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On March 23, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ruled in favor of the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC) and others by holding that the Commission will be bound to the "just and reasonable" standard for contract changes to "reliability must run" (RMR) contracts, instead of the higher ...

On March 21st, Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) introduced a "Sense of the Congress" resolution which states that Congress should enact "a mandatory national program to slow, stop and reverse emissions of greenhouse gases."  The resolution, which has 21 cosponsors, including Reps. McGovern and Olver from Massachusetts, states that ...

In a surprising move, the Chinese government announced on Thursday, March 29, that next month it will begin discussing a system to cut carbon dioxide emissions.  On April 24, the government will release its plan, which will include an assessment of emissions, something which could take three years to finish.  China will soon surpass the ...

According to press reports on April 2, the top environmental official of the European Union (EU) blasted the U.S. for its policy toward climate change, as the EU begins work on the latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Stavros Dimas, the European environment commissioner, said that the EU expects ...

On Monday, April 2, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority and must consider regulating greenhouse gases (GHG) from automobiles.  The Court, in a 5-4 ruling, argued that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act by declining to "regulate new-vehicle emissions standards to control the pollutants ...

Sewers will overflow and costs will soar for water treatment facilities in New England due to climate change, according to a draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  The report adds that water utilities should invest in upgrades to treatment plants and sewers to prepare for a stormy future.  Predictions suggest that in ...

The Senate Finance Committee is currently in the process of developing an energy tax package, with the hopes of adding it to a climate change or farm bill reauthorization package should one move later this spring.  The renewable energy  Production Tax Credit (PTC), along with other energy tax incentives included in the Energy Policy Act ...