• To Combat Air Pollution, Utah Adopts California-Style Rules
• Source: AP/San Francisco Chronicle   |   Utah   |   January 3, 2013
• As Utah's air quality worsens, state regulators are working on a set of plans to limit everyday emissions, from banning the sale of aerosol deodorants and hair spray to prohibiting wood burning in fireplaces more often.

• Expert: Fracking Can Happen Safely in New York
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   January 3, 2013
• As the governor weighs whether to approve fracking, the state found in an analysis that the much-debated drilling technology could be conducted safely, according to a copy obtained by The New York Times from an expert who did not believe it should be kept secret.
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• California Gov. Jerry Brown Readjusts His Stance on Environmental Regulations
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   California   |   January 2, 2013
• The man who helped usher in the modern environmental movement has eased up on regulations, saying it's necessary for the state's economy.

• EPA Head Lisa P. Jackson to Resign Post
• Source: The Washington Post   |   Nation   |   December 28, 2012
• Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, who pushed through the most sweeping curbs on air pollution in two decades, announced Thursday morning that she will resign her post.
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• Sandy Forces Northeast to Rethink Infrastructure
• BY: William Fulton   |   January 2013
• In an effort to emerge more resilient and prosperous, states and localities are rethinking power grids, roads and sewers in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

• Washington State Moves to Charge Electric-Car Owners Yearly Fee
• Source: AP/The Seattles Times   |   Washington   |   December 26, 2012
• Owners of electric cars in Washington state don't buy gasoline or pay gas taxes, but they're soon going to be hit with a $100 fee to own the battery-operated cars.

• Ohio Gov. Kasich Has Plans for 2013
• Source: Columbus Dispatch   |   Ohio   |   December 21, 2012
• The “fracking” tax boost/income-tax-cut package that Gov. John Kasich couldn’t push through the legislature in 2012 appears primed for passage next year.

• In California's Cap-and-Trade Program, Utilities Benefit
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   December 20, 2012
• The state's utilities have been placed in a special class that effectively cushions companies and their ratepayers from the cost of reducing carbon emissions.

• California Proposes New Fracking Regulations
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   December 19, 2012
• Under pressure from state lawmakers and environmentalists, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration released draft regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the controversial drilling process driving the nation's oil and gas boom.

• Gas Industry Sues Colorado City over Fracking Ban
• Source: Denver Post   |   Longmont, Colo.   |   December 19, 2012
• The oil and gas industry hit Longmont with a lawsuit to kill voters' recent ban on fracking within city limits.

• EPA Tightens Soot Pollution Standards for States
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   December 17, 2012
• States have until 2018 to submit their plans to meet the new standards and then until 2020 to comply

• Detroit Approves Plan to Plan to 15,000 Trees on City Lots
• BY: News Staff   |   DETROIT   |   December 13, 2012
• The controversial decisions means the city will transfer 140 acres of land to a single company.
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• 7 States Threaten to Sue U.S. over Pollution Rules
• Source: Times Union   |   Nation   |   December 13, 2012
• New York and six other Northeastern states are threatening to sue the Obama administration for allegedly violating its own air pollution rules by ignoring methane emissions from oil and gas production, including the hydrofracking drilling method being reviewed in this state.

• Fracking Floated as Possibility in Western Massachusetts
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   December 13, 2012
• The possibility that Western Massachusetts may hold limited deposits of shale gas is catapulting the contentious issue of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, into the state.

• North Carolina Waters Chosen for Offshore Wind Farms
• BY: McClatchy News   |   North Carolina   |   December 13, 2012
• As plans to build wind farms off the coasts of Massachusetts and Delaware fall through, the feds have opened North Carolina's waters for the whirling turbines.
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