** The death toll is up to 102 people in six states since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm. It tore through the Southeast and left millions without power and communications. ** Exxon Mobil board director Gregory Goff recently joined a newly formed Elliott Investment Management-backed company seeking to acquire control …
Category: Wind Energy
Iowa goes to court over stockpiles of abandoned wind turbine blades
The growing issue of old and abandoned wind-turbine blades just jumped into court in the state of Iowa. Iowa filed suit against an out-of-state firm for dumping the old blades in violation of the state’s solid-waste laws. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported the suit was filed against Global Fiberglass Solutions based in Washington. …
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** Time is running out to avoid the first major strike at shipping terminals along the East and Gulf coasts in nearly 50 years. A group of Biden administration officials, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, are meeting with United States Maritime Alliance representatives to negotiate a deal and prevent …
Grainbelt Express transmission line wins approval from Kansas Corporation Commission
The $7 billion, four-state transmission project covering four states, won approval Thursday of the Kansas Corporation Commission. Regulators signed off on Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express, a move that established the route for two inter-related 345 kV alternating current transmission lines and their associated facilities as part of the Southwest Kansas “AC Collector System.” The …
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** California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law three bills cracking down on the oil and gas industry, including one that allows local governments to block new drilling, one that ups cleanup requirements for idle wells and another that bans low-production wells from operating in a Los Angeles-area oilfield. ** New Jersey hit the pause button …
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** Utility Dive reported total investment in hydrogen projects has grown from $390 billion in May 2022 to an expected $680 billion in May 2024, according to a new report by the Hydrogen Council, a global industry trade group. North America claimed $96 billion of that funding, according to the report. ** The U.S. Federal Trade …
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** President Biden is expected to tout the progress his administration has made on climate change in remarks in New York City this week, as the issue remains an area of stark contrast between Democrats and Republicans. A White House fact sheet said the speech will focus on the administration’s “unprecedented progress in tackling the …
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** The US Commerce Department on Monday proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns – a move that would effectively bar nearly all Chinese cars from entering the US market. ** The U.S. Energy Department awards a manganese and zinc mine under development in …
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** An agriculture industry watchdog sues Arkansas-based Tyson Foods for misleading consumers by marketing “climate friendly” beef and pledging to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 despite the near impossibility of mass-producing beef in ways that benefit the climate. ** Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) expressed optimism this week that lawmakers would soon reach a deal to extend radiation …
Biden’s EPA hands out $156 million for low income solar power in New Mexico
Intent on supporting the growth of renewable energy sources, the Biden administration announced this week it was giving $156 million to the state of New Mexico to bring rooftop and community solar capacity and battery storage to more than 20,000 low income households. EPA Region 6 Deputy Regional Administrator Stacey Dwyer told those on …