Environmental Politics

"FERC Rules Clean Energy Must Pay Higher Market Price In New York"

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday issued a suite of orders that will require subsidized energy storage and renewable power resource providers to meet a price floor in New York state’s capacity market, making it harder for them to compete with fossil fuel plants."

Source: Reuters, 02/21/2020

"Jordan Cove Decision Delayed By Feds After Oregon Denies Key Permit"

"Federal energy regulators have once again delayed their decision on the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline project. At a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meeting Thursday morning, commissioners voted 2-1 not to move the project forward."

Source: OPB, 02/21/2020

"EPA Proposes Additional Rollback To Obama-Era Coal Ash Regulation"

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday announced a new proposed rollback to an Obama-era regulation dealing with waste from coal-fired power plants known as coal ash."

Source: The Hill, 02/20/2020

Fresno Bee Excluded From Water Forum With Nunes, Interior Secretary

"Rep. Devin Nunes held a major water forum in Tulare County on Tuesday afternoon that excluded The Fresno Bee. U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, the nation’s top ranking administrator of federal waterways, was a speaker."

Source: Fresno Bee, 02/20/2020

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