By Davis Wax Editorial assistant, Spring/Summer 2013 During their push to abolish, obstruct and stymie the Environmental Protection Agency over the past few years, House Republicans have beleaguered the agency for regulatory measures they consider “job-killing” or “anti-industry,” hoping to…
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A Failure To Cooperate Over Wilderness Right-of-Way Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation filed a condemnation petition in January that would allow the utility to build power lines through Box Creek Wilderness, a 5,100-acre tract of preserved forest east of Asheville, N.C.…
TAGS: Air Pollution air quality Appalachia Unhappy Box Creek Wilderness Dominion Resources Inc. Georgia Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nickajack Reservoir Tim Sweeney Well-Being Index
Vested Power: State-Level Legislative Agendas in 2013
By Brian Sewell, J.W. Randolph and Nathan Jenkins At the state level, the public often has greater access and input on decisions and the processes of their governments. But so do special interests — especially campaign funders and industries that…
TAGS: Air Pollution Appalachian politics Coal mining fracking Gov. Bill Haslam Gov. Bob McDonnell Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Gov. Pat McCrory Gov. Steve Beshear Greg Stumbo Kentucky Mountaintop Removal NC Division of Air Quality NC Mining and Energy Commission North Carolina Renewable Portfolio Standards state environmental policy Tennessee Tennessee Wilderness Act uranium mining Virginia West Virginia
Another Setback for the Much Needed Cross-State Pollution Rule
A critical clean air rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which would help provide cleaner air for an estimated 240 million Americans — including Appalachians — was dealt a setback today by the U.S. Court of Appeals which rejected…
EPA Revising Air Pollution Standards
Last Friday, EPA announced it will be considering revisions to the first-ever standards for controlling mercury, arsenic, selenium and other toxic pollutants from coal fired power plants, issued in December. These standards are the result of a years-long process, and…
VICTORY: Alexander, Hagan, Rockefeller vote for Clean Air
Inhofe Resolution fails despite support of Virginia Senators Webb, Warner Big news out of the Senate as Senator Inhofe’s most recent effort to stop clean air protections (SR 37) was killed by a vote of 46 to 53. Much more…
EPA Issues First-Ever National Mercury and Air Toxic Standards
In December 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, the first-ever national standards to protect families from mercury and toxic air pollutants emitted by power plants. Pollutants from coal-fired power plants include arsenic, acid…
