Hartford, C.T.--The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must respond to a “Good Neighbor” petition to reduce air pollution (also known as a §126 petition under the Clean Air Act) by holding a public hearing on the issue and responding within 60 days.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier this week, France’s Foreign Minister and the European trade commissioner both said that the European Union will not negotiate any new trade agreements with any country that is not implementing the Paris Climate Agreement, which could bar the United States.
E&E News’ Greenwire released new documents it has obtained that uncover former FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee’s meetings with and advocacy for the coal industry while FERC was considering Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s plan to bailout uneconomic coal plants
Today, the Sierra Club issues the following regarding continued efforts by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC to sidestep a court’s order to vacate the pipeline Certificate, which would have the effect of shutting the pipeline down.
Today, the Sierra Club presented arguments to the Florida Supreme Court in a case seeking to reverse the Florida Public Service Commission’s (PSC) approval of a rate hike for Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) buildout of gas-burning peaker power plants in South Florida.
WASHINGTON, DC - Despite revelations unveiled just this morning, Senator John Barasso proceeded to call a vote on coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to be the #2 at EPA. On a party-line vote Republicans in the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee approved the nomination to go to the full Senate.
More than 240 environmental, animal welfare and conservation organizations sent a letter to House and Senate leadership today, calling on them to reject riders in 2018 Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency appropriations legislation that would erode the Endangered Species Act and other safeguards for wildlife. The letter comes as Congress is poised to pass yet another continuing resolution that could pave the way for negotiations to begin on a final omnibus appropriations bill for FY 2018. This year’s House and Senate bills currently include provisions that would strip away federal protections for wolves and several other species, choke off funding for listed species if wildlife agencies cannot complete their five-year species reviews on time and block protections for sage-grouse, among many others.
WASHINGTON, DC - In a shocking report this morning, The Intercept reveals that the coal lobbyist nominated to be #2 at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, hosted fundraisers for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman as well as the immediate past chairman months after he was already the presumptive nominee.
On February 6, 2018, the City of Denton, TX became the second municipality in Texas and the 58th city nationwide to transition to 100% clean and renewable sources of energy.
FirstEnergy subsidiaries Monongahela Power and Potomac Edison have rejected conditions that the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) imposed for the transfer of the Pleasants Power Station. Additionally, the companies will not seek rehearing of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order that rejected the transfer for not being consistent with the public interest. These decisions put into the question the fate of the coal plant, raising the possibility that it could soon retire.