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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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Council recommends tax incentives for nuclear energy
The Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council report also recommends lawmakers include nuclear energy on the list of industries eligible for the Certified Green Energy Production Facilities tax break to grow the supply chain.
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Tens of thousands without power in western Washington since Tuesday storms
Seattle City Light was still working to restore more than 4,000 customers and Snohomish PUD had more than 13,600 customers still in the cold as of noon Friday.
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United Nations to establish an initiative to research and act against “climate misinformation”
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “climate disinformation” would encompass a wide range of perspectives it declares are inappropriate.
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Despite lackluster consumer interest, automakers are asking Trump to keep EV mandate in place
John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, said in a letter to Trump that automakers’ success depends on “stability and predictability in auto-related emissions standards.”
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Study: AI and data centers could drive cost of energy up by 70% over 10 years
Prices jumped from $29 to $270 per megawatt-day “across the PJM region” and from $29 to $444 in parts of Virginia, home to more than half of the nation’s data centers, according to the study.
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A pro-mining Trump administration will still face economics and environmentalist opposition
It’s likely that Trump will have a "mine, baby mine" strategy for mineral supply chains, but that may not by itself result in a domestic mineral supply chain boom.
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Canadians' nuclear waste storage plan in Great Lakes depository opposed
Nuclear Waste Management has maintained that the plan is “safe, low-risk, technically sound and consistent with best practices from around the world.”
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Despite regional opposition, Washington wind/solar projects steaming ahead
“I’ve been doing this for 25 years or so and I’ve never seen a state agency have such an impact on local communities,” said Greg Wendt, director of community development for Benton County.
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Ford to cut 4,000 European jobs due to ‘misalignment’ between demand and climate regulations
"The transformation is particularly intense in Europe where automakers face significant competitive and economic headwinds while also tackling a misalignment between CO2 regulations and consumer demand for electrified vehicles,” the company said.
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Colorado lays out vision for lower greenhouse gas emissions, costs to do so vague
Colorado aims to have a 65% carbon emission reduction from 2005 to 2035, the report said.