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07.13.17

Revised California Air Resources Board (CARB) Enforcement Policy

CARB is in the process of revising their existing Enforcement Policy.


01.30.17

TSCA Reset to Affect Nearly All Manufacturers, Importers and Processors

Companies that have manufactured or imported chemical products in the U.S. in the past ten years (alone or formulated in products and mixtures) should plan now to comply with new rules requiring them to identify and report each of those substances to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...


10.26.16

Negotiating a Solar Deal

Point Energy Innovations recently published a white paper titled “Profiting from the Sun: How Building Developers Can Unlock the Country’s Largest Potential for Renewable Energy—Quickly and Profitably,” which discusses the nation’s need for sustainable energy and ...


10.21.16

Retailers Navigate Shifting Environmental Regulatory Landscape

The past decade has witnessed a monumental shift in regulatory oversight of retailers' environmental compliance programs.


10.14.16

EPA Taking First Actions to Restrict Existing Chemical Uses

On October 11, 2016, EPA announced the start of expedited rulemaking to restrict the existing uses of five widely used chemicals that have been identified as being toxic, persistent and/or bioaccumulative in the environment (PBTs).


10.13.16

TSCA Reform Will Fundamentally Change U.S. Chemical Regulation

Astonishingly, in an election year and at a time of unprecedented partisanship, this past June, Congress adopted significant reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) with sweeping support from both sides of the aisle.


10.05.16

2017 "Reset" of TSCA Inventory Will Affect All Chemical Users

As required by the 2016 amendments to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) next year will zero out and rebuild its inventory of chemicals in commerce (the TSCA Inventory).


09.14.16

The Many Moving Parts of California’s Climate Program

Some storylines are pretty linear and easy to follow—boy meets girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after. The End. But then there are the others. The ones that really capture the imagination of the world.


08.29.16

Move Over AB 32, Here Comes SB 32! (and AB 197)

Last week, the California Legislature voted to extend the state's ambitious climate change targets while simultaneously pushing a reform bill covering the California Air Resources Board (ARB).


07.19.16

Methane Replaces Carbon Dioxide as Primary GHG Regulatory Target

Carbon dioxide, by far the most ubiquitous greenhouse gas (GHG) by volume, has long been the primary target of regulatory efforts to limit GHG emissions. The most significant climate change regulations over the past decade have focused squarely on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, with reductions ...