"Biden Picks Ex-Obama Climate Official For Energy Department Deputy"
"President Biden plans to nominate David Turk, a former Obama administration official, as his deputy energy secretary."
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2021
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"Biden EPA Asks D.C. Circuit to Freeze Mandate on Clean Power Plan"
"The Environmental Protection Agency asked courts on Friday to partially freeze a mandate that was issued when judges scrapped the Affordable Clean Energy rule last month."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/15/2021
"U.S. Interior Department Postpones Sales of Oil Drilling Rights"
"The Interior Department is postponing auctions of oil and gas leases in four Western states and revoking the authorization for a planned March sale of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sales in coming months of tracts in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming are being postponed by the Bureau of Land Management “to confirm the adequacy of underlying environmental analysis,” according to an emailed Interior statement.
Source: Bloomberg, 02/15/2021
"Biden Has Chance to Boost Leftward Tilt on D.C. Circuit"
"President Joe Biden has an opportunity to shape one of the most important federal courts for environmental policy and other regulations after Judge David S. Tatel announced plans to take senior status."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/15/2021
Japan Rocked By 'Aftershock' From Devastating 2011 Fukushima Quake
"A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on Saturday was an aftershock of the devastating 9.0 magnitude quake that struck the same area almost 10 years ago, according to the national Meteorological Agency."
Source: CNN, 02/15/2021
"Power Cut Across Texas As Snow, Ice Blanket Southern Plains"
"A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions canceled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the U.S."
Source: AP, 02/15/2021
"Inside Clean Energy: How Norway Shot to No. 1 in EVs"
"How a small country in Northern Europe (with fewer people than Wisconsin) has succeeded at making the transition to clean transportation to an extent that no other nation comes close to matching."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/12/2021
"Appalachia’s Fracking Boom Has Done Little For Local Economies: Study"
"Appalachia's fracking boom has failed to deliver on promises of jobs and benefits to local economies, according to a new study."
Source: Daily Climate, 02/12/2021
"Judge: Trump’s Lifting Of Mining Ban In US West Was Wrong"
"A federal judge on Thursday overturned a Trump administration action that allowed mining and other development on 10 million acres (4 million hectares) in parts of six western states that are considered important for the survival of a struggling bird species."
Source: AP, 02/12/2021
"Can Biden Transmission Order Avoid State Backlash?"
"Groups pushing for expansion of the nation's bulk power grid to improve access to development of the lowest-cost wind and solar energy got a new ally last month — the White House."
Source: E&E News, 02/12/2021
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