environment-climate-news
-
Australia Changes Government Leadership, Energy Policies
Opinion -Australia’s ruling Liberal Party has changed course on energy policy after an internal revolt against proposed energy restrictions cost Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull his job. -
Minnesota Regulators Approve Wind Farm Despite Local Opposition
Opinion -Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) unanimously approved construction of a controversial wind farm opposed by local residents in Freeborn County. -
Climate Scientist Spencer Describes Corrosive Role of Government Funding
Opinion -Award winning climate scientist Dr. Roy Spencer says big government funding of climate science is destroying integrity in the field. -
Power Outage Causes Spillage of Wastewater into Lake Michigan
Opinion -More three million gallons of untreated wastewater spilled into Lake Michigan from the Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility, a sewage treatment plant in Milwaukee, during a mid-August power outage. -
Tax Reform Sparks Indiana Electricity Price Drop
Opinion -Energy prices in Indiana will be falling during the next year, a result of ripple effects from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. -
Arizona Supreme Court Approves San Pedro River Development
Opinion -Denying environmentalists challenges, Arizona’s Supreme Court has ruled a new 7,000 unit residential housing development planned near the San Pedro River can move forward. -
EPA Broadens Enforcement Scrutiny Beyond Oil, Gas, and Agriculture
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it is phasing out its special focus on pollution enforcement against the oil and gas industry and livestock producers. -
Minnesota Utility Proposes Biogas Pilot Program
Opinion -Centerpoint Energy of Minnesota asked the Minnesota Public Utility Commission to allow a pilot program in which its customers could purchase renewable natural gas as fuel for home heating and cooking. -
Lizard’s Legal Status Threatens Texas Oil and Gas Operations
Opinion -Texans are once again engaged in a battle to protect both a tiny reptile—the dunes sagebrush lizard—and the giant Permian Basin oil and gas industry. -
Judge Okays New York Natural Gas Power Plant Tests
Opinion -A New York county Supreme Court justice has ruled Competitive Power Ventures can resume startup tests at its new natural gas power plant in Wawayanda, New York. -
Colorado ‘Setback’ Ballot Initiative Threatens Oil and Gas Development
Opinion -In November, Voters in Colorado will consider a ballot initiative that effectively places four out of every five acres of nonfederal land in the state off-limits to new oil and gas drilling. -
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s WOTUS Rollback
Opinion -A federal district judge halted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s two-year delay of the agency’s restrictive Waters of the United States rule. -
Activists ‘Hijack’ Clean Water Act to Block Energy Projects
Opinion -Environmental activists are encouraging states to use their water quality review authority to delay or block new energy infrastructure projects. -
Democratic Candidates Increasingly Pushing to Stop All Fossil Fuel Use
Opinion -Democrats are pushing a bill that would require the U.S. to be 100 percent fossil free by 2035. -
California Billionaire’s Renewable Energy Initiative Makes Arizona Ballot
Opinion -Arizona voters will be considering a ballot initiative to require Arizona utilities to generate 50 percent of their electricity through renewable energy sources such as solar and wind by 2030 this November. -
U.S.–Mexico Trade Deal Should Boost American Energy Exports
Opinion -After months of negotiations, the United States and Mexico reached a preliminary trade agreement that should significantly boost American energy exports to its southern neighbor. -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting for Reliable Energy in Arizona
Opinion -Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem (R–Tucson) says Arizonan’s, especially the poor and those on fixed incomes, will be harmed if voters adopt a renewable energy initiative being pushed by a California Billionaire. -
Washington State Voters to Consider a Carbon Dioxide Tax
Opinion -Washington could become the first state to impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, and the first government anywhere to impose the tax through a direct popular vote, this November. -
Bank of the West’s Anti-Fossil-Fuel Policies Provoke Backlash
Opinion -Bank of the West decision to divest itself from all businesses involved in the production, exploration, and distribution of coal, oil, and natural gas has angered elected officials in Wyoming and Colorado. -
Interior Department Proposes Endangered Species Reforms
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a series of policy reforms altering how it fosters species recovery under the 1973 Endangered Species Act, to reduce conflict between species and people while enhancing species recovery. -
Court Rejects Nuns’ Lawsuit Intended to Halt Pipeline
Opinion -The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a religious-freedom lawsuit brought by a group of Roman Catholic nuns from Pennsylvania to halt the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline, which is under construction through land they own. -
A Weatherman Reveals Climate Truths
Opinion -Meteorologist Joe Bastardi provides readers a short course on weather forecasting, in the process, he uses global warming alarmists’ own words to refute their claims humans are destroying the earth. -
Federal Court Pulls Natural Gas Pipeline Permits
Opinion -The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered a halt to construction on the 600-mile pipeline Atlantic Coast Pipeline designed to carry natural gas across West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. -
Frac-Sand Mining Ban Approved by Minnesota Appeals Court
Opinion -The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that found Winona County’s ban on frac-sand mining was neither an unconstitutional limitation on interstate commerce nor a governmental “taking’ of private property without compensation.
