Archive for 2012

Air & Waste Management Association Conference: Patricia Sharkey Leads Panel

November 15, 2012 – At the 2012 Air Quality Management Conference of Lake Michigan States Section of the Air & Waste Management Association, Pat Sharkey led a panel of experts in a unique “case study” presentation, titled “Putting It All – Together Successfully Navigating Air Permitting and Modeling […]

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Best Lawyers in America in the field of environmental law

ELC Principal Pat Sharkey was selected by her peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the field of environmental law and will be listed in the 2013 Edition of that publication. Inclusion in Best Lawyers ® is based entirely on peer review.

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Co-Generation – White House Orders Agencies to Remove Barriers to Investment in Energy Efficient “Combined Heat and Power” at Industrial Facilities

In what could be a break-through moment for combined heat and power technology (CHP), also known as cogeneration, the President today announced a national goal to increase industrial energy efficiency in the U.S by deploying 40 gigawatts of new CHP generated power by 2020. Industry and regulators […]

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DOT and EPA Finalize 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standards for 2025 Models

EPA Administrator Jackson today announced final rules establishing an historic CAFE standard of 54.mpg to be achieved by car and light truck fleets by 2025. This rulemaking builds on the Obama Administration’s 35.5 mpg CAFE standard for 2011-2016 car and light truck fleets adopted in 2010. Combined, […]

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Cross-State Rules: EPA Strikes Out Again

In a major blow to EPA’s continuing efforts to regulate emissions that migrate across state lines and cause air quality non-attainment problems in downwind states, a panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on August 21, 2012 rejected EPA’s 2011 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) as […]

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6th Circuit Remands EPA “Single Source” Determination for Summit

In early August, a panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals gave the oil and gas industry – and perhaps many other sectors — an unexpected victory by remanding for reconsideration EPA’s Clean Air Act “single source” determination for Summit Petroleum Corporation. The Court held that […]

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Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Permitting

On July 12, 2012, USEPA issued a final rule for Step 3 of the Tailoring Rule which retains the greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting thresholds that were established in Steps 1 and 2 of the GHG Tailoring Rule; i.e., 100 tpy CO2e for Title 5 permits and new […]

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EPA’s GHG Endangerment Finding

credit mortgageinstant approval cash advance loansmall loans same day payout On June 6, 2012, the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its much anticipated ruling on the combined challenges to EPA’s GHG Endangerment Finding, Timing Rule, Tailoring Rule and Light Duty Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Rule. In […]

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Achieving the Goal of “Zero Waste”

/Patricia Sharkey of Environmental Law Cousel, P.C. moderates a legal panel discussion on legal barriers to achieving the goal of “zero waste” at the Air & Waste Management Association – Lake Michigan Section’s Annual Waste Conference – “Waste Not” — in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. instant cash loans […]

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The Citizen’s Role in the New World of Greenhouse Gas Regulation

www.1hourpaydayloansnow.cominstant payday loans with no credit checkMAMAS-SAUCE.COM/DELIVERY/NOW/ Pat Sharkey, was a featured lunch speaker at the Illinois State Bar Association’s 11th Annual Environmental Law Conference addressing the topic of “The Citizen’s Role in the New World of Greenhouse Gas Regulation” from the perspective of regulated industries.

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