The Duke Energy Corporation of North Carolina recently announced a settlement agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Duke Energy operates coal power plants around the state and finally settled a 15 year-old...
In conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued a ban prohibiting boaters from dumping sewage into Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake. The ruling also extends to the Seneca River, which flows...
On August 3, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the Clean Power Plan, through which the EPA, for the first time, seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power utilities, and which presents challenges to the states and the...