"FERC Gives Markets Green Light To Deploy Energy Storage"
"Energy storage and distributed energy resources such as small-scale solar received a resounding vote of confidence from federal regulators on Wednesday."
Source: EnergyWire, 02/20/2018
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"Seismic Surveys Planned Off U.S. Coast Pose Risk To Marine Life"
"Animals that live in the ocean communicate with sound — humpback whales, for example. But these voices could soon be drowned out by powerful sonic booms from vessels searching for oil and gas."
Source: NPR, 02/20/2018
"Chemicals: EPA Flouted Law By Delaying Formaldehyde Rule — Judge"
"Greens notched a court victory Friday as a California judge ruled that U.S. EPA unlawfully delayed an Obama-era rule aiming at limiting formaldehyde emissions from wood products."
Source: Greenwire, 02/20/2018
"Monsanto Loses Bid To Stop Arkansas Ban On Farm Chemical"
"An Arkansas judge on Friday dismissed a Monsanto Co lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds."
Source: Reuters, 02/20/2018
"Gone With The Wind: Storms Deepen Florida's Beach Sand Crunch"
"Down the palm tree-lined roads of northeast Florida’s Flagler County, a half-dozen dump trucks are shuttling back and forth along the Atlantic coast pouring thousands of tons of sand onto the local beach."
Source: Reuters, 02/20/2018
"Exxon Mobil Claims Its Foes Are Conspiring Against It"
"As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It's going after the lawyers who are suing it."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/20/2018
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Trump Interior Dept. Wants to Charge More to Access Public Records
A recently unearthed report reveals Bureau of Land Management plans to limit how many FOIA requests a single person or group can submit and to make government records more expensive to acquire.
Source: Gizmodo, 02/19/2018
"Critics Blast EPA for Lowering Syngenta Pesticide Fine"
"Critics are blasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for dramatically lowering a fine on agribusiness company Syngenta for violations of pesticide regulations."
Source: AP, 02/19/2018
"Senate Bill Would Let EPA Implement Global Greenhouse Gas Deal"
"A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Friday that would let the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implement a global deal meant to phase out certain greenhouse gases."
Source: The Hill, 02/19/2018
