Manufacturers of fossil-fueled heating appliances—such as gas furnaces and water heaters—may be the next industry that will have to commit to reducing its nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. On Aug. 23, more than two dozen environmental, consumer-protection, and public-health organizations formally petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate rulemaking Read More
FCA US (formerly Chrysler Group) must pay a $300 million criminal penalty and will be under a three-year probation for making “false and misleading representations” to U.S. regulators and customers for cheating emissions standards on more than 100,000 vehicles. FCA US has been ordered to pay a $96.1 million fine Read More
In a precedent-setting and highly controversial ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Court ruled that Congress—not the EPA—has authority to devise emissions limits for power plants. The Read More
An annual Environmental Protection Agency report on toxins will include reporting on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—chemicals used in industrial and manufacturing processes around the globe—for the first time. Earlier this week, the EPA published preliminary Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data about chemical releases, chemical waste management, and pollution prevention activities Read More
