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Monday, April 26, 2021 Last week, among many actions taken by the Biden-Harris Administration on Earth Day 2021, one may have flown under the proverbial radar, though it does have significant legal implications for greenhouse gas regulation and the whole-of-government(s) approach:  the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) notice proposing to repeal the preemption portions of NHTSA’s 2019 rule entitled “The Safer Afford...

The world’s rarest kiwi – the rowi – is found in Okarito forest on the West Coast. “Dogs are fine around Okarito village, we have a green area for them to play and enjoy some exercise, but weve had reports of dogs being taken on forest walking tracks and they are a risk to our rowi (Okarito kiwi).” The rarest brown kiwi is found only in Okarito forest and conservation efforts have grown the population from just 165 birds in the 1990s, to about 600. “We are grateful to see more New...

A surge of New Zealand visitors to the West Coast over summer and autumn has been a boon to communities missing the dollars usually injected by overseas tourists. Greater domestic tourism on the West Coast has also meant an increase of canines in conservation areas. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round Many of the domestic tourists come with their dogs however, a problem for a region rich in vulnerable wildlife. New Zealanders in motorhomes are flocking to remote corners of the West Coast with their pets a...

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Local businesses and community leaders are taking action to protect Southern Nevada lands.

Key Takeaways What Happened: Earlier this year, the European Commission adopted a series of amendments that expanded the scope of anti-circumvention provisions to ecodesign regulations for a number of product categories. Both the European Union (EU) Ecodesign Directive and the U.S. Appliance and Equipment Standards Program prohibit using defeat devices to circumvent prescribed test procedures to misrepresent a product’s actual energy or water performance.  Who Should Care: Manufacturers, imp...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Over the past four years, we have been faced with several thought provoking questions – What is a showerhead? How many times do you have to run a dishwasher to get clean dishes? What type of lightbulb best illuminates a President?[1] The Trump Administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) attempted to answer these questions by taking a new look at established energy and water efficiency standards resulting in the hydra-like showerhe...

Professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers. The EC also developed and implemented regulations regarding standby, network standby, and off mode power consumption. These ecodesign regulations all include energy efficiency standards in addition to other measures. To ensure compliance throughout the EU, the EC established verification procedures, and Member States are responsible for establishing mechanisms for market surveillance and enforceme...

An attempt to urge ECan to undertake an urgent review of South Canterbury rivers has been rejected.

            This was the passionate call of House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco on Monday’s Energy Efficiency Day, as he emphasized that “by making our energy systems more efficient, there’s less need for new power companies to build or expand.”             Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (Lord Allan Velasco’s Office / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Being a principal author of Republic Act 11285 or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, Velasco similarly reminded...