December 13, 2021 archive

Other energy headlines for Tuesday

** The Biden administration is set to release a federal strategy this week to implement an ambitious plan to build 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country and ultimately transform the U.S. auto industry. ** California’s 26-year-old program to get more people to put solar panels on their homes has been wildly successful, but …

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Restrictive solar farm regulations planned in eastern Kansas

  NextEra Energy’s plans to create a 3,000 panel solar farm in eastern Kansas have run into opposition from residents and now from some county authorities. The Shawnee Mission Post reports that Johnson County Commissioners near Kansas City are in the process of perhaps creating some of the nation’s most restrictive solar farm regulations. Click …

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Damaging winds forecast for Wednesday in Oklahoma

  If the weather forecasters are accurate, Wednesday will not be the day to be working high atop an oil drilling rig or in a power line bucket. Winds up to 70 mph are in the forecast from the National Weather Service and driving a big-rig across I-40 in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle …

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Some congressional Democrats aren’t the environmental purists they portray

  A report by Business Insider shows more than 20 Democrats in Congress hailed as environmental champions also have personal investments in fossil fuel companies. Some of the 22 Democrats have key roles in shaping energy policy while holding or trading shares of Exxon Mobil, Dominion Energy and Chevron. Click here for Business Insider.