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The Arkansas Valley Conduit financing bill fell short of the two-thirds override threshold—despite unanimous Colorado support and a price tag CBO pegged at under $500,000.

Engineered for hazardous locations, hydrogen systems, and marine sectors, the EXNT 8292 combines certified safety, high performance, and versatile customization to meet the needs of modern industry.

The BLM has revived its effort to open more of California’s public lands to oil extraction. But its strategy has changed little since the agency’s earlier attempt in 2019 and drillers may not be interested.

The agency says funds can be used to establish or improve collection systems, invest in infrastructure and technology, support markets for recycled commodities, and increase the diversion and quality of materials collected in municipal solid waste systems.

The agency says the loans are intended to speed up infrastructure upgrades while repayments return money to the U.S. Treasury.

Critics often focus on the tradeoffs that come with emergency extensions for coal plants.

Critics of enforcement settlements like this often focus on two things: whether the penalty is large enough to deter future violations, and whether compliance claims are verified over time. 

Critics of efforts described as “streamlining” often argue that the biggest risk is not the creation of a resource page itself, but how it gets used.

Massachusetts is one of the states where the federal government directly administers stormwater permitting under the Clean Water Act. 

The agency says that combination, rather than any single factor, guides whether a chemical use is considered an unreasonable risk.