"Biden Set To Supercharge Clean Energy Push With $40B Stash"
"The Department of Energy is poised to play an essential role as the Biden administration looks to leverage clean energy investments."
Source: Politico, 01/05/2021
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Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero
"That’s one of several recent conclusions about climate change that came more sharply into focus in 2020."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/05/2021
"117th Congress Opens To New Energy, Environment Fights"
"The 117th Congress opened to an uncertain political landscape yesterday, with a tight vote for the House speakership and with Senate control still up in the air. Lawmakers face fresh fights on energy and environmental issues, particularly climate change, but first they have to get through the political and logistical hurdles of the next few weeks."
Source: E&E News, 01/05/2021
"Oil, Fuel Leaks Increase As Shipwreck Cutting Progresses"
"Oil blobs and fuel sheens are appearing on waters surrounding the shipwrecked Golden Ray, an adverse byproduct as work progresses on cutting off the vessel’s stern."
Source: Brunswick News, 01/04/2021
Dems Push Regulator To Scrap Rule Forcing Banks To Serve Oil, Gun Firms
"The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee and nearly two dozen House Democrats urged a federal bank regulator Wednesday to scrap a potential rule forcing banks to serve oil, gas and firearm companies."
Source: The Hill, 01/04/2021
"New York’s Real Climate Challenge: Fixing Its Aging Buildings"
"More than 90 percent of the buildings in New York today will still be standing in 2050, and nearly 70 percent of the city’s total carbon emissions come from buildings."
Source: NYTimes, 12/31/2020
What This Year's Rulings And Court Fights Mean For 2021
"President Trump's four years in office brought a steady stream of courtroom brawls over environmental issues before an increasingly conservative judiciary. 2020 was no exception."
Source: E&E News, 12/31/2020
Sale of Arctic Leases Draws an Unusual Taker. It May Be the Only One.
"After a three-year push by the Trump administration to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling — an effort that culminated in a rush to sell leases before the White House changes hands — in the end the only taker may be the state of Alaska itself."
Source: NYTimes, 12/31/2020
"Politico Purchases E&E News"
"Politico is acquiring the energy and environment-focused outlet E&E News."
Source: The Hill, 12/30/2020
'That Terrifies Me': Trump Rule Allows LNG Rail Transport In Dense Areas
"In an effort to boost natural gas exports, the Trump administration has reversed longstanding federal policy and approved transport of gas by rail anywhere in the country. Opposition has come from Hollywood stars, state attorneys general and local residents who worry about the danger this poses. But plans are moving ahead for a New Jersey project that calls for one of the longest such transport routes in the country: 200 miles through densely populated areas of the East Coast."
Source: NPR, 12/30/2020
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