April2016
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Severe Accident Mitigation: When Shouldn’t Generic Analyses Suffice?
This post explains and critiques the D.C. Circuit’s decision on Tuesday to affirm NRC’s refusal to require a licensee to perform updated “severe accident mitigation alternatives” (SAMA) analyses as part of its re-licensing package. See Natural...April 30, 2016 289 0 -
Dominion Cove Point @ the D.C. Circuit: Wherever Causation Leads . . .
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licenses the pipeline transport of natural gas pursuant to the Natural Gas Act and other authorities. Dominion Energy, Cabot Oil & Gas and others petitioned FERC for permission to convert...April 21, 2016 331 0 -
Must BLM Count Livestock Emissions in its NEPA Documents?
A recent “complaint” served on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) by the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) argues that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) been shirking its NEPA duties on climate change issues. ...April 14, 2016 443 0 -
FDA’s Approval of Genetically Engineered Fish will Head to Court.
As expected, the Center for Food Safety (among others) filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its approval of the AquaBounty Technologies genetically engineered Atlantic salmon for sale as food within the U.S. Among...April 5, 2016 262 0 -
A Good Plan Gone Bad?
Double crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) were once threatened with extinction by DDT. But when DDT use was phased out domestically the species rebounded dramatically. Today, though it is still a protected migratory species under the federal Migratory Bird...April 5, 2016 289 0
