Tag: EPA
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EPA Reframes Air Pollution Cost-Benefit Analysis for Rules
Overview: A fundamental shift in how costs and benefits are weighed The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is altering its approach to evaluating air pollution rules. For years, the agency has attached a dollar value to lives saved and health improvements expected from various regulations. That practice, long a cornerstone of rulemaking, is changing. The EPA…
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EPA Overhauls How It Weighs Costs and Benefits of Air Pollution Rules
What’s changing at the EPA After years of using monetized estimates of health benefits to justify air pollution standards, the Environmental Protection Agency is changing how it weighs those benefits against economic costs. The agency will no longer rely on a single dollar figure to value lives saved and illnesses prevented when evaluating major air…
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EPA Overhauls How It Values Health Benefits in Air Pollution Rules
Introduction: A Shift in How Air Rules Are Measured The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is changing a long-standing practice: assigning a dollar value to lives saved and health improvements when evaluating air pollution regulations. For decades, the agency used economic cost-benefit analyses to justify or adjust environmental protections. The latest move marks a transition away…
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Cork Creamery Ordered by EPA to Stop Discharging Effluent into River Allow
EPA Orders Cork Creamery to Stop River Discharge The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ireland has ordered a Cork dairy company to stop discharging wastewater from its milk processing operations into the nearby River Allow. The regulators confirmed that the creamery had ceased discharging its effluent from the identified point and had begun implementing corrective…
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Cork Creamery Ordered by EPA to Stop Discharging Effluent into River
Background: EPA action targets dairy wastewater management The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken corrective action against a Cork creamery after inspectors found the facility was discharging wastewater, or effluent, from milk processing into the nearby River Allow. While the creamery has since ceased the discharge from its identified point and has begun corrective steps,…
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Federal worker layoffs begin amid government shutdown
Overview: Substantial layoffs begin during the government shutdown The Trump administration announced that it has initiated “substantial” reductions in force (RIFs) for federal employees as the government remains shut down amid stalled funding negotiations. White House budget director Russ Vought confirmed on X that the reductions have begun, signaling a shift from earlier temporary furloughs…
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Murray Watt Nears Bipartisan Deal to Overhaul Australia’s Environment Laws
Overview: A Fight to Modernize Australia’s Environment Laws Environment Minister Murray Watt is stepping toward a potential bipartisan breakthrough with the Liberal Party as negotiations over Australia’s long-stalled environmental reform package intensify. With the final sitting fortnight of the year looming, both Cabinet corridors and parliamentary lobbies are buzzing about the possibility of rewriting the…
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Australia’s Environment Laws Overhaul: Watt Nears Coalition Pact
Background: A long-awaited overhaul inches forward Australia has waited years for a comprehensive rewrite of its environment laws. The current framework, widely described as outdated and fragmented, has drawn criticism from business groups seeking faster project approvals and from conservation advocates who fear weaker protections. After a landmark 2020 review led by Graeme Samuel, the…
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IBAN Verification and October EU Changes: What Changes This Month
VoP Verification of Payee: What Changes for Euro Transfers As October arrives, a wave of EU-wide updates takes effect, with the Verification of Payee (VoP) sitting at the center of banking changes. From 9 October, banks and savings banks across the euro area must compare the recipient’s name with the IBAN before executing a euro…
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VoP IBAN Verification and October EU Regulatory Updates
October brings a mix of EU-wide banking rules, digital health measures, and seasonal adjustments that touch households and businesses alike. Foremost among them is the introduction of Verification of Payee (VoP) for euro transfers, a move intended to reduce errors and curb fraud. Alongside this, banks must ensure real-time euro transfers can be sent free…