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EPA Reinstates California’s Authority To Set Stricter Auto Pollution Standards

March 12, 2022 admin air quality, California, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, environmental protection agency (epa), EPA, Joe Biden, policy & politics, Russia, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 04:58:28 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reinstated California’s authority to set its own motor vehicle pollution standards, the LA Times reported yesterday. You may remember the drama during the Trump administration when the EPA kind of lost its mind and said that California could not require higher fuel economy standards than the nation as a […]

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Supreme Court Decision Could Defang EPA, Threaten Air & Water

February 24, 2022 admin clean air act, clean power, Clean Water Act, environmental protection agency (epa), Fossil Fuels, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, us environmental protection agency (epa), US Supreme Court, Water, West Virginia

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:15:46 +0000

If you care about having clean water and air, then pay close attention to the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on West Virginia v. EPA later this month. What is at stake is nothing less than the nitty gritty work of turning sweeping laws passed by Congress into enforceable policies and regulations. Federal agencies like the Environmental Protection […]

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Navajo Coal Plant Powers Down

November 27, 2019 admin Arizona, batteries, bureau of reclamation, clean power, Coal, Energy Storage, EPA, Fossil Fuels, hopi nation, kayenta mine, natural gas, Navajo Generating Station, navajo nation, Salt River Project, Solar energy, us bureau of reclamation, us environmental protection agency, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:29:59 +0000

The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant, has closed it’s doors for good. It was run for 45 years in Arizona and was the largest coal plant in the West. Its closure will most likely affect the entire region. USA Today reports that the mine that supplied the plant with coal has also closed — it closed back in August