is asking the Supreme Court to reject the latest in a long line of attacks on the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards</SPAN><FONT color=#800000> (MATS)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/content/epa_mats_brief_in_opposition_-_may_6._2016.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">U.S. EPA Brief In Opposition</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/michigan-v-epa/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Michigan v. EPA SCOTUS docket information</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.edf.org/climate/mercury-and-air-toxics-case-resources"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Mercury and Air Toxics case resources</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=2>- All briefs and documents filed in the case</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-90071648623991134752016-05-06T10:53:00.001-05:002016-05-06T10:53:09.212-05:00Flint, MI Water Crisis: Wake-up Call for the Country<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fron-nahzi/flint-water-crisis-wakeup_b_9833814.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Flint, MI Water Crisis: Wake-up Call for the Country</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- President Obama's visit to Flint, Michigan this week draws public attention to the nation's water crisis -- an opportunity to set in motion desperately needed reforms and place the water crisis exactly where it belongs: at center stage in the upcoming presidential campaign.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Rick Snyder issues statement about President Obama's visit to Flint" href="http://www.michigan.gov/minewswire/0,4629,7-136--384155--rss,00.html" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">Gov. Rick Snyder issues statement about President Obama's visit to Flint</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-congress-still-isnt-helping-flint-water-crisis/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Why Congress still isn't helping Flint</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/05/04/flint-water-crisis-michael-moore-barack-obama/83940370/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Michael Moore calls Barack Obama drinking Flint water 'disappointing'</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/05/04/obama-flint-michigan/83921316/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Obama fosters hope in Flint, but fears remain</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-6435996429364602852016-05-03T10:46:00.001-05:002016-05-03T10:46:42.404-05:00Patricia Espinosa Selected New UNFCCC Executive Secretary<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/patricia-espinosa-selected-new-unfccc-executive-secretary/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Patricia Espinosa Selected New UNFCCC Executive Secretary</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- The UN Secretary General has concluded the selection process for the next Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC with the selection of HE Patricia Espinosa (Mexico) -- a further announcement will be forthcoming</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2456701/ban-ki-moon-proposes-patricia-espinosa-for-new-unfccc-climate-chief-role"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Ban Ki-moon nominates Patricia Espinosa for new UNFCCC climate chief role</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/05/03/mexican-ambassador-named-as-next-un-climate-chief/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Mexican ambassador selected as next UN climate chief</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-40450459203528375002016-04-29T10:47:00.000-05:002016-04-29T10:48:18.740-05:00SAB Critical Response To EPA's Draft Fracking Assessment Report<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">SAB Critical Response To EPA's Draft Fracking Assessment Report</SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- In its latest draft, 184-page, Apr 26, document EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) provides its response to EPA's draft "Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (External Review Draft, EPA/600/R-15/047, June 2015)." SAB: "Most members of the SAB Panel are concerned that these major findings as presented within the Executive Summary are ambiguous and appear inconsistent with the observations, data, and levels of uncertainty presented and discussed in the body of the draft Assessment Report</SPAN>."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/c91996cd39a82f648525742400690127/f7a9db9abbac015785257e540052dd54!OpenDocument&TableRow=2.0#2."><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Background, meetings & documents</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-74935172341495498952016-04-28T10:50:00.000-05:002016-04-28T10:51:13.092-05:00Federal Regulators Stand Up for Customers, Fair Electricity Market<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.edf.org/media/federal-regulators-stand-customers-fair-electricity-market"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Federal Regulators Stand Up for Customers, Fair Electricity Market</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee overturned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's decision to grant subsidy requests from Ohio-based utility giants AEP and FirstEnergy -- their bailout proposals would have forced Ohio customers to bail out old, inefficient power plants for the next eight years at an estimated cost of $6 billion.</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20160427174728-EL16-33-000.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">FERC Order granting complaint</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-47527688024155241512016-04-27T10:53:00.001-05:002016-04-27T10:53:50.871-05:00Moving Forward for America's Drinking Water<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Moving Forward for America's Drinking Water" href="https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/04/moving-forward-for-americas-drinking-water/" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">Moving Forward for America's Drinking Water</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">- </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Too little water in the West, flooding from extreme weather in the Midwest and Southeast, and the recent water quality issues in Flint, Michigan have rightly focused national attention on America's drinking water -- 300 million Americans depend on 152,000 public drinking water systems and collectively drink more than one billion glasses of tap water each day -- in the coming weeks, EPA will launch a targeted engagement with key state co-regulators, regulated utilities, and nongovernmental stakeholders on priority issues related to implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/04/26/announcing-new-study-science-technology-drinking-water-safety"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">New study of the science and technology relevant to ensuring the Nation's drinking-water quality</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #222222; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/04/26/reacting-flint-crisis-epa-launches-us-drinking-water-study/83547094/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Reacting to Flint crisis, EPA launches U.S. drinking water study</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://www.ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-57393073234453126692016-04-26T10:52:00.000-05:002016-04-26T10:53:20.336-05:00Murray Energy Files Petition For MATS Review "Supplemental Finding"<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/content/murray_mats_supplemental_finding_petition.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Murray Energy Files Petition For MATS Review "Supplemental Finding"</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- The company filed a petition for review of EPA's final action on April 25, 2016, styled "Supplemental Finding that it is Appropriate and Necessary to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units." 81 Fed. Reg. 24,420 (April 25, 2016).</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #222222; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Polluters Continue Legal Challenges over Mercury and Air Toxics Standards" href="http://www.edf.org/media/polluters-continue-legal-challenges-over-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Polluters Continue Legal Challenges over Mercury and Air Toxics Standards</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">- </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">mere hours after supplemental findings for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards were officially published, the first lawsuit was filed to block them.</SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A href="https://www3.epa.gov/mats/actions.html"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Final Finding: Consideration of Cost in the Appropriate and Necessary Finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants</SPAN></B></A></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://ecobizport.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=14b6dad9a5c1700e9732df8f7&id=1d8fb04250&e=a3741ad1ab"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Federal Register publication of MATS Final Supplemental Finding</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://www.ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275524.post-62625536094244039492016-04-25T10:49:00.000-05:002016-04-25T10:50:19.742-05:00Record Support for Advancing Paris Climate Agreement Entry into Force<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Record Support for Advancing Paris Climate Agreement Entry into Force</SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- In an extraordinary show of support for the Paris Climate Change Agreement adopted last December, 175 Parties (174 countries and the European Union) signed up to it at a ceremony at UN Headquarters on Apr 22 that far exceeded the historical record for first-day signatures to an international agreement -- </SPAN><FONT color=#800000><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">the initial step toward ensuring the agreement enters into force -- 30 days after 55 Parties accounting for 55 per cent of global emissions deposit their instruments of ratification --15 States also deposited instruments of ratification. </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/2016/04/paris-climate-agreement-on-track-for.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Previous WIMS Earth Day coverage</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://newsroom.unfccc.int/climate-action/25-countries-pledge-to-facilitate-usd-1-trillion-of-investment-in-solar/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Ministers Aim to Mobilize $1 Trillion Investment in Solar Energy</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://unfccc.int/meetings/bonn_may_2016/meeting/9413.php"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">(c)Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0