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California Judge Upholds State Protections for Gray Wolves
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A California state court judge in San Diego ruled gray wolves will continue to be protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act. -
Connecticut Bill Would Mandate Teaching Kids About Climate Change
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A bill introduced in the Connecticut legislature would mandate climate change be taught to young children in government schools statewide. -
Illinois Joins U.S. Climate Alliance, Pledges to Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Newly elected Democratic Gov. J. B. Pritzker of Illinois signed an executive order committing his state to join 17 other states in the United States Climate Alliance -
U.S. EPA Touts 2018 Pollution Improvements, Superfund Site Reductions, and Regulatory Cost Savings
Opinion -environment-climate-news -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) efforts to streamline and reduce regulatory burdens have saved businesses and consumers billions of dollars while continuing to protect public health and safety and improving environmental outcomes. -
Xcel Energy Commits to Zero Carbon-Dioxide Emission Electricity by 2050
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Xcel Energy, one of the nation’s largest investor-owned utilities, has committed to producing 100 percent carbon-dioxide-free electricity in its eight-state Western and Midwestern service area by 2050. -
Texas City’s Renewable Energy Goal Hikes Electricity Prices
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Georgetown, Texas’ plan to rely on 100 percent wind and solar power has resulted in skyrocketing electricity bills for consumers and the city’s budget suffering millions of dollars in losses in a few short years. -
Climate Socialism Is Dangerous and Must Be Defeated
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Democrats in Congress, are promoting a Green New Deal that would eliminate all fossil fuels in ten years, create a massive federal public works and jobs program, explicit proposals to replace market freedom and limited government with socialism. -
Legislature, Governor Push Florida Fracking Ban
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Companion bills to ban hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, are under consideration in the Florida Legislature. -
Offshore Drilling Ban Rejected by Virginia Senate
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A Virginia Senate committee voted down a bill to ban oil and gas production off the state’s coast. -
Virginia House of Delegates Overwhelmingly Rejects Electric Power Fossil Fuel Ban
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Virginia House of Delegates rejected a bill to end the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity in the state by 2036. -
EPA Says Obama Era Mercury Rules Are Not Justified Based On Benefits
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has determined Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) imposed by the Obama administration in 2011, were not “appropriate and necessary.” -
‘Loss and Damages’ Provisions Added to Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Delegates to the recent U.N. climate conference in Katowice, Poland added provisions to the Paris climate treaty asking countries to submit “transparency reports” on their contributions to climate change and report “loss and damage” due to climate change. -
Time to Dump the Whole United Nations Climate Fiasco
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump was right to announce the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, but he should go farther. -
UN Climate Conference Makes Little Progress
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The 24th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ended after two weeks of negotiations with very little to show for the efforts of the thousands of participants. -
NY Governor Pushes Goal of 100 Percent Renewable Electric Power by 2040
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has set a goal that 100 percent of the electricity used in the state come from renewable power sources by 2040. -
CO Supreme Court Rejects New Oil and Gas Drilling Restrictions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Colorado's Supreme Court rejected a lower court's decision that the state's oil and gas regulator must give greater protection to public health or environmental protection when permitting new oil and gas development. -
EPA Proposes Easing Carbon Dioxide Emission Standards for Coal Power Plants
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed significantly loosening the standards limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fueled power plants. -
Federal Government Funds Louisiana Program to Buy Repeatedly Flooded Homes
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Restore Louisiana, a state program funded through the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, is offering pay up to $200,000 to purchase homes from people living in areas that have been repeatedly flooded. -
Albuquerque Celebrates a Decade of Drinking Water Security, Aquifer Recovery
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The San Juan-Chama Project, which diverts Colorado River basin water to the Rio Grande basin, now supplies the Albuquerque metro area with nearly 70 percent of its potable water and has helped the aquifer to recover. -
Federal Judge Bans Fracking Off the California Coast
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge has barred the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) from issuing permits for hydraulic fracturing in U.S. territorial waters off the coast of California. -
Solar Power Mandated for All New California Homes
Opinion -environment-climate-news -California has become the first state to mandate all new homes have sufficient solar panels to power them with solar energy. -
‘Sustainable’ Investment Policies Are Costly, Often Unethical, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Portfolio managers to invest their clients money based on sustainable investment criteria may cost their clients money and be violating their fiduciary duties. -
Supreme Court Upholds Osage Nation in Wind Farm Dispute
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Supreme Court declined, without comment, to consider an appeal from Osage Wind LLC of an appeals court decision granting the Osage Nation the right to seek damages from the operators of an 8,400-acre wind farm in Osage County, Oklahoma. -
Obama-Era ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule Scuttled
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump administration rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 “Waters of the United States” rule.
