New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham delivered the opening keynote address this week of the 2021 State Environmental Protection meeting of the Environmental Council of States. ECOS is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders whose goal is to improve the capability of state environmental agencies and their leaders …
July 15, 2021 archive
Lankford joins call for Biden to withdraw BLM nominee
Senator James Lankford joined all of the Republican members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to send a letter to President Biden calling on him to withdraw the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as director of the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. Lankford was joined in …
Evergy customers criticize company’s sustainability plan
Consumers of the Kansas-based utility Evergy are finally having their voices heard about the company’s $8.9 billion plan to update its infrastructure. And they apparently don’t like it. The Kansas Reflector reports the public thinks the project is too expensive and doesn’t focus enough on moving the electricity utility away from coal power. …
Energy news in brief
** Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it will begin hiring additional temporary operators of its Beaumont, Texas refinery as a lock out of 650 union-represented workers runs into its 11th week. ** Striking blue-collar workers at a Volvo heavy truck plant in southwestern Virginia have narrowly ratified what the company said was its final offer …
Carbon-capture project generates support, skepticism among New Mexico lawmakers
Some New Mexico lawmakers are skeptical of the $1.5 billion plan to convert the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington into the largest carbon-capture facility in the world. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported the skepticism is largely from Democratic legislators while Republicans support the project. Click here for Santa Fe New Mexican. …
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