"Air Pollution Monitoring Bill Blocked By Louisiana Senate Committee"
"The latest effort to create a public warning system for spikes in air pollution was snuffed out by a Senate committee."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/11/2023
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"In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan"
"The White House on Wednesday endorsed a plan by Senator Joe Manchin III to speed the approval of some fossil fuel projects in order to also hasten the construction of new transmission lines critical for meeting President Biden’s climate goals."
Source: NYTimes, 05/11/2023
EPA Proposes Power Plant Emissions Rule To Confront Climate Change
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing on Thursday a draft rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from fossil-fired power plants that is expected to be a key piece of the Biden administration’s climate policy."
Source: The Hill, 05/11/2023
"World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says"
"The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions - not the production of oil, gas and coal - at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December."
Source: Reuters, 05/10/2023
"US Approves Temporary Nuclear Waste Storage In New Mexico"
"The U.S. nuclear energy regulator on Tuesday issued a license to Holtec International to build and operate a temporary facility to store nuclear waste from power plants, despite a New Mexico state law that could present a hurdle to the project."
Source: Reuters, 05/10/2023
"Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire"
"The units at a Houston-area Shell refinery that caught fire this weekend repeatedly malfunctioned in recent years without recourse from Texas regulators."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/10/2023
"D.C. Circuit Orders EPA To Regulate Jet Fuel In Drinking Water"
"A federal appeals court on Tuesday faulted EPA for failing to set drinking water limits for a chemical commonly used in explosives and rocket fuel."
Source: E&E News, 05/10/2023
EPA Promises Action On Puerto Rico Coal Ash. Residents Tired Of Waiting
"Biden’s EPA offers support to Guayama residents after decades of environmental injustice, but residents say they won’t be satisfied until the plant is closed and all its coal ash removed."
Source: Energy News Network, 05/09/2023
Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
"The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics."
Source: Grist, 05/09/2023
"Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says."
"Ever since the first offshore platforms went up off Louisiana 85 years ago, the Gulf of Mexico has been an oil and gas juggernaut. But decades of drilling has left behind more than 14,000 old, unplugged wells at risk of springing dangerous leaks and spills that may cost more than $30 billion to plug, a new study has found."
Source: NYTimes, 05/09/2023
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