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Supreme Court Will Not Hear ACC’s Appeal of Clean Air Act Ruling

March 9, 2010 | Kara Sissell

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal by ACC that sought a review of an appeals court’s decision disallowing an exemption from certain emissions limits during “startup, shutdown or malfunction” (SSM)...


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Power Drive: Chemical Sector to Benefit from Fragmentation of Energy Supply through 2060

Automotive batteries, biofuels, and solar energy, are three renewable energy segments that can provide significant opportunities for the chemicals sector through 2060, according to a new report by Ingo Schröter, principal for consulting firm A.T...

ECHA Publishes Proposal to Reclassify Eight Chemicals as SVHCs

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has published new proposals to classify eight chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) and to put forward the chemicals as candidates for Authorisation under the European Union’s (EU) Reach...

Senator Introduces Bill to Delay EPA GHG Action

U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D., West Virginia) has introduced a bill to delay the implementation of U.S. EPA greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation for stationary sources the senator's office announced today. The bill would delay EPA permitting requirements for...

EPA Head Outlines GHG Emissions Thresholds

The U.S. EPA will phase-in regulations for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) starting with a 75,000 tons/year emissions threshold, according to the agency's head. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told a Senate subcommittee...

DuPont Restarting Production at Belle, WV

DuPont says it has restarted most of the units at its Belle, WV chemical complex that were not involved in recent accidents, including a phosgene release that killed a worker in January....

China to Develop Low-Carbon Economy

The Chinese government says it will take action to develop a low-carbon economy and that the low carbon targets will be included in the 12th five-year plan for national economic development (2011-2015). The Chinese government says it will...

European Commission Approves BASF's Amflora Starch Potato

Commercial Cultivation Scheduled to Start in 2010...

EPA, DOE Evaluate Using Blighted Sites for Renewables Production

The U.S. EPA and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) have formed a partnership to evaluate the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites...

Lawmaker Plans Alternate Climate Bill

Senator John Kerry (D., Mass.) says he is on track to introduce new climate legislation this year. Kerry is working with two other senators on a climate bill that includes a price on carbon. The group met with Obama administration officials early last week...

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