"Can the U.S. Make Solar Panels? This Company Thinks So."
"First Solar kept producing them in Ohio after most of the industry moved to China. President Biden wants many more domestic manufacturers."
Source: NYTimes, 09/27/2023
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"‘We Can’t Drink Oil’: How A 70-Year-Old Pipeline Imperils The Great Lakes"
"Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water".
Source: Guardian, 09/27/2023
"‘Staggering’ Green Growth Gives Hope For 1.5C, Says Global Energy Chief"
"The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said."
Source: Guardian, 09/27/2023
Judge Blocks US Plan To Scale Back Gulf Lease Sale To Protect Whale Species
"A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to expand next week’s scheduled sale of of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions of acres, rejecting a scaled-back plan announced last month by the Biden administration as part of an effort to protect an endangered whale species."
Source: AP, 09/26/2023
"‘False Promise’: DOE’s Carbon Removal Plans Rankle Community Advocates"
"The Biden administration has championed carbon removal projects as better neighbors than the pollution-spewing industries of the past. But the Department of Energy’s first two candidates for its $3.5 billion direct air capture program have conducted an opaque early outreach process in the disadvantaged Louisiana and Texas communities where the projects would be built."
Source: E&E News, 09/26/2023
"‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier."
"Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers."
Source: NYTimes, 09/26/2023
Youngstown Council Unanimously Nixes ‘Dangerous’ Tire Pyrolysis Plant
"The Youngstown City Council approved a resolution on Wednesday night opposing an “advanced recycling” plant that would have used a process called pyrolysis to burn old tires to make steam for heating and cooling downtown buildings."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/25/2023
FERC Recommends Revising Reliability Standards For Extreme Weather
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday recommended revising reliability standards for power grid and natural gas infrastructure to avoid issues during extreme weather, as part of findings from a report on winter storm Elliott in 2022."
Source: Reuters, 09/25/2023
Group Of 25 US Governors Promises To Install 20 Million Heat Pumps By 2030
"Buildings, particularly older ones and those with poor energy efficiency, account for 31 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. ... On Thursday, the U.S. Climate Alliance, an association of 25 governors of states accounting for half of the country’s population, announced a major move to reduce those emissions, cut utility bills, and create jobs."
Source: Grist, 09/25/2023
"Planned Wildlife Refuge Rule Seen as Weapon Against Oil"
"An expected new rule promoting biological diversity and environmental health within the National Wildlife Refuge System could be used to discourage oil and gas drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, environmentalists say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/25/2023
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