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U.S. EPA, DOT, Promote Safety by Reducing Mandated Future Fuel Economy Increases
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump administration finalized updates to the nation’s fuel economy standard, saying the new rule will better protect air quality, consumer choice, and public safety than the previous rule issued during Barack Obama’s presidency. -
Partners in Liberty: The Caesar Rodney Institute
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) is a Delaware based non-profit, dedicated to protecting individual freedom, and free markets. -
Minnesota Regulators Approve Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline Replacement
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Minnesota Public Utility Commission voted to approve an environmental review of the replacement for Enbridge Energy’s aging, corroded, and cracking Line 3 crude oil pipeline. -
Federal Judge Rejects Arizona Copper Mine Approved by Federal Agencies
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge has overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of a permit for Hudbay Minerals’ proposed Rosemont copper mine in Arizona’s Coronado National Forest. -
Mining Expansion Necessary for Green New Deal Would Devastate the Global Environment
Opinion -environment-climate-news, News -A new Heartland Policy Brief details how mining operations needed for the Green New Deal would devastate the environment -
Partners in Liberty: Pacific Research Institute
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Pacific Research Institute’s Center for the Environment researches the dramatic trend toward a cleaner environment and promotes the catalysts for environmental quality: property rights, local action, markets, and private initiative. -
Time for Climate Sense
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The carbon dioxide scare is proving to be just that—a scare. It’s time for some climate sense. -
Environmentalists Pushing Multiple Renewable Energy Initiatives for Missouri Ballot
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Missouri voters may decide this November whether to expand the state’s commitment to renewable energy through their votes on at least one of three separate initiatives. -
Partners in Liberty: Texas Public Policy Foundation
Opinion -environment-climate-news -With the Life:Powered initiative, the Texas Public Policy Foundation explains and explores how fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, and oil—are essential to modern life. -
Shale Revolution Helps Keep U.S. Economy Strong
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. economy is currently enjoying the longest period of expansion in history, in large part driven by the fracking revolution which enabled America to become the world’s leading energy producer. -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting for Balanced Climate Education and Inexpensive, Reliable Electric Power in New Hampshire
Opinion -environment-climate-news -If New Hampshire imposes a climate education requirement on public schools, it should be balanced, and emphasize critical thinking. -
New York Offers New Financial Incentives, Security for Renewable Energy Developers
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The N.Y. Public Service Commission ordered the State Energy Research and Development Authority to offer new financial options beyond traditional fixed-price contracts when soliciting bids to build renewable energy projects. -
U.S. Rep. Dingell Proposes Bill to Encourage More Electric Cars
Opinion -environment-climate-news -U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is proposing continued and expanded federal support for electric vehicle manufacturers and purchasers in a bill that would dedicate $2 billion annually for development and adoption of plug-in cars. -
President Trump Proposes Reducing and Refocusing Environment and Energy Spending
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump Administration recently submitted its proposed fiscal year 2021 budget, which would significantly cut funding for certain climate change-focused programs at several government agencies. -
Coal Stays Online in New England
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The largest remaining coal-fueled power plant in New England, New Hampshire’s 482-megawatt Merrimack Station, will remain in operation through at least May 2024. -
California Considers Banning Gasoline-Powered Yard Equipment
Opinion -environment-climate-news -California may soon ban gasoline-powered gardening tools such as lawnmowers and leaf-blowers statewide. -
Virginia Passes Major Renewable Energy Legislation
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The newly minted Democratic majority legislature in Virginia narrowly passed sweeping legislation designed to overhaul how the state’s utilities generate electricity. -
Tri-State Generation Announces Coal Closures, Renewable Construction in Colorado and New Mexico
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A co-op wholesale power supplier in Colorado and New Mexico announced a major shift from coal-fueled power plants to wind and solar industrial facilities in its electric power generation operations. -
U.S. Department of Energy Approves Four New Liquefied Natural Gas Projects in Texas
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Department of Energy approved four liquefied natural gas export projects for construction on the Texas Gulf coast in February. -
Republicans Offer Bills to Fight Climate Change
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Members of the Republican congressional caucus have offered a slate of bills that would expand subsidies for and research into carbon-capture and sequestration. -
Indiana House Passes Bill Delaying the Retirement of ‘Legacy’ Power Plants
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill to prevent public utilities planning from closing ‘legacy’ power generating facilities—any power plant considered ‘a reliable capacity’ provider—without securing approval from state regulators. -
Oil Production on Federal Lands Reaches Record High
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Production of crude oil on federally managed lands and waters reached a record high of 1 billion barrels in 2019, according to figures released by the U.S. Interior Department in February. -
Maine Lawmakers Push for Expensive Electric School Bus Purchases
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Citing an impending “climate crisis,” Maine state Sen. Eloise Vitelli introduced as emergency legislation a bill setting a goal for the state Department of Education to transition the school bus fleet to 100 percent electric buses by 2040. -
Companies Join Forces to Open U.S. Rare Earth Mining and Processing Facilities
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Texas Mineral Resources and USA Rare Earth are joining forces to open a rare earth mining operation in Texas and a minerals processing plant in Colorado.