How are greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources regulated under the Clean Air Act?
Whenever someone asks why greenhouse gases are regulated under the Clean Air Act the automatic answer is “because the Supreme Court said so in Massachusetts v. EPA.” While that is true,…
Is biomass energy clean?
Generally speaking, biomass is material from living or recently living organisms, most typically plant matter. In turn, biomass energy is usully derived from burning these materials. Biomass energy sources can take many…
Hydraulic fracturing in Illinois
The potential environmental damage, primarily groundwater contamination, from capturing natural gas through hydraulic fracturing (aka hydrofracking and fracking) has captured national media attention. Most of that attention has been focused…