Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:37:25 +0000
A major Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, the largest coal-burning facility in the state before it was closed in 2023, may be converted to a natural gas-fired station. Officials in Homer […]
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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:59:32 +0000
The US Environmental Protection Agency released a big report yesterday, the 50th annual Automotive Trends Report. This report analyzed fuel economy improvements in the US (focusing on 2023 model year vehicles), and it found that, thanks to policies pushing for better and better fuel economy, the country saw its best … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:13:30 +0000
An analysis from global data and analytics group Wood Mackenzie says Republican control of the White House and Congress means U.S. energy policy will move away from net-zero emissions targets, […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:14:09 +0000
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law in 2022. The IRA is the largest public investments in renewable energy in American history and created more than 20 […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:59:50 +0000
The U.S. Supreme Court has said that rules requiring power plants burning fossil fuels to reduce emissions of toxic substances can stand, dealing a blow to several Republican-led states and […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:37:22 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a plan to implement a new label program that it expects will help federal purchasers and buyers find and choose more climate-friendly construction […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:06:36 +0000
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has denied motions to stay a suite of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that champion carbon capture and storage (CCS) […]
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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:24:05 +0000
DALLAS, Texas — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April. Fourteen EPA inspectors and five NMED inspectors took part in these joint inspections … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:26:55 +0000
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 overturned the Chevron doctrine—a forty-year-old precedent—significantly curtailing the power of federal agencies to interpret ambiguous statutory provisions, even in areas of agency expertise. […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:34:04 +0000
The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5–4 vote blocked enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) final “Good Neighbor Plan,” a rule intended to significantly cut smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) […]
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