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"Jackpile Mine Toxic Legacy Continues At Laguna Pueblo"

"In the village of Paguate as June Lorenzo’s grandmother knew it growing up, orchards and fields of wheat and corn carpeted nearby hillsides. Streams traversed a verdant valley where people hunted and grazed sheep near the small farming community in Laguna Pueblo. This was before a massive mine cratered the nearby land and altered the skyline. Lorenzo has looked for old photos of that landscape, but they’re hard to find. That place exists now only in stories from elders."

Source: Indian Country Today, 01/04/2022

"Hawaii Upholds Order Requiring Navy To Drain Fuel Tanks"

"Hawaii’s Department of Health on Monday upheld the governor’s order requiring the Navy to drain massive World War II-era fuel tanks after oil leaking from the aging facility contaminated Pearl Harbor’s tap water."

Source: AP, 01/04/2022

"Ormat Nevada Geothermal Project Approval Before a Federal Judge"

"The Bureau of Land Management will try to persuade a federal judge Tuesday to allow Ormat Nevada’s geothermal project to proceed over objections from an American Indian tribe and an environmental group."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/04/2022

"Germany Calls Nuclear Power ‘Dangerous,’ Rejects EU Plan"

"The German government said Monday that it considers nuclear energy dangerous and objects to European Union proposals that would let the technology remain part of the bloc’s plans for a climate-friendly future."

Source: AP, 01/04/2022

"China Fires Up Giant Coal Power Plant In Face Of Calls For Cuts"

"China, under fire for approving new coal power stations as other countries try to curb greenhouse gases, has completed the first 1,000-megawatt unit of the Shanghaimiao plant, the biggest of its kind under construction in the country."

Source: Reuters, 01/03/2022

"Germany Shuts Down Half Of Its 6 Remaining Nuclear Plants"

"Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power."

Source: AP, 01/03/2022

"Powerful Methane Cloud Seen by Satellite Came From Georgia Pipe"

"Williams Cos., one of the biggest transporters of natural gas in the U.S., said an intentional release of a powerful greenhouse gas detected by satellite was caused by work on one of its pipelines."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/03/2022

"Solar Power Projects See The Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land"

"Six new solar plants on former Virginia coal mines are among the first such projects in the United States - and could help fossil-fuel communities shift to a greener economy".

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 01/03/2022

"Biden Administration Offers $1 Bln Loan Guarantee For Hydrogen Project"

"The Biden administration said on Thursday it has offered Monolith Nebraska LLC an up to $1.04 billion conditional loan guarantee for a project to make clean hydrogen, in its first use of an office that has tens of billions of dollars in financing."

Source: Reuters, 12/24/2021

"New Mexico Utility Appeals Decision On Coal Power Plant"

"New Mexico’s largest electric provider is appealing a recent decision by state regulators to reject a proposal to transfer its shares in a coal-fired power plant that supplies customers in New Mexico and Arizona to a Navajo energy company."

Source: AP, 12/24/2021

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