"Conservatives Gear Up For EPA Revamp In 2025"
"Dramatic shifts to EPA’s priorities and structure are central to plans for a GOP-led White House drawn up by Trump-era officials and right-leaning influencers."
Source: E&E News, 02/27/2024
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"US Warns Of Environmental Disaster From Cargo Ship Hit By Huthi Rebels"
"A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse."
Source: AFP, 02/26/2024
EPA Questions Georgia Approval Of State Utility’s Ash Disposal Plan
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart about the state utility’s storage of coal ash."
Source: The Hill, 02/26/2024
"Tired Of Diesel Fumes, These Moms Are Pushing For Electric School Buses"
"Areli Sanchez’s daughter, Aida, used to be one of 20 million American kids who ride a diesel bus to school each day. ... She was admitted to the hospital for an asthma attack in second grade, and after that Sanchez began driving Aida to school."
Source: AP, 02/26/2024
EPA Will Let 8 States Sell Gasoline With More Ethanol Year-Round In 2025
"The Biden administration will allow gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol to be sold year-round in eight states starting in 2025, it announced Thursday."
Source: The Hill, 02/23/2024
"China 2023 Coal Power Approvals Rose, Putting Climate Targets At Risk"
"China approved 114 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity in 2023, up 10% from a year earlier, with the world's top carbon polluter now at risk of falling short on climate targets after sanctioning dozens of new plants, research showed on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 02/23/2024
"A Major EPA Climate Rule Is Stuck In Limbo"
"EPA Administrator Michael Regan and White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi arrived at international climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates late last year with a big announcement: The Biden team had finalized a major climate rule aimed at slashing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. But nearly three months later, the rule hasn’t been officially printed by the government."
Source: E&E News, 02/23/2024
"Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, and Where It’s Falling Short"
"Electric vehicles are booming as expected, a new analysis found, but renewable power isn’t growing as quickly as hoped."
Source: NYTimes, 02/23/2024
100s Coming To Tahiti For Olympic Surfing. Can It Protect Its Way Of Life?
"Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams of surfers started arriving when the village got its first asphalt road over fifty years ago."
Source: AP, 02/22/2024
Green Power Would Save Infant Lives, Help Millions Of Kids Breathe: Report
"The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and clean power could save infants’ lives and help millions of children breathe easier, according to new research from the American Lung Association."
Source: The Hill, 02/22/2024
