Some environmentalists, upset with the EPA and Texas for not requiring tougher clean air rules for refineries, gas plants and chemical plants have decided to take their differences to court. Led by the Environmental Integrity Project, several environmental groups sued EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler this week alleging his agency looked the other way when …
** A federal judge in Alaska ruled late on Tuesday that the Trump administration’s planned auction of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could proceed as planned on Wednesday morning. The order by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason comes after environmental groups and the indigenous people of northeastern Alaska sought a preliminary …
A dozen rural electric cooperatives in Kansas have banded together to build a 20 megawatt solar system to power 80,000 homes. 4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc. was joined by 11 other cooperatives to invest in the system that will be installed across 800 miles of the state, according to WIBW TV. Two solar farms, …
West Texas and eastern New Mexico could be getting another natural gas pipeline. Double E Pipeline LLC, owned by units of Summit Midstream Partners, LP and Exxon Mobil Corp. applied with federal energy regulators to build a 135-miline line. Double E is proposing a line to carry an estimated 1.35 billion cubic feet of gas …
