Credit to Author: Michelle Bloodworth| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 04:19:48 +0000
So far, utilities have announced plans to retire some 93,000 MW (nameplate) of coal—almost half the existing coal fleet—by the end of this decade. Coal retirements combined with increasing penetration of
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 18:15:35 +0000
The Biden administration has rolled out in a final what it says is a “durable” definition of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), potentially capping a legal and political battle that has raged for nearly two decades. The final rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army on […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:44:15 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have settled to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act with four separate large-scale solar farm owners in Alabama, Idaho, and Illinois. The solar farm owners—all subsidiaries of large international finance and investment companies—used a common construction contractor for their farms. The federal […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:12:00 +0000
Sulfur oxides (SO x ) have several harmful effects both to the environment, and to human and animal health. Much of the SO x in the atmosphere comes from the burning of fossil fuels by power plants and other
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:57:59 +0000
Can electric vehicles benefit from the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) scheme? Reuters reports that it is highly likely that they can. It appears that the Biden administration has been working with Tesla’s representatives to include EVs and charging stations in the scheme. The RFS mandates that fuel sold in the US has to contain […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 03:45:30 +0000
Enough methane gas leaks from pipelines between Permian wellheads and processing facilities to power 2.1 million homes, a study published Tuesday in Environmental Science and Technology Letters finds. The 213,000 metric tons of methane escaping from so-called gathering lines is 14 times higher than a previous EPA finding. The study represents the second finding that […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:30:50 +0000
What test should courts use to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to EPA-designated wetlands? The answer could have significant implications for the EPA’s efforts to regulate waterways more broadly.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:30:23 +0000
In christening a new office of environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan proclaimed Saturday that “underserved and overburdened communities are at the forefront of our work.” A stern test of that proclamation began just two days later. On Monday, the EPA held the first of three virtual listening sessions on the Biden administration’s proposal to strengthen its chemical disaster rule. […]
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:02:59 +0000
Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses. In the first half of 2022, several states took important action to further the transition to […]
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:30:38 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is readying a regulatory sweep targeting more stringent limits on traditional pollutants that could accelerate coal power plant closures. A coal generation trade group estimates that even without new rules, an estimated 86 GW of coal generation is slated to retire by 2030. While the Supreme Court in June curtailed […]
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