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Japan’s Once-Powerful Nuclear Industry is Under Siege

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Japan’s Once-Powerful Nuclear Industry is Under Siege

The disaster at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant has highlighted the importance of nuclear energy to Japan and the power long wielded by the nuclear sector. But that influence now is sure to wane, to the relief of opponents who have fought for years to check nuclear’s rapid growth.

EPA Issues New Rule Targeting Construction Site Water Pollution

By Jessalyn Dingwell on January 13, 2010 2 Comments best management practices, builders, building industry, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, Climate Change, construction, construction industry, construction site run off, contaminants, environment, environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, global warming, green building, green economy, greenhouse gas emissions, National Resources Defense Council, NRDC, Obama, Policy, pollution, pollution sources, rainfall, regulation, renewable energy, sediment, storm water management, sustainability, sustainable building, The Clean Water Act, The Clean Water Act of 1972, Turbidity, Washington, Water, water management, water pollution, water quality, waterways

EPA Issues New Rule Targeting Construction Site Water Pollution

Beginning February 1, 2010, an estimated 82,000 construction sites must comply with the EPA’s new regulation governing construction site discharge. The new regulation outlines stricter measures to reduce water pollution and the EPA expects compliance with the rule to reduce the amount of sediment and other pollutants discharged from construction sites by 4 billion pounds per year.