** The Biden administration is approving a major electric power transmission project as well as a solar project in Nevada, it announced Monday. The Greenlink West Transmission Project will create a system of new power lines from North Las Vegas to Reno. When completed, the project could transmit enough energy for 4.8 million homes. ** U.S. House representatives from …
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Energy briefs
** From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump …
EPA changes stance over expanded open records from oil and gas operations in Colorado
Environmental groups in Colorado are disappointed after the Environmental Protection Agency backed off initial demands for more open records of emissions from oil and gas operations. The EPA originally supported the demands of environmental organizations that sought more records from polluters and to make the records for easily accessible. But a federal lawsuit by …
Energy briefs
** Boeing said it has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing more than 32,000 workers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, in a deal that could help avert a possible crippling strike as early as Sept. 13. ** Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials expanded a beach closure this week as a precautionary measure against …
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** A company that pledged to remove used wind turbine blades from a vacant Minnesota property to have them recycled in Ohio abruptly went out of business, leaving state regulators to decide whether to intervene. ** A North Dakota labor union accuses a wind energy developer of hiring out-of-state workers to build a project after promising to use …
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** Despite slowing U.S. electric vehicle sales, Hyundai on Tuesday rolled out the 2025 versions of its Ioniq 5 electric SUV with improved battery range and charging aimed at broadening the appeal of vehicles to be built at a massive new Georgia factory. ** Arizona’s attorney general joins environmentalists in a lawsuit challenging state regulators’ …
Energy briefs
** Jobs in the renewable energy sector grew at twice the rate of overall U.S. jobs last year, the Energy Department said Wednesday in its annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER). ** An internal watchdog criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top air official for participating in the development of a rule that regulates an industry …
Oklahoma and 22 other states sue to stop Biden administration over methane rule
Oklahoma and 22 other states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Biden administration’s effort to cut methane from oil and gas production. Attorney General Gentner Drummond was among 23 state attorneys general along with Arizona’s GOP-led legislature who are opposed to the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency rule that requires oil …
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** The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will protect 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska, reversing a Trump administration effort to open them up to development. The move protects the lands from mining as well as oil and gas extraction. ** The number of publicly available electric vehicle (EV) chargers has doubled since Biden took office, the …
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** Extreme heat killed more Americans in 2023 than any other year over nearly a quarter century of records, according to research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. At least 2,325 people died from the heat last year, according to the study, which included deaths with heat as both an underlying and contributing …