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Zeldin touts EPA rescinding 'endangerment finding' on greenhouse gases, says 'celebrate vindication'
In 2009, the EPA signed the Endangerment Finding that concluding that six greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, and that emissions from new motor vehicles contribute to such pollution.
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Regulator: LNG expansion likely to affect rare marsh bird
Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG Stage 5 expansion project in Cameron Parish is "likely to adversely affect" the eastern black rail, a secretive, sparrow-sized bird, the federal energy regulator ruled in a draft environmental impact statement released in early April.
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After years of anti-fossil fuel policies, Colorado’s Boulder unlikely to achieve its climate goals
Boulder, Colorado is suing oil companies for climate change and setting aggressive emission-reductions target. A Just the News analysis shows the city is unlikely to reach either of those goals, but the city says it's not backing down.
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Was a natural gas ban eventually planned for Washington state?
For proponents of I-2066, which would prohibit a ban on natural gas by state and local governments, the admission is a tacit acknowledgement that the state eventually planned to do just that.
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Maine offshore wind auction draws a few takers
Only half of the areas offered for lease by the federal agency were bid on, far less than offshore wind leases in previous rounds.
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Feds award $150M for energy clean energy projects
The projects will span across 28 states and territories and six international locations as part of the second and final installment of the $250 million Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies, or AFFECT, grant program.
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$211 million energy saving home rebates program pilot launches in Michigan
MiHER consists of two programs: the $105.7 million Home Efficiency Rebates program and the $105.3 million Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program
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California regulator to quietly make flying, shipping, driving more expensive
Because diesel is used for delivering and transporting goods across the country, and 40% of the nation’s imports come in through Los Angeles, California's proposed LCFS amendments raising the cost of diesel would likely impact every American.
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Colorado gets $2.5B in federal taxpayer dollars for rural electricity expansion
The Biden administration recently made over $3 billion in New ERA funding available.
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Initiative opponents claim blocking natural gas ban will drive up gas bills
In its report, Climate Solutions examined research conducted earlier this year by Synapse Energy Economics, which found that I-2066 could raise consumer utility gas bills in Washington by $150 or more per year by 2035 and double them by 2050.
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Ford continues posting huge losses on its electric lines, while automakers reverse course on EVs
Across the board, many automakers envisioned that consumers would clamor to buy EVs and all the they had to do was build them.
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As environmentalists push for more dam breaching, impacts from largest U.S. dam removal linger
The first fish in are usually the Chinook salmon, he said, and their numbers are low for this time of year compared to the historic numbers. Coho salmon are usually the second wave. “They should be present, but we’ve not seen any,” Ray Haupt, Siskiyou County supervisor, said.
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Investigation of Michigan nuclear power plant reveals extensive safety issues
But the multiple new safety issues recently discovered by the NRC and analyzed by nuclear experts may delay or even permanently halt the plan to restart the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant.