Energy
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EPA revising rules regarding coal byproducts to reduce waste, encourage beneficial use
Coal combustion residuals, such as fly ash, can contain valuable minerals.
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Russia oil tax revenues projected to double in April to $9B, amid Iran conflict, Hormuz standstill
The windfall will come from the country's single biggest oil tax and the high oil prices due to the conflict in Iran.
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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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Campaign to discredit opposition to wind, solar has financial connections to renewable advocates
Media outlets and nonprofits claiming that local opposition to wind and solar projects is funded by oil companies are themselves funded by anti-fossil fuel activist groups promoting the wind and solar industry.
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Gas distribution continues across Florida
Floridians waited in long lines for gas and, in some cases, were unable to fuel up during the evacuation ahead of Hurricane Milton.
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Vessels dispatched to recover broken wind turbine blade from ocean floor off coast of Nantucket
Two vessels are working to recover the 300-foot blade, which has set on the ocean floor since it broke off a wind turbine in July.
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State energy bank discussions heat up
The state budget still contained language allocating funding to the bank – though Surovell questioned it, saying the funding was tied to the passage of the bill.
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Hochul urged to delay truck 'net-zero' emissions mandate
The lawmakers wrote that "zero emission" truck technology is "still in its infancy" and noted that the majority of those vehicles "cost three to four times the average cost of a diesel-powered vehicle."
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As projects fail and studies conclude green hydrogen is unaffordable, critics are being vindicated
The Biden-Harris administration laid out a clean hydrogen roadmap in June 2023, which included $9.5 billion in funding from the 2021 infrastructure law. Critics say it's another example of taxpayer dollars wasted on the administration's failed climate agenda.
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Several locations under consideration for shore-based nuclear power sites
Installations in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina are being considered for shore-based nuclear power sites.
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Stellantis, auto workers dispute over Illinois factory could expand nationwide
As part of a deal with the United Auto Workers, Stellantis agreed to invest nearly $5 billion in the area, retooling the auto plant and constructing a parts distribution center and an EV battery plant.
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Opposition to carbon pipelines grows after monitoring well leaked in Illinois
Such wells monitor the movement of CO2 within the injection well. These wells help ensure that the CO2 is spreading as expected and that there are no signs of leakage. In Decatur, a monitoring well leaked.
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DOE’s transmission planning study requires a grid expansion that could take more than 2,000 years
A 2020 DOE study estimates that there were 642,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. To grow that by 3.5 times, as the DOE goals called for would require constructing 2,247,000 miles of transmission lines by 2050. That’s 86,423 miles every single year.