Stories tagged with "epa"

EPA Seeks Comments on 15% Ethanol Blend

Posted by Gail the Actuary on May 11, 2009 - 10:00am
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: corn ethanol, epa, ethanol [list all tags]

The EPA is proposing increasing the maximum amount of ethanol that can be blended into gasoline from 10% to 15%, so that ethanol producers will have a way of increasing the amount of ethanol that can be sold. The comment period for the new rule runs 30 days from April 21, so the time to make comments is in the next few days, before May 21. EPA's decision on the new rule is not expected until December 2009.

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EPA Ruling and Where We are Headed

Posted by Gail the Actuary on April 18, 2009 - 10:43am
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: epa, investment [list all tags]

Today's newspaper is full of stories about the yesterday's EPA ruling:

EPA paves way for broad emission limits

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday declared that industrial greenhouse gases are a danger to human health and well-being, opening the way to broad new regulations to reduce carbon dioxide and other planet-heating gases.

The finding could lead to far-reaching rules that are likely to heavily affect cars and trucks, which account for nearly a quarter of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, and utilities, which are responsible for more than a third.

With this ruling, it seems likely that either through legislation or through EPA action, steps will be taken to require vast investment in technologies to try to limit the various greenhouse gases. Let us think about where the world is headed--does this vast investment make sense or not?

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Breaking News: EPA Ruling - Coal Plants Must Limit CO2?

Posted by Nate Hagens on November 13, 2008 - 6:37pm
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: climate change, coal, energy cost, environment, epa, sequestration, sierra club, sustainability [list all tags]

Tomorrow we continue looking at the IEA WEO 2008. Tonight there is a press release by the Sierra Club. (Hat tip Jerome)

In a move that signals the start of the our clean energy future, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) ruled today EPA had no valid reason for refusing to limit from new coal-fired power plants the carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming. The decision means that all new and proposed coal plants nationwide must go back and address their carbon dioxide emissions.

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Student Sustainability Competition

Posted by Robert Rapier on November 18, 2006 - 11:08am
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: epa, students, sustainability [list all tags]

Now for a public service announcement. Yesterday I received a mass-mailer from the EPA asking for help publicizing a sustainability competition. Since this is a topic that's very important to me, I thought I would publish it here. The competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students, and the deadline to apply is December 21st, which is also my birthday. :-)

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The P3 Award: People, Prosperity and the Planet A Student Design Competition for Sustainability - Apply by December 21, 2006.

Got an innovative solution that protects the environment while growing the economy? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring an exciting environmental design contest for undergraduate and graduate students - The P3 Award. Through this national design competition, students and their faculty advisors submit cutting-edge, sustainable solutions to environmental challenges and compete for $10,000 to develop their designs. Winners from the first phase of the competition advance to the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, DC, in the spring of 2008 where they compete for the chance to win up to $75,000 in funding to move their designs to the marketplace or implement them in the field.

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