At the Senate hearing on the FAIR Act, the DOI declined support for the bill, saying it lacks definite conservation or energy policy goals, would increase the federal deficit, and reduce return to taxpayers. At the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing held on July 23, 2013, the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget,…...
A federal appeals court rejected petitions in opposition to EPA’s 2008 primary ozone standard and ordered a review of its secondary standard for violating the Clean Air Act. On July 23, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied petitions challenging the primary ozone standard of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…...
NY-BEST has partnered with DNV KEMA to establish a $23 million battery and energy storage testing and commercialization facility in Rochester, New York. On July 23, 2013, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a partnership between New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology (NY-BEST) consortium and DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, a Netherlands-based…...