Ohio Expands Clean Energy Degree Programs Amid Rising Enrollment
"Ohio universities are expanding degree programs related to clean energy in response to growing interest from students and employers."
Source: Midwest Energy News, 07/03/2019
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America's LNG Boom May Be On A Collision Course With Climate Change
"America's liquefied natural gas boom has a climate change problem, according to a report released on Monday."
Source: CNN, 07/03/2019
"US Won’t Impose Rule To Protect Against Coal Ash Spill Costs"
"The Trump administration said Tuesday that it won’t require electric utilities to show they have money to clean up hazardous spills from power plants despite a history of toxic coal ash releases contaminating rivers and aquifers."
Source: AP, 07/03/2019
Major Coal Producer Bankruptcy Threatens Hundreds Of Jobs In 4 States
"One of the nation’s largest coal producers with mines in Eastern Kentucky filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, making it the second large coal company to do so in the past two weeks."
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, 07/03/2019
Climate Deniers Saw Carmakers as ‘Opposition’ in Trump Rollback Fight
"In the early months of the Trump administration, automakers pleaded for — and appeared set to receive — some relief from fuel economy standards that they said were too difficult to meet. But newly released government emails show how a coalition of groups that reject established climate science quickly muscled into the picture, urging the administration to go much further and roll back the rules entirely and characterizing the automakers as their opponents in achieving that goal."
Source: NY Times, 07/03/2019
Existing Fossil Plants Will Push World Past Dangerous 1.5° C: Research
"A new study finds we’ve already installed enough fossil fuel infrastructure to commit to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of planetary warming, even without new planned installations."
Source: Washington Post, 07/02/2019
"Pa. Refinery: Who Will Clean Up Decades Of Pollution?"
"The explosions that destroyed part of the historic oil refinery on Philadelphia's south side have thrown a wrench into the ongoing effort to clean up decades' worth of soil and water pollution at the site."
Source: EnergyWire, 07/02/2019
"U.S. Oil Companies Find Energy Independence Isn’t So Profitable"
"Oil companies are producing record amounts of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and have become major exporters. Yet the companies themselves are finding little to love about this seeming bonanza."
Source: NY Times, 07/02/2019
"Oregon Passes Measure To Better Prepare For Oil Spills"
"Oregon will tighten safety standards for railroads transporting large amounts of crude oil."
Source: AP, 07/01/2019
"Mich. Attorney General Dana Nessel Moves To Shut Down Enbridge Line 5"
"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit in Ingham County Circuit Court on Thursday that seeks to decommission the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline across the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 07/01/2019
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