December 16, 2011 1:45 PM
The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees released the Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan & Environmental Assessment for formal public comment.
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December 12, 2011 4:48 PM
On December 9th, the Alabama Environmental Management Commission ("AEMC") met to discuss certain environmental issues affecting the state.
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December 7, 2011 5:06 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved H.R. 10: the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act” (“REINS Act”).
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November 10, 2011 11:45 AM
Air quality in Birmingham is improving. EPA is proposing to redesignate the Birmingham area as “attainment”—i.e., meeting the standard—for the 1997 Annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS.
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October 26, 2011 6:04 PM
On September 26, the Office of Inspector General released a report criticizing EPA for the procedures it used in developing and reviewing the scientific data which support its Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding.
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September 28, 2011 1:25 PM
Yesterday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a partial 90-day finding on a petition to list 404 rare, aquatic-dependent species found in twelve southeastern states as either endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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September 19, 2011 4:33 PM
In late August, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that $53 million in federal grants would be distributed among 17 states, including Florida and Georgia, for their efforts towards building conservation partnerships with private landowners, conservation groups, and other agencies in order to protect federally-threatened and endangered species.
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September 2, 2011 1:59 PM
Today, EPA withdrew its proposal to set more stringent National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone.
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August 24, 2011 12:48 PM
On August 19th, the Alabama Environmental Management Commission ("AEMC") met to discuss certain environmental issues affecting the state.
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July 28, 2011 3:28 PM
This week EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announces a delay of the release of new controversial ozone standards and 34 U.S. Senators send Administrator Jackson a letter voicing concerns over the proposed standards.
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July 21, 2011 9:49 AM
Tomorrow, EPA will publish in the Federal Register a proposal to revise certain exclusions from the definition of solid waste.
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July 7, 2011 8:30 AM
July 9, 1970 -- President Richard Nixon Creates U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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June 29, 2011 5:00 PM
On June 24, the Alabama Environmental Management Commission met to discuss certain environmental issues affecting the state.
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June 22, 2011 10:33 AM
President Benjamin Harrison Designates Casa Grande as America's First Federally-Protected Archaeological Reserve, June 22, 1892
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June 20, 2011 4:15 PM
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in AEP v. Connecticut blocking several States, the city of New York, and three private land trusts from utilizing federal common law to bring a nuisance case against four private companies and the federal Tennessee Valley Authority.
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June 16, 2011 11:52 AM
Alabama’s Fort Gaines Added to National Trust’s List of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
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June 14, 2011 12:04 PM
Numerous environmental laws were passed during the 2011 Regular Legislative Session in Alabama. This post provides an overview of those bills.
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May 17, 2011 11:10 AM
Yesterday, EPA announced that it will be delaying the effective date of the industrial boiler MACT rule so that EPA can receive additional comments on how to better control toxic emissions such as mercury and acid gases from these sources.
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April 15, 2011 2:25 PM
Yesterday, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annouced a settlement to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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March 11, 2011 9:31 AM
Yesterday, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against the Department of Energy (DOE) accusing DOE of providing incentive money to build an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant in Mississippi without complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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