environment-climate-news
-
High Costs of Alternative Fuels Discussed
Opinion -Speakers at the 12th International Conference on Climate Change’s panel on the Cost of Alternative Fuels concluded alternative fuels come with high costs for limited benefits. -
Fossil Fuels Promote Peace, Climate Panel Participants Say
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Panelists discussing “Fossil Fuels & World Peace” at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change said fossil fuels have made the world less subject to conflict. -
Sustainability Is Not Sustainable, Climate Panelists Say
Opinion -The concept of sustainability as a political notion was developed as an excuse to restrict economic activity. -
Legislative Pulse: Tackling Energy and Environmental Issues in Minnesota
Opinion -Seven-term Minnesota state Rep. Patrick Garofalo (R-Farmington) says it is necessary to reform Minnesota's net metering laws and it's PUC to be fair to ratepayers. -
Texas Sues EPA over Sulfur Dioxide Rule Designations
Opinion -Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s designation of three areas in Texas as out of compliance with federal clean air standards for sulfur dioxide. -
Trump Administration Makes Biggest Sale of Federal Drilling Rights in Four Years
Opinion -The U.S. Bureau of Land Management sold drilling rights on 278 parcels of federal land, mostly in Wyoming, for $129.3 million, the largest lease sale in four years. -
Proposed Mass. Carbon Reduction Bill Could Increase Emissions in Nearby States
Opinion -A court-ordered clean energy plan to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions in Massachusetts could increase emissions for the whole New England region. -
Park Service Closes Resort, Official Planned Rental Units Next Door
Opinion -The Interior’s Office of the Inspector General found an unnamed official of the National Park Service influenced the decision to close a popular lodge on federal land, only later to buy an adjacent plot of land to build rental cabins. -
Distributed-Energy Sources Raise Costs, Vulnerability to Outages, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has concluded distributed renewable-energy resources, such as rooftop solar systems, raise costs and make electric systems more vulnerable to emergencies and terrorist-related outages. -
Trump Moves to End Obama-Era WOTUS Rule
Opinion -President Donald Trump ordered the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “review and reconsider” an Obama-era rule greatly expanding federal jurisdiction over small bodies of water nationwide. -
President Trump Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
Opinion -President Donald Trump approved the final leg of the Keystone XL pipeline linking oil fields in Alberta, Canada to refineries on the Texas gulf coast. -
Court Upholds ESA Land Grabs Made to Protect Species Not Living on Private Property
Opinion -In an endangered species case a U.S. Court of Appeals decided the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could list as private property that contains no members of a protected species as critical habitat. -
Trump Orders Climate Policy Review, Cancellation
Opinion -President Donald Trump recently signed a multi-part executive order rolling back numerous climate policies restricting fossil-fuel development and use imposed by President Barack Obama’s administration. -
Denied at Dakota Access, Pipeline Protesters Will Find New Targets
Opinion -Federal Judge James Boasberg rejected a request for an emergency injunction to prevent oil from being transported through the newly completed Dakota Access Pipeline. -
President Proposes Dramatic Cuts to EPA
Opinion -President Donald Trump is calling for far-reaching cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, including eliminating EPA’s global-warming programs. -
House Acts to Block Slush Fund Payments
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The 2017 Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act would block the U.S. Department of Justice from requiring defendants being prosecuted by the Federal government who accept a settlement agreement to make donations to third-party organizations. -
Wind Energy to Pay Own Way Under Proposed Oklahoma Budget
Opinion -Republican Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has proposed ending subsidies for wind energy producers and instead taxing them to reduce the state's budget gap. -
Pipeline Protesters Trash Protest Site
Opinion -Protesters fighting completion of the Dakota Access oil pipeline left behind tons of trash threatening to pollute the regions water. -
Central Theory Behind Radiation Regulation Demolished by Research Find
Opinion -New research shows people exposed to low-doses of radiation, contrary to the assumptions behind the regulatory standards of U.S. agencies, are not at increased risk of developing cancer. -
Mosquito Population Skyrockets Due to Urbanization and DDT Ban, Not Climate Change
Opinion -Urbanization and the ban on DDT, not climate change, have caused mosquito populations to explode in parts of the U.S. a recent study shows. -
Government Trims Grazing Fees on Federal Lands
Opinion -The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service reduced monthly grazing fees on federal lands by 11 percent beginning March 1. -
New Book Destroys AGW Myth, Gets the Climate Science Right
Opinion -The book Evidence-Based Climate Science: Data Opposing CO2 Emissions as the Primary Source of Global Warming, slays any argument mankind is having a significant impact on global temperature. -
Pennsylvania Approves Gas Pipeline
Opinion -Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection issued final permits for construction of Sunoco Logistics Partners’ Mariner East 2 pipeline. -
First Genetically Modified Apples Hit Store Shelves in February
Opinion -The first genetically modified apples approved for retail sale by the U.S. Department of Agriculture hit store shelves in the Midwest in February.
