Energy & Environment, Industry
March 27, 2024
Via: Washington's Top NewsTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling out China’s ramped-up production in solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, calling it unfair competition that “distorts global prices” and “hurts American firms and workers, as well as firms and workers around the […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
February 26, 2024
Via: Fox NewsFederal regulators quietly implemented a new policy enabling Native American tribes to effectively veto certain green energy development projects on their land. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order rejecting three large hydroelectric pump storage projects — which […]
Energy & Environment, Industry, Policy, State & Local
January 30, 2024
Via: Fox NewsA coalition of business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a federal lawsuit against the State of California over its two recently-enacted laws forcing companies to disclose climate data. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
January 18, 2024
Via: ArsTechnicaThe Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments for overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine, one of the most important principles guiding federal regulation for the past 40 years. The doctrine, named for a 1984 court case involving Environmental Protection Agency air […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
December 20, 2023
Via: Fox NewsHouse Republicans introduced a resolution Wednesday condemning the United Nations’ recent agreement to accelerate the phase down of global fossil fuel reliance. The lawmakers – Reps. Mary Miller of Illinois and August Pfluger of Texas – introduced the resolution less […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
November 22, 2023
Via: Fox NewsThe Biden administration is quietly discussing a potentially far-reaching settlement with environmental groups that advocate for tearing down four hydroelectric dams in Washington to protect salmon. Federal attorneys representing the government said it had “developed a package of actions and […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
November 14, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsRevved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government report says. The National Climate Assessment, which comes out every four to five […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
November 3, 2023
Via: Fox NewsA new House Republican bill is aiming to dismantle the Biden administration’s plans for a Climate Corps. Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., is introducing a bill on Friday called the “No American Climate Corps Act” that would “simply prohibit any federal […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 30, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe World Bank reported on Monday that oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas widens, which could result in increased food prices worldwide. The World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook found that while […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 27, 2023
Via: Fox NewsMichigan Democrats led by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are leading an aggressive effort to rapidly transition the state to green energy, a push that closely resembles the Green New Deal proposed at the federal level by progressive lawmakers. Democrats in the […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 26, 2023
Via: Fox NewsSen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., are leading a bicameral effort opposing the Biden administration’s action last month prohibiting companies from transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) via rail. Cruz, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 20, 2023
Via: ArsTechnicaOn Tuesday, the US National Academies of Science released a report entitled “Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States.” The report follows up on a 2021 analysis entitled, “Accelerating Decarbonization in the US Energy System.” When the earlier report was prepared, […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 18, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsIn response to Venezuela’s government and a faction of its opposition formally agreeing to work together to reach a series of basic conditions for the next presidential election, the U.S. agreed Wednesday to temporarily suspend some sanctions on the country’s […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 18, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation’s aging transmission systems. Energy […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
October 13, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsClean-energy projects in seven states from Pennsylvania to California have been selected by the Biden administration for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of President Joe Biden’s agenda to slow climate […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
September 26, 2023
Via: Fox NewsThe Biden administration is facing criticism for its decision to outsource a key part of its climate agenda to a foreign non-profit tied to a behemoth left-wing dark money network. President Biden announced late last year, during a speech at […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
September 11, 2023
Via: TechSpotThe US Department of Energy recently announced a conditional commitment to provide Eos Energy Enterprises with a loan of approximately $400 million. This loan will be used to establish four new, cutting-edge production lines dedicated to manufacturing Eos Z3 battery […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
September 6, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health. The decision […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
September 1, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe White House will seek an additional $4 billion to address natural disasters as part of its supplemental funding request — a sign that wildfires, flooding and hurricanes that have intensified during a period of climate change are imposing ever […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
August 29, 2023
Via: Fox NewsThe Biden administration finalized revised environmental regulations impacting bodies of water Tuesday in response to a Supreme Court decision in May upending the original version. In a joint announcement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers […]