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US State Loses More Than $3 Billion Due To Arctic Blasts
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (469+ words) Intense blasts of Arctic cold as a result of the brutal winter have caused a huge price tag for the flourishing agriculture industry in Florida, which prospers from the picturesque winters in the Sunshine State that "snowbirds" historically flock to....
State Democrats Look To Raid Green Energy Fund To Balance Ballooning Budget
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (275+ words) Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore hopes to raid millions from a green program to offset the state's budget woes. The stated goal of the SEIF fund is to "support local communities as they adopt clean energy policies. Communities benefit from…...
Trump Admin Announces Largest Energy Loan in US History
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (166+ words) The Trump Administration announced Wednesday a historic multi-billion dollar loan meant to expand and upgrade American energy grids in two states. The DOE plans for the loans to fund development of over 16 gigawatts (GW) of power to the electrical grids....
KEVIN DAYARATNA: Reconsidering EPA’s Climate Endangerment Finding
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (370+ words) The Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 Endangerment Finding has quietly shaped more than a decade of federal climate regulation. That determination'that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare'served as the legal trigger for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from new motor vehicles under…...
Supreme Court Takes High Stakes Case That Could Cost Energy Companies Billions
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (236+ words) The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether energy companies can be sued in state court over the alleged impacts of climate change. Federal law prevents local governments from using state law to seek damages for climate change, the energy…...
VIJAY JAYARAJ: EPA’s CO2 Reversal Is Welcome Opening For Developing World
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (477+ words) On a crisp, sun-drenched afternoon in the spring of 2023, I found myself walking down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., in front of the William Jefferson Clinton Building, headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Standing in its shadow, I wondered when,…...
Big Tech Insider Snatches State Utility Throne Amid Rate Hikes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (924+ words) Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed former California Public Utilities Commissioner John Reynolds, who appears to have deep industry entanglements from previous roles, as the group's new president. Reynolds was first appointed as a CPUC commissioner by Newsom in December…...
Man Pulls Gargantuan Bone Of Legendary Ice Age Creature Out Of River, And All Of A Sudden, This Is On My Bucket List
1+ week, 2+ day ago (236+ words) Now I've covered some exotic hunting, but this is on another level. So, apparently there is this prehistoric-bone hunter, or fossil hunter, whatever you want to call him. Taking place at a river around Ravenwood, Missouri, per the New York…...
MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN: Good Riddance To EPA’s Endangerment Finding
1+ week, 2+ day ago (319+ words) Better late than never. With the announcement that the EPA will reverse its 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act, the agency is righting a grievous wrong committed by the Obama administration. The regulation promulgated by the hubris…...
US Territory Gets Shook By Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake
1+ week, 2+ day ago (268+ words) Puerto Rico experienced shaking Thursday morning from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean. Happening at 10:18 a.m. local time, the location of the quake was around 98 miles from Puerto Rico towards the north. The earthquake was 19.5 miles deep, according to data…...