Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:11:39 +0000
Nuclear regulatory agencies from the U.S., Canada, and the UK will collaborate on technical reviews and share best practices for advanced reactors and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. The measure […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:24:27 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed its staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance to create Part 53, a much-awaited risk-informed and technology-inclusive licensing framework geared toward […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:22:49 +0000
A proposed rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 5 could considerably tighten the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, with specific repercussions for coal- and oil-fired generation. The proposed rule seeks to significantly update the 2012–finalized National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-Fired […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:23:48 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15 issued the final “Good Neighbor Plan,” its latest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that could require coal, oil, or gas steam power plants in 22 states to reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels by 50% by 2027 compared to the 2021 ozone season. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:40:29 +0000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed barring six coal-fired power plants in various states—a combined 11 GW—from disposing coal ash into unlined surface impoundments. The agency, however, also proposed to provide disposal extensions if the coal plants are needed to maintain grid reliability. The EPA’s proposed determinations, issued on Jan. 25, fall under its […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:43:25 +0000
NEW YORK – President Trump wants to make it easier for genetically engineered plants and animals to enter the food supply, and he signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to simplify the “regulatory maze” for producers.
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Credit to Author: Manisha Krishnan| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:30:00 +0000
The government has imposed strict THC limits for drivers, but most people don’t know what they mean.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:50:29 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Political advertisements can be posted on public utility vehicles (PUV) as long as it complies with the rules set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced on Tuesday.
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Read moreThe Trump administration has proposed an overhaul of U.S. power plant emissions rules, unveiling a plan that would allow individual states to determine how they will regulate pollutants. The proposal, called the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) plan and discussed during the keynote address at the MEGA Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 21, would essentially dissolve […]
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Read moreThe Trump administration has proposed an overhaul of U.S. power plant emissions rules, unveiling a plan that would allow individual states to determine how they will regulate pollutants. The proposal, called the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) plan and discussed during the keynote address at the MEGA Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 21, would essentially […]
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