Environmental and Policy Focus -- Greenhouse Gas Dispute Dismissed Over Lack of Standing to Sue - CourtHouse News - Oct 17:
Environmental groups lack standing to challenge the Washington state Ecology Department's...more
Renewable Energy Focus -- California must add 1.3 gigawatts of power storage by 2020 - Bloomberg Renewable Energy News - Oct 18:
California regulators today voted unanimously to require the state’s utilities to...more
Environmental and Policy Focus -Federal Shutdown Impacts EPA Staff: The Guardian - Oct 2 --
Nearly all of the 16,205 employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) across the country, with oversight of air...more
Renewable Energy Focus -- 3 models that could help utilities make money from solar power - Green Tech Solar News - Sep 30:
Much like tech companies of the 1990s, utilities face an “unavoidable shift” and don’t have any...more
10/18/2013
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Environmental and Policy Focus: Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to EPA Rules on Gas Emissions - New York Times - Oct 18:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a major case challenging Environmental Protection...more
Renewable Energy Focus -- Movin' and shakin': geothermal projects face a rocky road: Renewable Energy World - Sep 30 -
Geothermal energy, one of the "forgotten renewables," powers 4,419 megawatts, or just more than 1...more
Renewable Energy Focus - California renewables rise and the grid survives: Earth Techling - Sep 25 --
Forecasts of doom for the California power grid have been popping up since the state began its aggressive pursuit of...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - Governor Brown signs bill to regulate hydraulic fracturing in California: Reuters - Sep 20 --
California's first legislatively-mandated regulations on hydraulic fracturing and related...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - Proposition 65 Reform Passes Legislature, Heads to Governor's Desk: Sacramento Business Journal - Sep 12 --
At least one effort to reform the state of California’s requirements for...more
Environmental and Policy Focus -- Lawmakers approve bill to aid Sacramento NBA arena: Modesto Bee - Sep 12 --
On the last day of the legislative session, and only after last-minute negotiations and bill revisions,...more
Renewable Energy Focus -- DOE's Loan Programs Office has financed $16 billion in renewables, and more is coming: Renewable Energy World - Aug 24 -
The Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) has loaned $16...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - Superior Court upholds California Air -- Sacramento Business Journal - Sep 3:
A Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled the state’s 2006 climate change law, Assembly Bill 32, gives...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - South Coast Air Quality Management District to begin monitoring air pollution alongside Southern California freeways: Los Angeles Times - Aug 25 --
Air quality regulators will begin...more
9/3/2013
Renewable Energy Focus - FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff: solar 'is going to overtake everything' -- Green Tech Solar News - Aug 22:
If anybody doubts that federal energy regulators are aware of the rapidly changing...more
Department of Energy commits to unleashing delayed efficiency standards
GreenTech Efficiency News - Aug 12
A coalition of ten states and the City of New York just announced that the Department of Energy has...more
The ASTM standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments was recently revised by ASTM International and, on August 15, 2013, in a direct final rulemaking likely to become effective this November, the new standard was...more
Court rules Los Angeles County liable for storm water pollution
CourtHouse News - Aug 16
Years of monitoring data from Los Angeles County's labyrinthine storm-drain system are enough to hold the county liable for...more
8/16/2013
The wind industry gets its groove back
GreenTech Media Headlines - Aug 7
Money is flowing back into wind after a first quarter hiatus stemming from policy uncertainty. The $210 million in venture capital investments...more
Clean energy IPO boom as investors seek predictable dividends
Sustainable Business - Aug 6
The pace of IPOs for wind and solar developers is accelerating at the fastest clip in two years, benefiting from investors'...more
8/8/2013
Renewable Energy Focus - Renewables outpace coal, oil, and nuclear energy in U.S.: REVE Wind News - Jul 20 --
Renewable energy sources, including wind energy, solar power, biomass, hydro, and geothermal energy,...more
Environmental and Policy Focus: Groups concerned over California Environmental Quality Act revisions - Sacramento CBS Local - Jul 29 --
A coalition of business, housing and local government leaders is warning...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Finally there's evidence that we're embracing energy innovation -- Earth2Tech Blog - Jul 25:
Two recent energy policy moves are evidence that policymakers are finally starting to figure out the...more
Environmental and Policy Focus: Interior Chief defends federal hydraulic fracturing regulations -- Bloomberg - Jul 18:
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell drew on her experience as a former oil-industry engineer to defend...more
7/26/2013
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Trade Secrets
Environmental and Policy Focus - Pumping water underground could trigger major earthquake, say scientists: The Guardian - Jul 12
- Pumping water underground at geothermal power plants can lead to dangerous earthquakes...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Why aren't there more solar plants in the desert? -- The Huffington Post - Business - Jul 2:
The vast and glittering Ivanpah solar facility in California will soon start sending electrons to...more