http://enviro.blr.com Daily updated environmental news from Business & Legal Reports en-us Copyright 2006 Enviro.BLR.Com http://www.blr.com/rss/feed/enviroIndex.cfm Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:16:29 EST http://enviro.blr.com/images/header_ecologo2.gif http://enviro.blr.com (2/10) The shrinking of arctic ice due to climate change has unlocked a tantalizing array of possibilities for energy production industries. But the risks that will accompany production of onshore and offshore oil and gas as well as onshore minerals in the changing arctic are major and quite different from what both energy companies and governments have encountered. http://enviro.blr.com/index.aspx?id=131881&source=RSA&effort=5 Enviro.BLR.Com Editorial Staff editorial@blr.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:15:11 EST (2/09) Following collection of ?improved? data on how electroplating facilities are reducing emissions of hexavalent chromium, EPA is proposing to tighten existing emission limits for existing and new large and area sources engaged in both hard and decorative electroplating. http://enviro.blr.com/index.aspx?id=131874&source=RSA&effort=5 Enviro.BLR.Com Editorial Staff editorial@blr.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:11 EST (2/08) A new report released by the Texas Public Policy Foundation lists 10 EPA rules scheduled to become effective over the next three years, which along with other Agency regulations ?could cost more than $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of jobs.? http://enviro.blr.com/index.aspx?id=131850&source=RSA&effort=5 Enviro.BLR.Com Editorial Staff editorial@blr.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:15:11 EST