Laws & Regulations

"Billion-Dollar Power Lines Finally Inching Ahead to Help US Grids"

"The biggest impediment to the US achieving a cleaner power grid isn't climate deniers or fossil-fuel lobbies; it’s a lack of transmission lines. The country badly needs more conduits to cart wind and solar energy and hydropower to cities." "Suddenly several big power-line projects in the US are moving ahead, bringing with them a flood of potential wind and solar power."

 

Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/07/2023

Green Groups Sue Biden Administration Over Gulf Offshore Oil Lease Sale

"A coalition of environmental organizations on Monday announced a lawsuit against the Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM), arguing the bureau’s sales of leases in the Gulf of Mexico were unlawful. In the lawsuit, plaintiffs argued BOEM’s plans to lease more than 70 million acres of Gulf waters for fossil fuel development are based on a “deeply flawed” environmental review."

Source: The Hill, 03/07/2023

"‘Silicon Valley of Lithium’: Nevada Mine Breaks Ground"

"What could become the nation’s largest lithium mine broke ground in Nevada this [last] week, positioning the political swing state as a likely leader in pumping out battery minerals critical for making electric vehicles and meeting President Joe Biden’s climate goals."

Source: E&E News, 03/06/2023

Kentucky Residents Angered by USFS Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees

"Brandon Bowlin learned of the U.S. government’s plan for clear-cutting in the southernmost mountains of Daniel Boone National Forest only a few weeks after the hard summer rains of 2022, when the earth slid off a mountain beneath a slope he had once logged."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/06/2023

"EPA Mandates States Report On Cyber Threats To Water Systems"

"The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks."

Source: AP, 03/06/2023

"Nations Reach Accord To Protect Marine Life On High Seas"

"For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, representing a turning point in a yearslong effort to bestow order on vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws."

Source: AP, 03/06/2023

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