Laws & Regulations

"Sweeping Senate Energy Bill Could Come to a Vote This Week"

"The U.S. Senate will consider a bipartisan energy package this week that could be this year’s best legislative hope to increase federal funding for a number of energy technologies, from solar, wind and batteries, to more efficient fossil fuel-fired power and carbon capture."

Source: Greentech Media, 03/03/2020

"Interior: Feds Ink Deal With Water District Tied To Bernhardt"

"The Trump administration on Friday awarded a permanent water delivery contract to the country's largest agricultural district, brushing aside environmentalists' concerns about California's uncertain water future in the face of climate change."

Source: Greenwire, 03/03/2020

"Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Ruled Invalid By Judge Zouhary"

"The Lake Erie Bill of Rights was invalidated Thursday night by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary, who said in an eight-page ruling that his decision was “not a close call” because he believes the citizen-led referendum — though approved by a majority of Toledo voters in a special election last year — “is unconstitutionally vague and exceeds the power of municipal government in Ohio.”

Source: Toledo Blade, 03/02/2020

As Florida, Georgia Battle Over Water, Oystermen Struggle To Survive

"Standing in his boat in Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, Michael Dasher lowered a long pair of tongs into the water, pulling up a muddy mass of oysters that his son sorted, keeping those big enough to sell and tossing the rest back into the brackish bay."

Source: Reuters, 03/02/2020

"New EPA Rule Change Saves Industry Money but Exacts a Climate Cost"

"This week, EPA Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler signed a new rule that relaxes the requirements that owners and operators of refrigeration equipment have leak detection and maintenance programs for hydrofluorocarbons, a set of refrigerants often referred to as 'climate super-pollutants.'"

Source: InsideClimate News, 03/02/2020

White House Rewrote EPA Scientists Finding That TCE Damages Fetal Hearts

"John DeSesso was on a mission when he entered the halls of the Environmental Protection Agency in late September. Inside the ornate limestone building not far from the White House, he met with a dozen EPA scientists and officials."

Source: Reveal, 03/02/2020

"Murkowski, Manchin Introduce Major Energy Legislation"

"Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday introduced a long-awaited energy package that's shaping up to be the best chance this year for passing legislation to expand the use of cleaner forms of energy."

Source: The Hill, 02/28/2020

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