"Offshore Wind Foes In New Jersey Gathering Force Legally And Politically"
"Opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are gathering force legally and politically as they seek to snuff out the nascent industry."
Source: AP, 06/20/2023
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Power Companies Spend Millions To Fight Maine’s Proposed Non-Profit Utility
"Residents in Maine are about to be bombarded with a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign aimed at saving the state’s two dominant electric utilities from being voted out of existence in November."
Source: Floodlight, 06/20/2023
Shell Chemical Plant Had Many Violations Before Recent Fire, Paid Few Fines
"Residents, lawyers, and environmental groups point to aging facilities and reluctant state regulators as reasons for the continued string of industrial fires."
Source: Houston Public Media, 06/16/2023
U.S. Proposes Deep Fee Reductions For Wind, Solar On Federal Land
"A new regulation will formalize a roughly 80% cut in project fees for wind and solar energy developments on federal lands under a proposal by the Biden administration on Thursday as part of a strategy to boost renewable energy to fight climate change."
Source: Reuters, 06/16/2023
Once-Shuttered California Mine Trying To Transform Rare Earth Industry
"A U.S.-based rare earth supply chain could boost clean energy and electric vehicles — and military weapons."
Source: Grist, 06/16/2023
"US Government Toughens Rules On Chemicals Used To Break Up Oil Slicks"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced more stringent rules governing offshore oil spill response, amid continuing concerns about the effects on public health and wildlife from chemical disasters, including BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010."
Source: Guardian, 06/16/2023
Power Firms Quietly Pushed $215m Into US Politics Via Dark Money Groups
"US power companies have made political donations of at least $215m to dark money groups in recent years, according to a new analysis of 25 for-profit utilities, amid growing concerns around how they wield influence." "Donations have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators".
Source: Floodlight, 06/16/2023
"UN Chief To Fossil Fuel Firms: Stop Trying To 'Knee-Cap' Climate Progress"
"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that countries must start phasing out oil, coal and gas - not just emissions - and demanded fossil fuel companies "cease and desist" measures that aim to "knee-cap" climate progress."
Source: Reuters, 06/16/2023
"US Cities Risk Losing Out On Clean-Energy Incentives, Jobs"
"In a church on Chicago's West Side near where he grew up, Marques Jones Jr. is hoping to earn more money and help his family by learning how to install and maintain the solar panels he now sees everywhere he goes."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/15/2023
"White House Sets Fast Pace For Energy, Climate Rules"
"The Interior and Energy departments will spend the coming months trying to cement some of the White House’s critical energy ambitions, ahead of an election year in which Republicans are likely to attack President Joe Biden’s focus on boosting renewables and cutting planet-warming emissions."
Source: E&E News, 06/15/2023
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