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Arizona’s Renewable Power Mandate Cost the Average Household $304 in 2017
Opinion -The average Arizona household will likely pay over $1,000 per year in additional costs if voters approve a renewable power ballot initiative this November. -
EPA Returns Coal Ash Management to States
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a major rule change allowing states greater flexibility in regulating coal-powered electrical plants’ waste products. -
House Resources Committee Leaders Offer Park Maintenance Bill
Opinion -A bi-partisan group of House legislators introduced a bill to use oil and gas revenues to fund the backlog of maintenance needs on many Federal lands. -
Inspector General Faults Obama EPA’s Response to Flint Water Crisis
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s office of Inspector General concluded the agency had shared responsibility for Flint’s drinking water fiasco, with EPA’s slow reaction to the crisis needlessly worsening the problem. -
Energy Company Asks PA High Court to Restore Oil and Gas Rule
Opinion -Southwestern Energy Company is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision that overturned decades of the state’s oil and gas law redefining fracking as trespass. -
San Francisco Bans Plastic Straws
Opinion -San Francisco became the latest city to ban the sale or distribution of single-use plastic straws at restaurants, bars, and retailers countywide. -
Texas Officials Scuttle Giant Wind Project
Opinion -By a unanimous vote, the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) rejected what would have been the largest wind-energy project ever constructed in the United States. -
President Moves to Expand LNG Exports to Europe
Opinion -The administration of President Donald Trump is stepping up efforts to increase exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe. -
Trump Administration Proposes Freezing Fuel Economy Mandates
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration formally proposed freezing automobile fuel mileage mandates at 2020 levels through 2026. -
‘America First Energy Conference’ Highlights Gains, Remaining Work
Opinion -The Heartland Institute hosted its second America First Energy Conference at which more than 40 speakers from government and the private sector discussed energy and environment regulatory reforms necessary to advance U.S. energy dominance. -
California Jury Awards $289 Million in Pesticide Lawsuit
Opinion -In the first civil trial over claims the popular herbicide Roundup causes cancer, a California superior court jury awarded Dewayne Lee Johnson more than $289 million in compensatory and punitive damages from Monsanto Corporation. -
EPA Announces Replacement for Clean Power Plan
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to replace the Clean Power Plan developed by the agency under former President Barack Obama. -
Youths’ Climate Lawsuit Dismissed by Washington State Court
Opinion -A climate change lawsuit filed against the state of Washington by a group of 13 youth activists was dismissed by a King County Superior Court Judge. -
U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Output Break Records
Opinion -U.S. crude oil and natural gas production set new records in March, data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration show -
Trump Revokes Obama Ocean Policy
Opinion -President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) scrapping his predecessor’s ocean policy and replacing it with one de-emphasizing federal bureaucratic control of coastal waterways and adjacent lands. -
Fracking Is Not Harming Groundwater in Pennsylvania, Studies Show
Opinion -Two new peer-reviewed studies show hydraulic fracturing to produce oil and natural gas is not contaminating groundwater in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania. -
Tesla Shutters a Dozen Solar Facilities
Opinion -Tesla announced it is laying off 9 percent of its solar workforce and shuttering a dozen U.S. installation facilities. -
New California Laws Restrict Residential Water Use
Opinion -Californians new water-efficiency standards mean residents accustomed to showering and doing laundry on the same day may have to change their ways. -
Pushing Sustainability for Orwellian Ends
Opinion -In Sustainable, DeWeese details the increasing efforts by socialist-leaning groups to remove our property rights and individual freedoms under the banner of “sustainability.” -
U.S. Senate Launches Probe of NSF Climate Grants
Opinion -Four prominent Senators sent a letter to National Science Foundation Inspector General (IG) Allison Lerner requesting her office investigate a grant program administered by NSF designed to educate meteorologists about climate change. -
House Committee Probes Environmental Group’s Ties to China
Opinion -The House Natural Resources Committee has opened an investigation into ties between the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council and the government of China. -
Cambridge University Rejects Fossil Fuel Divestment
Opinion -Cambridge University rejected anti-fossil fuel activists demands the University divest its endowment of fossil fuel related companies. -
Rhode Island Lawmakers Pull Bill to Allow Hunting of Exotic Wildlife
Opinion -Rhode Island lawmakers pulled a bill that would have allowed hunting of animals imported into the state on large private preserves. -
California Billionaire’s Radical Initiatives Advance in Three States
Opinion -With the financial support of a California billionaire, efforts to use government power to force a radical increase in the use of renewable energy have advanced in three states.
