Environment //www.pjbjkak.com/rss/127 en-us EPA 'Good Neighbor' Plan Targets Power Plant, Other Industrial Smog

Cement and steel producers in some states would be included under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53745 Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53745-epa-good-neighbor-plan-targets-power-plant-other-industrial-smog
White House Infrastructure Chief Landrieu Outlines IIJA Progress ichniowskit@enr.com (Tom Ichniowski)

Agencies have allocated $110B in 110 days, infrastructure implementation chief says.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53735 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:33:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53735-white-house-infrastructure-chief-landrieu-outlines-iija-progress
Planned $100-Million Trail Project Gets Moving West of Las Vegas doug@knpr.org (Doug Puppel)

The Red Rock Legacy Trail is designed to be built in phases, with the first phase extending five miles from residential neighborhoods at the north end of the trail.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53734 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:10:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53734-planned-100-million-trail-project-gets-moving-west-of-las-vegas
EPA Proposes Stronger Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards

Some of the most significant nitrogen oxide reductions under the proposed standards would be seen in vehicles that are moving at low speeds or idling, EPA says.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53729 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:25:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53729-epa-proposes-stronger-heavy-duty-vehicle-emissions-standards
Russia-Ukraine War Alters Europe's Plan for Energy Independence As conflict expands, Germany looks to extend use of last three nuclear power plants it planned to close this year, while EU gets 10-point plan to cut Russia gas dependence by one-third in a year and Denmark announces new steps to halt Russian gas imports. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53720 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53720-russia-ukraine-war-alters-europes-plan-for-energy-independence Enbridge to Issue RFPs for Great Lakes Oil-Gas Tunnel < p >安桥能源将为你发出请求ls in the coming weeks for contractors to construct a $500-million Great Lakes tunnel to carry crude oil and natural gas liquids through the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan and Ontario.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53701 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:26:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53701-enbridge-to-issue-rfps-for-great-lakes-oil-gas-tunnel Enbridge pipeline Tunnel boring machine is planned to dig what will become the Line 5 utility tunnel. Rendering courtesy Enbridge
NY Offshore Wind Ocean Lease Auction Nets Record $4.37B

Six teams are provisional winners of U.S. Interior Dept.'s 64-round auction of ocean areas in the New York Bight south of New York City, with future development to be done under project labor agreements, it said.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53695 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:50:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53695-ny-offshore-wind-ocean-lease-auction-nets-record-437b offshore wind sites US Interior Dept. lease auction of offshore wind sites south of New York City and Long Island could power 2 million homes if fully built, the agency said.Credit: Siemens
High Court Hears Consolidated Clean Air Cases ichniowskit@enr.com (Tom Ichniowski) Arguments before U.S. Supreme Court pit power companies, EPA and environmental advocates against coal industry interests and several Republican-led states. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53689 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:50:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53689-high-court-hears-consolidated-clean-air-cases Resilient Infrastructure Window Is Closing Fast, UN Climate Report Warns

Climate-resilient development is critical before changes cause irreversible impacts, United Nations panel warns //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53671 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:43:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53671-resilient-infrastructure-window-is-closing-fast-un-climate-report-warns Feds Suspend $600M Alaska Mine Road Project for New Permit Review

Interior Dept. says prior administration's environmental analysis of the Ambler mine access road across national park and federally managed land had “significant deficiencies.”

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53663 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:20:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53663-feds-suspend-600m-alaska-mine-road-project-for-new-permit-review
UPDATE: Feds Want Court Ruling By March 15 to Restore Social Cost of Carbon Metric In appeals court filing, Justice Dept. says Louisiana judge's Feb. 14 injunction of metric is "illogical, unreasonable, and unlawful," and has halted work on oil and gas permits, NEPA reviews and rulemaking. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53655 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:24:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53655-update-feds-want-court-ruling-by-march-15-to-restore-social-cost-of-carbon-metric Feds Roll Out $12.1B in Infra Funding for Carbon Capture Tech, Pipelines White House seeks comment by March 18 on approaches to extract CO2 from sources and from the air, with $2B for new pipelines. Capture projects have strong critics, but DOE also funds $4M of planned Rio Tinto-Talon Metals nickel mine demo project in Minnesota. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53649 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:00:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53649-feds-roll-out-121b-in-infra-funding-for-carbon-capture-tech-pipelines Infrastructure Law Funds Will Speed Great Lakes Cleanups mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland)

EPA plans to spend $1 billion from IIJA to speed cleanups, allowing most key projects in region to be completed by 2030. 

