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U.S. Senate Public Lands Bill Would Declare 1.3 Million Acres As Wilderness
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S passed sweeping public lands conservation bill that would lock up more than one million acres in California, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah as wilderness and impose additional permanent protections on federal lands in Montana and Washington. -
Trump’s Tweets Highlight Climate Contradictions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -As a polar vortex held much of the nation in its icy grip, with record-low temperatures recorded in many locations, President Donald Trump ridiculed global warming alarmism, highlighting contradictory climate claims. -
Oregon Teens’ State Climate Lawsuit Dismissed
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A three-judge panel of the Oregon state Court of Appeals dismissed a climate change lawsuit asserting climate change was harming the state’s natural resources and the state government had an obligation to protect them as part of a public trust. -
Proposed New Mexico Environmental Review Act Scuttled After Public Outcry
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A bill that would have required New Mexico state agencies to expand environmental assessments and public consultations concerning activities on state lands stalled in the state’s House Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee. -
Ballooning Costs, Missed Deadlines Derail California High-Speed Rail Project
Opinion -environment-climate-news -California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is pulling the plug on the state’s high-speed rail project due to massive cost overruns and repeatedly missed deadline. -
Proposed New Mexico Renewable Energy Mandate Could Raise Prices
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Legislation introduced in the New Mexico legislature would increase the state’s renewable energy mandate (REM) and provide a consumer-paid financing mechanism for the transition to wind and solar power. -
FERC Streamlines LNG Export Process, Approves New Louisiana Terminal
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved its first new liquefied natural gas terminal in two years. -
Hawaii Swamped by Carbon-Dioxide Tax Bills
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Multiple carbon-dioxide tax bills are under consideration in the current session of the Hawaii State Legislature. -
Texas Breaks Crude Oil Production Record
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Texas produced 1.54 billion barrels of crude oil in 2018, breaking the previous record of 1.28 billion barrels set in 1973, a new report states. -
Facts and Data Prevail at House Hearing on Oceans and Climate Change
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife held a hearing on ocean health and climate change, moderated by Subcommittee Chair Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Ranking Member Tom McClintock (R-CA). -
Court Rules California’s Carbon-Dioxide Emissions Mandate Constitutional
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Federal Appeals Court dismissed a challenge brought by industry groups to the constitutionality of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), requiring fuel producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of their products. -
Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Mountain Valley Pipeline Approval
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed all 16 challenges environmental activist groups had filed against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. -
EPA’s Chemical Risk Assessments Rely on Flawed Science, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study concludes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), a program assessing the toxicity of chemicals and any risk from exposure to them, often produces assessments based on flawed research. -
Bill Would Place 400,000 Acres of Colorado Off-Limits to Energy Production
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A bill under consideration in Congress would re-designate more than 400,000 acres of existing federal land in Colorado in ways that would limit access, mining, and oil and gas production. -
U.S. District Court Dismisses Kids’ Lawsuit Against Trump Climate Policies
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal district judge in Philadelphia dismissed a lawsuit by two Pennsylvania boys and an environmental group challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of some Obama-era climate regulations. -
Scientists Test Use of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Medical entomologists have taken a significant step forward in combating the spread of malaria, the highly lethal mosquito-transmitted infectious disease. -
Hyping Climate Fears to Push Socialism
Opinion -We should not embrace energy socialism, which calls for the replacing of cheap, reliable fossil fuels with expensive, intermittent wind and solar power. -
Legislative Pulse: Taxing Rain, and Everything Else In New Jersey
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New Jersey state Rep. Hal Wirths says New Jersey's recently enacted rain tax is a symbol of all that it wrong with the state's business environment. -
Senate Confirms Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a party-line vote of 52 in favor and 47 opposed, on February 28. -
Alaska’s Donlin Gold Project Receives Crucial Permits
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Donlin Gold project, a joint venture of Novagold Resources Alaska Inc. and Barrick Gold US Inc., is closer to becoming a reality with the state of Alaska having issued two critical permits. -
Fossil Fuels Are Good for U.S. National Security, New Study Reports
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study, “Global Warming Energy Restrictions Threaten U.S. National Security,” shows climate change is not a danger to U.S. national security. -
North Dakota Court Rules in Favor of Davis Refinery
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A North Dakota judge rejected a challenge to a state permit issued to Meridian Energy Group in to begin construction of what would be the first new industrial crude oil refinery in the United States in nearly 40 years. -
Maine Legislators Propose Expanding Bear Hunting Opportunities
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Legislators in Maine have proposed two bills that could expand black bear hunting in the state. -
Court Decision Could Determine Coal Power Plants’ Futures
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A pending decision by the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals could lead to the premature closing of scores of coal-powered electricity plants across the country, potentially hampering the reliability of the nation’s electric power grid.
