The Biden administration announced this week it intends to launch a $366 million plan to fund 17 projects across the U.S. to expand renewable energy on Native American reservations and other rural areas. The Energy Department said the money comes from the $1 trillion infrastructure law President Joe Biden signed in 2021. None of the projects …
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** An Ohio commission awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks Monday, despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support. ** Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway’s shares closed down by more than 2% on Monday, slowing its march to $1 trillion market value on investor worries after the U.S. government warned of …
Senator Mullin wants halt to EPA tailpipe rule—says he’s committed to fighting it
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin isn’t giving up on his fight against a proposed new EPA tailpipe rule. Last week he joined other Senators and Representatives in urging the President and Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget to halt the rule. Republicans contend it’s a green energy effort to push …
Mullin and Hern join Congressional effort to urge Biden to kill EPA tailpipe plan
Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern and U.S. Sens. Markwayne Mullin and James Lankford were among more than 130 Republican lawmakers who sent a letter to the White House urging the President to kill his proposed tailpipe emissions regulations that are intended to force drivers to switch to electric vehicles. They were the only three …
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** U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced Washington would issue more than 500 new sanctions targeting Russia as the United States seeks to increase pressure on Moscow to mark the second anniversary of its war in Ukraine. ** AT&T finally restored wireless service to all customers by around 3 pm ET Thursday and the …
E15 ethanol approved year round by EPA in corn producing states
Governors of some of the nation’s biggest corn producing states got their wish. So did corn producers. The Environmental Protection Agency gave approval for E-15 ethanol gas sales to be allowed year round in eight Midwest states with heavy corn production. The rule change came as the EPA was under heavy pressure from …
Supreme Court exhibits skepticism about EPA “good neighbor” pollution rule
Skepticism was on display Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the EPA’s so-called ““good neighbor” rule, an anti-air-pollution rule. The conservative majority on the court showed it as the Environmental Protection Agency fought challenges in its efforts to continue enforcement in 11 states. The rule is about restrictions of smokestack …
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** The city of Chicago is suing five oil and gas companies and a trade group that represents them over their role in contributing to climate change and its effects, arguing that the companies have misled the public about how the use of fossil fuels affects city residents’ well-being. ** Ray Starling, who served as …
Ethanol plants ask to develop carbon sequestration projects in Kansas
They will need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, but two ethanol companies hope to construct the first carbon sequestration sites in the state of Kansas. Carbon sequestration involves the creation of deep underground wells where carbon dioxide emissions are pumped and removed from the atmosphere. It’s a controversial process that is favored by …
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** A U.S. district court granted the federal government’s request to indefinitely pause a trial concerning a major petrochemical plant in Louisiana, despite the Biden administration’s insistence that the facility poses an imminent health threat. ** Over the past week, some new Tesla Cybertruck owners have taken to social media to complain about what they say …