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Connecticut, Vermont, Oregon, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, as well as the cities of New York and the District of Columbia have sent the EPA formal notice of intent to sue over the agency's failure to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, The Hill reports. . This month, the Environmental Protection Agency missed a deadline to finalize standards for new facilities.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee yesterday voted 21 to 1 to approve MIT physicist Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy, Politico reports. A full Senate vote on his nomination has not yet been scheduled.
Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) have introduced an Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List energy efficiency bill that is scaled down from their proposal last year, The Hill reports. The bill calls for stricter building codes and a new government financing program, but no longer calls for an expansion of federal loan guarantees. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will consider the bill on Tuesday.
SL Industries and SL Surface Technologies have agreed to perform approximately $23 million in soil cleanup and reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for $10.7 million in past costs at the Puchack Well Field Superfund site in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. The soil to be cleaned up is contaminated with hexavalent chromium, and six public drinking water wells near the site had to be taken out of service due to contamination, the agency said.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said the House of Representatives will introduce its own version of the Water Resources Development Act by late spring or early summer, The Hill reports. In March, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed legislation that would provide low-interest loans for water infrastructure projects.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee yesterday voted 21 to 1 to approve MIT physicist Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy, Politico reports. A full Senate vote on his nomination has not yet been scheduled.
Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) have introduced an Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List energy efficiency bill that is scaled down from their proposal last year, The Hill reports. The bill calls for stricter building codes and a new government financing program, but no longer calls for an expansion of federal loan guarantees. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will consider the bill on Tuesday.
SL Industries and SL Surface Technologies have agreed to perform approximately $23 million in soil cleanup and reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for $10.7 million in past costs at the Puchack Well Field Superfund site in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. The soil to be cleaned up is contaminated with hexavalent chromium, and six public drinking water wells near the site had to be taken out of service due to contamination, the agency said.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said the House of Representatives will introduce its own version of the Water Resources Development Act by late spring or early summer, The Hill reports. In March, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed legislation that would provide low-interest loans for water infrastructure projects.