Greenhouse Gas Speculation at Existing Power Plants
Posted: August 27th, 2013
It’s been nearly two (2) months since President Obama released his Climate Action Plan (Plan) on June 25, 2013. In his Plan…
Read articleA Petition to U.S. EPA for a Rulemaking and Interpretive Guidance Coverage Pertaining to Methane Sources
Posted: July 29th, 2013
On March 19, 2013, Clean Air Task Force (CATF), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Sierra Club (hereto, collectively referred to as the “Petitioners”) submitted…
Read articleNice While It Lasted: Biogenic CO2 Exemption From Tailoring Rule Struck Down
Posted: July 22nd, 2013
The D.C. Circuit Court threw out the biogenic CO2 exemption from air permitting activities under the Federal Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Tailoring Rule on July 12, 2013…
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The President’s “Climate Action Plan”
Posted: July 2nd, 2013
On June 25, 2013 President Obama released his much anticipated Climate Action Plan (Plan). Driving home the point that changes to cut our carbon pollution should be done to forge a better tomorrow for our future generations…
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Updated GHG Reporting Data Now Available
Posted: February 5th, 2013
On February 5, 2013 U.S. EPA announced the availability of greenhouse gas (GHG) data submitted during 2011 pursuant to 40 CFR Part 98 (Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule)…
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Post-Inaugural Reflections on the White House and Greenhouse Gases
Posted: January 30th, 2013
Within an impassioned second inaugural address, President Barack Obama recently offered the following motivated remarks concerning climate change: “We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond […]
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Pennsylvania Expands Scope of Greenhouse Gas Reporting to Smaller Facilities
Posted: January 17th, 2013
If you happen to be a facility located in Pennsylvania and are required to submit an Annual Inventory and Emission Statement to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) by March 1…
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Additional Requirements for the Next Round of GHG Reporting
Posted: December 31st, 2012
In 2011 U.S. EPA deferred the requirement to report certain data elements in annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Reports required by 40 CFR Part 98 (the GHG Reporting Rule). Because reporters expressed concerns…
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2012 AWMA – U.S. EPA Information Exchange
Posted: December 3rd, 2012
I attended the aforementioned event in Research Triangle Park on November 27th and 28th on behalf of ALL4. The predominant subject on the Information Exchange agenda was clearly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as seven (7) of the 24 information sessions were related to…
Read articleAs The Biomass Turns…Greenhouse Gases from Biomass and Biogenic Sources
Posted: November 21st, 2012
The regulatory community has become (for the most part) accustomed to the permitting requirements for greenhouse gases (GHGs). It has become second nature to include them in emission inventories…
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