“Halliburton Loophole” Lets Fracking Firms Pollute Water Without Oversight
"Fracking companies used 282 million pounds of hazardous chemicals that should have been regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act from 2014 to 2021."
Source: EHN, 05/18/2023
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Federal Rules Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills: Report
"Methane emissions from landfills—one of the largest sources of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions—could be reduced through stronger regulations and better emissions monitoring, according to a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project, an environmental organization based in Washington."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/18/2023
US Power Grids Vulnerable To Extreme Heat Conditions This Summer: NERC
"Large parts of the United States and some areas in Canada, home to around 165 million people, could face energy shortfalls during periods of extreme heat this summer, a group that sets reliability standards for North American electric grids warned."
Source: Reuters, 05/18/2023
"Manchin Blocks DOE Nominee Over Gas Stoves"
"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin scrapped a planned vote on a prominent Department of Energy nominee Wednesday morning. The West Virginia Democrat pulled Jeff Marootian, nominee to lead the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, from a markup agenda because of the agency’s proposed rules on gas stoves."
Source: E&E News, 05/18/2023
"Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit."
"Wildfires sweeping across western Canada that have driven thousands of people from their homes are also striking the heart of Canadian oil and gas country, forcing companies to curb production."
Source: NYTimes, 05/18/2023
"E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills"
"The Biden administration is moving to close a loophole that had exempted hundreds of inactive coal ash landfills from rules designed to prevent heavy metals like mercury and arsenic from seeping into groundwater, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday."
Source: NYTimes, 05/18/2023
"Burning Man Becomes Latest Adversary in Geothermal Feud"
"Festival organizers are trying to block plans to build a clean energy plant in the Nevada desert, highlighting the struggle to combat climate change and the cost of clean power."
"One of the darkest towns in America lies roughly 100 miles north of Reno, where the lights are few and rarely lit until one week each summer when pyrotechnics and LEDs set the sky and mountains aglow.
Source: NYTimes, 05/17/2023
"Can the World Make an Electric Car Battery Without China?"
"It is one of the defining competitions of our age: The countries that can make batteries for electric cars will reap decades of economic and geopolitical advantages. The only winner so far is China."
Source: NYTimes, 05/17/2023
"Cop28 Host UAE’s Approach Is ‘Dangerous’, Says UN’S Ex-Climate Chief"
"The United Arab Emirates’ approach to the Cop28 climate summit it will preside over in November is “very dangerous” and a “direct threat to the survival of vulnerable nations”, according to the UN’s former climate chief."
Source: Guardian, 05/17/2023
"Biden Vetoes Bipartisan Resolution Resuming Solar Tariffs"
"President Biden on Tuesday vetoed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would have undone his two-year moratorium on solar tariffs."
Source: The Hill, 05/17/2023
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