At Critical Moment, Coronavirus Threatens to Bring Offshore Wind to Halt
"This was going to be the year that offshore wind energy made a giant leap in the United States. Then the coronavirus arrived."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/27/2020
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Calif. Approves Climate Change Target That Critics Say Is Far Too Weak
"State officials signed off Thursday on a climate change target that critics say will reduce planet-warming emissions far too slowly. The action comes as economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to slow the growth of renewable energy."
Source: LA Times, 03/27/2020
Trump DOE Suspends Emergency Oil Purchase After Congress Denies Funding
"The Energy Department is suspending its plan to buy low-priced oil to restock the nation’s emergency Strategic Petroleum Reserve after Congress chose not to provide funding for the purchase in its emergency pandemic relief package."
Source: Washington Examiner, 03/27/2020
"Politics: Winners And Losers In The Economic Stimulus Package"
"Congress is putting the finishing touches this week on a $2 trillion bill to fight the new coronavirus that would be the largest funding measure ever to clear Capitol Hill."
Source: E&E Daily, 03/27/2020
Trump Admin Walks Away From Ethanol Court Battle, Angers Oil Refiners
"The Trump administration has walked away from a chance to appeal a court decision on its refinery waiver program, delivering a win to ethanol producers while angering oil refiners."
Source: The Hill, 03/26/2020
"Dakota Access Pipeline Needs More Federal Review, Court Says"
"Federal officials must again study the impacts of the Dakota Access pipeline, after a federal court on Wednesday largely sided with American Indian tribes opposed to the project."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/26/2020
"After Senate Vote, Massive U.S. Coronavirus Bill Moves To The House"
"The U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill sent the unprecedented economic legislation to the House of Representatives, whose Democratic leaders hope to pass it on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 03/26/2020
"Oil Industry Cites Virus In Seeking Broad Pollution Waivers"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it’s reviewing a request from the oil and gas industry to ease enforcement of hazardous air and water pollution and other regulatory issues during the coronavirus pandemic. The proposal is drawing objections from public health and environmental advocates."
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Source: AP, 03/25/2020
"Iconic Plant’s End Spells Doom For Struggling Coal Industry"
"President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too. Despite their best efforts to make good on Trump’s campaign promise to save the beleaguered coal industry, including an eleventh-hour pressure campaign, the Tennessee Valley Authority power plant at Paradise burned its last load of coal last month."
Source: AP, 03/25/2020
"U.S. Solar Workforce Could Be Halved By Virus, Group Says"
"The leading U.S. solar-trade group is warning the fallout from the coronavirus could slash the industry’s workforce in half."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/25/2020
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