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53637 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:17:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53637-infrastructure-law-funds-will-speed-great-lakes-cleanups
Administration Launches 'Buy Clean' Construction Materials Push

New federal task force will prioritize materials with lower embodied carbon for US-funded projects.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53608 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53608-administration-launches-buy-clean-construction-materials-push
La. Court Rejects Biden Carbon Emissions Cost Measure in Permits, Regs Lake Charles-based judge supported suit by Republican-led states that the order would be too costly to them in fossil fuel purchases and sales. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53603 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:22:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53603-la-court-rejects-biden-carbon-emissions-cost-measure-in-permits-regs DOT, DOE Allocate $615M for US Electric Vehicle Charging Network ichniowskit@enr.com (Tom Ichniowski)

Funds are first installment of infrastructure funding law's formula funds for a national EV network.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53594 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:35:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53594-dot-doe-allocate-615m-for-us-electric-vehicle-charging-network
Abandoned Coal Mine Cleanups Get Big Boost Under Infra Law States are set to gain $725M in fiscal 2022, with total of $11.3 billion allocated over the next 15 years, U.S. Interior Dept. said Feb. 7. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53592 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:21:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53592-abandoned-coal-mine-cleanups-get-big-boost-under-infra-law Canada Energy Giant's $650M Acquisition Boosts Its US Renewables Niche Brookfield Asset Management is set to add 20 GW of solar and battery storage project potential in buying Virginia-based Urban Grid, but sector faces growing hurdles in grid connectivity and supply chain. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53553 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:55:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53553-canada-energy-giants-650m-acquisition-boosts-its-us-renewables-niche EPA Reaffirms Rule Limiting Power Plant Mercury Emissions

Edison Electric Institute says many plants already meet 2012 standards.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53532 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:40:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53532-epa-reaffirms-rule-limiting-power-plant-mercury-emissions
High Court Could Reset Building Curbs in Key Wetlands Case mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland)

Scope of federal jurisdiction on lands near certain bodies of water is core to landowner challenge, but timing of court action will determine if Justice Stephen Breyer, a veteran of Clean Water Act rulings, can weigh in before he retires.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53526 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53526-high-court-could-reset-building-curbs-in-key-wetlands-case
Court Nixes Permit of Nearly Complete $6.2B Mountain Valley Pipeline Mastec-built Virginia to W.Va. natural gas project, set to operate in summer, faces unclear delay as feds must reassess its water crossings in a national forest. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53512 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:18:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53512-court-nixes-permit-of-nearly-complete-62b-mountain-valley-pipeline Jersey City, NJ Commits to $1B in Water Upgrades in New Federal Pact mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland) City will expand lead service line replacements and sewer improvements over the next decade in modifying its consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53513 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:45:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53513-jersey-city-nj-commits-to-1b-in-water-upgrades-in-new-federal-pact Louisiana, Corps of Engineers Agree to $6B Coastal Protection Project

The Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico plan calls for 98 miles of levees and other protections.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53508 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:30:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53508-louisiana-corps-of-engineers-agree-to-6b-coastal-protection-project
Mass. Commission Tackles How to Decarbonize Buildings < p >如何处理天然气将之一biggest challenges facing a new state-appointed commission on decarbonizing the building sector in the Bay State. 

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53485 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:40:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53485-mass-commission-tackles-decarbonizing-buildings
Collaboration Yields Funds for Dam Safety and Upgrades mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland)

Hydropower sector participants usually at odds—industry firms, dam safety groups and environmental advocates—now are finding common ground in project funding and new legislation. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53480 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:20:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53480-collaboration-yields-funds-for-dam-safety-and-upgrades US Court Questions 102-Mile Transmission Project Over River Crossing Federal judge allows construction for now on $492M Wisconsin-to-Iowa line in opponent challenge, but chides utilities and agencies over Mississippi River crossing permit flaws. Project, set to carry western renewable energy to markets, has support from one Wisconsin non-profit. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53472 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:50:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53472-us-court-questions-102-mile-transmission-project-over-river-crossing Corps Spells Out Billions in Infrastructure Act Allocations ichniowskit@enr.com (Tom Ichniowski)

Everglades restoration program receives the largest allotment of roughly $1.1 billion.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53471 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:38:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53471-corps-spells-out-billions-in-infrastructure-act-allocations
Calif., Baltimore, Milwaukee Water Projects Win $688M in EPA Loans

US Environmental Protection Agency says it will provide $7.4 billion this year to State Revolving Funds for water infrastructure projects.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53461 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53461-calif-baltimore-milwaukee-water-projects-win-688m-in-epa-loans
EPA Coal Ash Cleanup Rule Changes Send Utilities, Agencies Back to Drawing Board Agency said it will deny three utility extensions for unlined pond compliance over groundwater pollution risks, as part of larger agency push to strengthen regulation of power plant residuals disposal and facilities with improper storage. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53448 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:15:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53448-epa-coal-ash-cleanup-rule-changes-send-utilities-agencies-back-to-drawing-board Biden Administration Sets Framework to Fund $4.7B US Orphan Well Cleanup mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland)

Infrastructure law funds will go to states, tribes to close and remediate abandoned oil and gas sites under new interagency government program //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53459 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53459-biden-administration-sets-framework-to-fund-47b-us-orphan-well-cleanup