Micromobility: Cities & States Don’t Agree On Electric Bike Regulations
Global regulations about what electric bicycles can be and do are all over the map. Innovation is moving faster than regulation.
regulations
19 Environmental Monitoring Requirements For Oil Sands Suspended By Alberta
Citing the coronavirus epidemic, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) indefinitely suspended 19 environmental monitoring requirements for oil sands producers such as Syncrude, Suncor, Imperial Oil, and CNRL.
Can You Guess How Many Times Trump Mentioned Clean Energy, Climate Change & The Environment…
Last night, Trump delivered his tardy State of the Union speech, held up by his self-induced shutdown. How did he address the environment, the clean energy revolution, and the growing climate crisis — which the majority of Americans recognized as one of the most pressing issues facing the union?
What Has Republican Policy Actually Done For You?
Politics is a weird beast. Policymakers are elected in order to enact policies to help society, but politics is largely a cultural war — or even just a series of cult of personality battles. Policy is hardly touched in the lead-up to elections, and people typically go to the polls without having learned much about the policies their representatives have supported or the policies the candidates they’re voting on would like to implement.
California Will Tangle With EPA Over Weaker Emissions Rules, Broken Promises
The EPA is expected to announce a rollback of vehicle emissions standards later this week. California has already made plans to fight back.
Well Designed Environmental Regulations Can Deliver Positive Economic Outcomes
A new report based on interviews in the waste, construction, and car industries in the UK has concluded that well-designed environmental regulations are seen as a potential positive which can deliver economic benefits through increased business investment, rather than unnecessary bureaucratic red tape.
Lawsuit: Monsanto Ghostwrote Papers On Roundup Cancer Risk, EPA Used Them, … & EPA Official…
Newly unsealed documents relating to a lawsuit against Monsanto have revealed that the US EPA official who was in charge of evaluating the cancer risk of Monsanto’s Roundup product stated in a conversation with a company exec that he would try to get an investigation started by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) “killed.”
And … that he “should get a medal” for doing so.
Before Leaving, Mr. President, Keep OCS Oil + Gas In The Ground!
The Obama administration will soon announce its five-year plan for managing offshore oil and gas (OCS oil + gas leasing) from 2017 to 2022. Because of potential impacts on tourism and the environment, in its March draft version of the plan the President already scrapped an auction of Atlantic drilling rights in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Long-Term Coastal Flood Risk Ratings Debut Online
A new venture out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has come up with a valuable yet low-cost way to help individuals, communities, business, and government coastal locations get climate-ready and storm-safe. It also enables real estate brokers, home inspection services, and financial institutions that underwrite or package mortgages to improve the quality … [continued]
Finally A Declared Road To North American Energy & Climate Action
The US, Canada, and Mexico have just mirrored the European Union in seeking a continent-wide approach to North American energy and related climate change. According to Canadian Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford, “The partnership does not include binding targets, but will enhance cooperation and integrate more climate change-related policies into energy … [continued]
