"Manchin Indicates Opposition To Biden Lands Nominee Over Internal Memo"
"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is putting the future of one of President Biden’s nominees to the Interior Department in question."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2023
Energy & Fuel
From Swine Waste, Student Journalist Extracts Prize-Winning Story
Industrial hog farmers tout swine biogas as a clean, green energy source, but others point to its messy side. A young journalist who investigated the underreported stench of environmental racism associated with this technology learned valuable lessons along the way to producing a feature story that won her a Society of Environmental Journalists’ award for outstanding student reporting.
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Will Thousands of Orphan Wells Be Safely Plugged?
Abandoned oil and gas wells are found in significant numbers in some 27 states. Reporters who want to track their status can dig into several databases, but will need to support their data crunching with lots of shoe-leather and ground-truth reporting. Reporter’s Toolbox has insights into what the databases offer. Plus, a primer on API numbers.
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"Next Labor Secretary Will Face A Big Shortage Of Clean-Energy Workers"
"President Biden on Tuesday nominated Julie Su to be the next labor secretary ... . If confirmed by the Senate, Su would face a major challenge: a shortage of workers in the clean-energy industry that threatens to derail the administration’s ambitious climate agenda."
Source: Washington Post, 03/03/2023
"Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reached A Record High In 2022"
"Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power."
Source: AP, 03/03/2023
"California Reactors Win Exemption In Fight To Keep Running"
"Government regulators Thursday granted California’s largest utility an unusual exemption that could allow the state’s last nuclear power plant to continue running after the expiration of its federal operating licenses, a key piece of a contentious proposal to keep the reactors producing electricity for years to come."
Source: AP, 03/03/2023
Biden Backs Bipartisan Railway Safety Bill After Ohio Derailment
"President Biden on Thursday threw his support behind a bipartisan bill that would tighten federal oversight of trains carrying hazardous materials in the aftermath of a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that spilled toxic chemicals."
Source: The Hill, 03/03/2023
"Gas Stoves Are One Step Closer to New Rules"
"The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to seek public input on gas stoves, a potential first step in regulating the appliances."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/02/2023
EPA Coal Ash Settlement Raises Hopes For Cleanup Beyond Lake Michigan
"A settlement between environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could for the first time impose regulations on hundreds of coal ash sites nationwide that are not covered by 2015 federal coal ash rules."
Source: Energy News Network, 03/02/2023
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