Tag: Energy and Environment

As the EPA develops a new approach to regulating carbon dioxide, the framework must meet a number of criteria. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Energy and Environment

EPA should replace the Clean Power Plan and promote a diverse fuel mix

Jim Matheson · October 28, 2017 4:01 am

Red States, Blue Towns

The Scrapbook · October 27, 2017 12:09 pm

Red States, Blue Towns

The Scrapbook · October 27, 2017 5:00 am

In 2016 Congress allowed a key tax credit to expire for fuel cell vehicles, despite the ongoing federal tax incentives for battery electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Hey, Congress: There’s room on the road for all zero-emission vehicles

Morry Markowitz · October 24, 2017 4:01 am

The federal government this year alone has spent $300 billion to respond to the most expensive year for wildfires on record, on top of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. And climate change costs are expected to keep rising in future decades. (NOAA via AP)

GAO: Trump should craft strategy to deal with economic harm of climate change

Josh Siegel · October 24, 2017 1:00 am

Lawmakers' letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions raises security concerns based on an incident last year in which a group of environmental activists attempted to disable pipelines that crossed the border between the U.S. and Canada. The trial for one of the activists began last month. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers ask Jeff Sessions about prosecuting climate activists for damaging pipelines

John Siciliano · October 23, 2017 10:58 pm

President Donald Trump holds up a pen he used to sign one of various bills in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in on March 27. From left are, Sen. Tom Barrasso, R-Wyo., Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Trump the deregulator

adam-gustafson · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Convenience store owners and truck stop operators, who interact directly with the end users of fuel, say they have plenty at stake if the Renewable Fuel Standard were weakened.

Energy and Environment

Trump administration wants to cut biofuels, raising big worries in transportation industry

Josh Siegel · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has issued a fairly comprehensive report on the state of America's power sector. What he concluded is that the nation must necessarily continue to draw electricity from a diverse mix of sources. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Why coal and nuclear aren’t going anywhere

Terry Jarrett · October 21, 2017 4:01 am

The EPA said it is targeting biodiesel and advanced biofuels because of an expiring tax credit that the agency said has resulted in higher costs to blend the fuels. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Energy and Environment

Oil refiners strike back at Scott Pruitt after he reverses position on biofuels mandate

Josh Siegel · October 20, 2017 8:55 pm

The conservative group wants the EPA to hand over documents detailing its use of social media to promote the Obama administration's Waters of the U.S. Rule. (Wikipedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Senate committee to vote next week on Trump’s EPA nominees after delay over biofuel mandate

Josh Siegel · October 20, 2017 8:17 pm

Democratic donor Tom Steyer has said he's launching the campaign to "demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment" and says a GOP-led Congress previously impeached a president "for far less." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Democratic donor Tom Steyer launches campaign calling for Trump’s impeachment

Melissa Quinn · October 20, 2017 4:52 pm