"Is Your Electric Utility Blocking Climate Action?"
"American electric utilities often talk a good game when it comes to climate change. But many are working to keep the country hooked on fossil fuels."
Source: Grist, 04/15/2022
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Analysis-Biden Plan To Aid Europe With LNG Poses Risk To US Climate Goals
"U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to expand liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe to cut the region’s dependence on Russian fuel risks undermining his administration’s climate goals by encouraging more gas production and increasing emissions, according to climate experts."
Source: Reuters, 04/15/2022
"Amid Hopes and Fears, a Plastics Boom in Appalachia Is On Hold"
"The rise of fracking in Appalachia has fed visions of turning the Ohio River Valley into a petrochemical and plastics hub. But overproduction of plastic, opposition to natural gas pipelines, and public concern about rampant plastic waste are upending those plans."
Source: YaleE360, 04/14/2022
Calif. Joshua Tree Not Threatened, Regulators Say, Signalling Development
"State biologists on Wednesday recommended against designating the western Joshua tree as threatened with extinction, saying claims in a petition filed by environmentalists about the effects climate change will have on the living symbols of the California desert are premature."
Source: LA Times, 04/14/2022
"U.S. Warns Newly Discovered Malware Could Sabotage Energy Plants"
"U.S. officials announced Wednesday the discovery of an alarmingly sophisticated and effective system for attacking industrial facilities that includes the ability to cause explosions in the energy industry."
Source: Washington Post, 04/14/2022
"California Reveals Its Plan to Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035"
"California on Wednesday made public an aggressive plan to mandate a steady increase in the sale of electric and zero-emissions vehicles, the first step in enacting a first-in-the-nation goal of banning new gasoline-powered cars by 2035."
Source: NYTimes, 04/14/2022
"California Utility To Pay $55 Million For Massive Wildfires"
"Pacific Gas & Electric, the nation’s largest utility, has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires sparked by its aging Northern California power lines and submit to five years of oversight in an attempt to prevent more deadly blazes."
Source: AP, 04/13/2022
"New Sanctions Deal Fatal Blow to Russia's Arctic LNG"
"The EU’s fifth round of sanctions against Russia following the its attack on Ukraine will hit hard on the country’s energy industry."
Source: Barents Observer, 04/13/2022
"Biden Will Allow Summertime Sales Of Higher-Ethanol Gas"
"The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a waiver that would allow the blend known as E15 — which is made of 15 percent ethanol — to be used between June 1 and Sept. 15. The White House estimated that approximately 2,300 stations in the country offer the blend and cast the decision as a move toward “energy independence.”"
Source: NYTimes, 04/13/2022
"Energy Company To Pay Up To $35 Million After Turbines Killed Eagles"
"An American wind energy company has admitted to killing at least 150 bald and golden eagles, most of which were fatally struck by wind turbine blades, federal prosecutors said."
Source: Washington Post, 04/12/2022
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