Two BP refineries in the U.S. account for 97 percent of “egregious willful” violations given by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to a study by the Center for Public Integrity. The study found that the violations occurred in the last three years in BP’s Texas City, Texas refinery and another plant...
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Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about EPA’s role in responding to the BP Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. As we all know, efforts by BP to stop the oil release continue. While there is no perfect...
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Evo Morales, President of Bolivia Text of Speech before United Nations I have come here to share the conclusions of the First World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, held last April 20th to 22nd in Cochabamba, Bolivia. I convened this Conference because in Copenhagen the voice of the...
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In 2009, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States saw their largest absolute and percentage decline (405 million metric tons or 7.0 percent) since 1949, when records began to be collected annually. While emissions have declined in three out of the last four years, 2009 was exceptional. Emissions developments in 2009 reflect a...
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On April 29, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a set of regulatory proposals under the Clean Air Act that address emissions from boilers, process heaters, and certain solid waste incinerators. The proposed emissions regulations would cut U.S. mercury emissions by more than half and significantly reduce emissions from boilers, process heaters and solid waste incinerators, according to...
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Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) has produced draft legislation that would prevent the president, federal agencies, and state and local governments from taking any action to control GHG emissions that is independent of the actions mandated in federal climate legislation. The proposal goes farther than previous initiatives to preempt GHG regulation in that it would...
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Combined heat-and-power (CHP) facilities using renewable fuels to produce heat — and electric power – for industrial processes in large factories have become a central component of the UK’s low-carbon strategy.
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The U.S. Climate Action Report is one of the most significant documents on U.S. policy initiatives and actions to address climate change. It also provides a review of federal efforts “…to increase scientific understanding of climate change, and provide foreign assistance to help other nations mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.”...
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