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A major part of President Trump's infrastructure agenda suffered a setback when a federal appeals court ruled that regulators must examine the effects of climate change when they review proposed natural gas pipelines.
Energy and Environment

Trump’s pipeline agenda takes a hit with court ruling

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The report underscores that coal can be stored for long periods at or near a coal-fired power plant, limiting the risks associated with transporting fuel via pipeline or rail. (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen)
Energy and Environment

Coal group touts power plant benefits with new study

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The FERC electricity markets favor the least expensive forms of energy. That is the reason natural gas has come to dominate the electricity markets. The low cost of natural gas, spurred on by fracking and the shale boom, has increased economic pressure on coal and nuclear power plants. (AP Photo/John Seewer)
Energy and Environment

Energy groups push FERC to make changes recommended in Perry’s grid study

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The nation's top electric grid watchdog is carefully considering the recommendations made in the Energy Department's grid study issued late Wednesday night, according to the chairman of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Energy and Environment

FERC chairman ‘carefully considering’ grid study’s recommendations

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A much-anticipated Energy Department study of the electric grid released Wednesday night points to abundant natural gas from fracking as the leading cause for the decline in coal and nuclear power plants and calls on federal agencies to make changes that would stave off the loss of more coal-fired and nuclear power plants. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Energy and Environment

Grid study: Natural gas the leading cause for decline of coal, not renewables

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D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not properly weigh the effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Energy and Environment

Environmentalists win ‘huge’ climate victory over federal pipeline approvals

John Siciliano -
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Many of these projects are pipelines that would open up markets to natural gas production in the Marcellus shale. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Beltway Confidential

Finally, FERC can clear the blocked pipeline of pipeline construction projects

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The bipartisan nuclear tax bill passed by voice vote, and had 32 co-sponsors at the time it was approved. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Beltway Confidential

Nuclear energy may soon be free from its tangled regulatory web

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The Clean Power Plan was former President Barack Obama's signature climate rule for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Energy and Environment

New FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee to focus on coal, nuclear plants

John Siciliano -
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The White House named Neil Chatterjee to the chairmanship Thursday.
Energy and Environment

Trump’s FERC chairman says lack of quorum was historic

John Siciliano -
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