Category: Energy & Environment
World is releasing greenhouse gases at level unprecedented in geologic history, scientist says
Human civilization came to be thanks to the comparatively stable climate of the past 10,000 years. But the unchecked burning of fossil fuels is undermining that foundation, according to a leading climate scientist. “There is no analog in the past for the rapid warming” we are seeing today, Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann argued. In a speech on Thursday at the “The Good, The Bad…
EPA closes civil rights probe into Louisiana over ‘Cancer Alley’ pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday it did not find discrimination by the state of Louisiana against Black residents who face high levels of air pollution, closing a probe into actions by state departments. The agency has previously been looking into complaints from environmental groups that alleged discrimination over air pollution faced by Black residents of Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish. Environmental groups…
Biden administration approves California’s electric truck mandate
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved California’s authority to set its own regulations requiring manufacturers to speed up the sales of electric trucks in the state. California has said that it will require an increasing percentage of trucks sold in the state to be electric from 2024 through 2035. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington and Vermont have also adopted California’s truck standards. A…
Biden designates new national monuments in Nevada, Texas
President Biden on Tuesday designated two new national monuments in Nevada and Texas. Biden designated Nevada’s Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, and Texas’s Castner Range as monuments — protecting a total of nearly 514,000 acres of public lands from development. Biden announced the proclamations during a conservation summit held at the Interior Department. He did not sign the proclamations on stage, but…
As EPA begins work on East Palestine cleanup, some states feel blindsided by waste disposal
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, East Palestine, EGLE, Energy & Environment, Environment, EPA, News, Ohio, Ohio train derailment, State Watch, vinyl chloride, waste disposal 0 One month after the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, the Environmental Protection Agency-led cleanup is underway — but officials in other states have questioned the waste disposal plans. A number of hazardous chemicals were spilled in the derailment, most notably vinyl chloride, a carcinogenic compound used in production of plastics. The EPA announced on Feb. 21 it would take…
Senate votes to block Labor green investment rule
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Congressional Review Act, Energy & Environment, ESG, Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, Labor Department, Newsletters 0 Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Energy and Environment newsletter Subscribe Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Anti-ESG resolution clears Senate with Dem defections The Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican resolution to…
Kerry to serve in climate envoy role at least through COP28 summit in November
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Administration, Around The World, COP 28, Donald Trump, Energy & Environment, Joe Biden, John Kerry, News 0 John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, said in a new interview with The Boston Globe that he told President Biden that he will serve in his role through at least the United Nations climate summit in November. “There’s sufficient unfinished business that I felt it would be inappropriate to walk away from that at this point in time,” he told the newspaper….
Youngkin says Biden should go to Ohio instead of Virginia to talk healthcare
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Administration, Around The World, Energy & Environment, Glenn Youngkin, Karine Jean-Pierre, News, Policy, President Biden, train derailment 0 Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said on Sunday that President Biden should visit the Ohio town reeling from the derailment of a train hauling toxic chemicals, rather than traveling to Virginia this week to speak about healthcare. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden plans to use his speech at an event in Virginia Beach on Tuesday to draw a contrast between his…
Timeline of the Ohio train derailment response: from EPA’s initial response to Buttigieg visit
In the wake of a train derailment that spilled hazardous chemicals in an eastern Ohio town earlier this month, Republicans have slammed the Biden administration, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in particular, for its response to the incident. Buttigieg visited East Palestine this past Thursday, nearly three weeks after the train derailed near the Ohio town on Feb. 3. The town went through a subsequent…
Four systemic safety issues the East Palestine crash report may point to
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, East Palestine, Energy & Environment, Equilibrium & Sustainability, Ohio, Policy, train derailment, Transportation 0 A brand new report on the catastrophic prepare derailment in East Palestine factors to a number of attainable systemic safety issues that advocates and safety consultants say go properly past this particular crash. The preliminary report released on Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) discovered that the runaway overheating of a ball bearing in certainly one of the prepare’s wheels prompted it to careen off…
Wildlife species worldwide exposed to ‘eternally chemical compounds,’ survey shows
Wildlife from across the world — from polar bears, to monkeys, to dolphins — could also be exposed to cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” a brand new survey has discovered. A comprehensive map curated by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) offers a window into just how many kinds of animals, together with some which can be endangered or threatened, could also be contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Hundreds of…
Project would pipe water from Mexico to parched Arizona — if anyone can agree on it
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Energy & Environment, Equilibrium & Sustainability, International, State Watch 0 As arid Arizona scrambles to quench the thirst of a quickly increasing inhabitants, officers are eying the Sonoran seaside in Mexico as a possible wellspring for future demand. But whether or not the Mexican state and federal governments would be on board with the association — and the hefty infrastructure such a mission would require — stays to be seen. “I am going to defend the…
Buttigieg pushes Norfolk Southern to support higher rail safety standards
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Administration, Alan Shaw, Around The World, Energy & Environment, News, Pete Buttigieg, Policy, Transportation 0 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote to Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on Sunday urging the corporate to support higher rail safety standards amid rising considerations concerning the environmental penalties of its prepare derailment in northeastern Ohio. “I am writing to emphasize the urgent need for Norfolk Southern to demonstrate unequivocal support for the people of East Palestine and the surrounding areas, and to be a…
Ohio governor says FEMA will provide resources to East Palestine
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Energy & Environment, Gov. Mike DeWine, hazardous chemicals, J.D. Vance, Sherrod Brown, State Watch 0 The Federal Emergency Management Agency will deploy federal resources to the positioning of a prepare derailment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced Friday night after saying earlier this week that the company had deemed the state ineligible. “FEMA and the State of Ohio have been in constant contact regarding emergency operations in East Palestine. U.S. EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] and Ohio EPA have been…
Energy & Environment — House GOP announces anti-ESG working group
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, Energy & Environment, Newsletters, Overnight Energy & Environment, Policy 0 The House’s Republican majority is launching a working group to push back on environmental, social and governance investing. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department expands which electrical autos can declare a tax credit score, and the Interior Department announces thousands and thousands towards tribal water settlement. This is Energy & Environment, your supply for the newest information centered on power, the atmosphere and past. For The Hill,…
Living near a ‘food swamp’ could raise stroke risk in adults 50 and older: research
Adults ages 50 and older who dwell near quick food-dense environments could also be at heightened risk of stroke, preliminary research has decided. (*50*)-called “food swamps” sometimes include an abundance of fast-food chains and comfort shops — primarily “swamping” neighborhoods with unhealthy consuming choices, the authors defined. Meanwhile, meals swamps also typically overlap with meals deserts, the place inadequate grocery shops complicate the hunt to search…
DRIED UP: In California, desalination offers only partial solution to growing drought
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Dried Up, Energy & Environment, Equilibrium & Sustainability, State Watch 0 The American West is experiencing its driest interval in human historical past, a megadrought that threatens well being, agriculture and full methods of life. DRIED UP is inspecting the dire results of the drought on the states most affected — in addition to the options Americans are embracing. As water within the Western U.S. turns into an more and more uncommon commodity, the driest states…
Energy & Environment — What a rail strike would mean for energy
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Energy & Environment, Gas Prices, Joe Biden, Overnight Energy & Environment, Policy, rail strike 0 Congress is transferring shortly to keep away from a potential rail strike, which might have extreme results on the energy trade if it had been to occur. Meanwhile, the Biden administration pledges to guard a sacred Nevada website, and greater than a dozen Puerto Rican cities sue oil corporations over local weather change. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your supply for the most recent…