1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (463+ words) EPA's office of the inspector general identified numerous Superfund sites at risk of creating new contamination due to increasingly extreme weather." Two recent studies from the Office of the Inspector General at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency sound the alarm over…...

9+ mon, 6+ day ago  (489+ words) The development of Atlas 15, which the Trump administration paused, has resumed. The new database is expected to incorporate more specific data on flash flooding across the entire nation and "will incorporate updated climate information." The Trump administration has reversed at…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (625+ words) The Klamath River Dam Removal project was not only a massive undertaking'four hydroelectric dams deconstructed and removed across 40 miles of challenging terrain in California and Oregon'but also a multifaceted test. Best of the Best Winners Klamath River Renewal Project: Tight…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (346+ words) Hawaii is seeking new power delivery alternatives to its aging oil-fueled steam generators such as the 650-MW Kahe plant on the southwest coast of Oahu, which has operated since 1963 and provides 25% of island energy, Tokyo-based JERA Co. has an energy…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (953+ words) Vertical hydroelectric generators inside Hoover Dam are shown in January 2020. Modeling in the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation's Draft EIS shows that declining reservoir elevations at Lake Mead reduce turbine efficiency and release flexibility, making the dam's operating limits a basinwide constraint....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (671+ words) Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, where prolonged drought has intensified scrutiny of post-2026 reservoir operations under a newly released federal draft environmental impact statement. The U. S. Bureau of Reclamation on Jan. 9 released a draft review on managing Colorado River's…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (399+ words) Agency proposal would end requirements that states consider air quality impacts of power and industrial facilities on downwind states." The U. S. Environment Protection Agency's recent proposal to roll back the Biden administration's so-called "good neighbor" rule to limit downwind emissions from…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (391+ words) Construction is underway on an estimated $1. 2 billion combined-cycle natural gas power plant near Clarksburg, W. Va. , the first of that type in the state, which is being financed by private infrastructure investor and asset manager Blackstone through its Blackstone Energy Transition…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (158+ words) Coalition of 23 state attorneys general, 10 cities, five counties and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) filed suit on March 19 in DC federal appeals court, to reverse EPA repeal of the endangerment finding, claiming it is an illegal move against a core scientific…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1252+ words) It's no secret that New York City, like many densely populated urban areas throughout history, has a trash and rodent problem. Mountains of bloated trash bags "many containing food waste that attract rats burrowing and gnawing through them"are a…...