Scott Pruitt will restrict the EPA’s use of legitimate science
This is a move that serves no purpose other than to prevent the EPA from carrying out its mission of protecting public health and the environment.
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Entries by Landon Hall
Courtroom science lab: Federal judge tutored in climate change
Opponents in a lawsuit rarely find themselves in the same corner of a legal boxing match. In federal court here Wednesday, though, the gloves stayed on: Leading climate change experts and oil industry representatives largely agreed our planet is warming, our seas rising.
National Park Service warned lease sale Tuesday could harm national monument in Utah
The Bureau of Land Management disregarded a request by the National Park Service that it hold off leasing 17,000 acres of public land in Utah on Tuesday because of concerns that drilling there could harm Hovenweep National Monument’s views and air, groundwater and sound quality.
Kelp farms and mammoth windmills are just two of the government’s long-shot energy bets
Thousands of entrepreneurs gathered near Washington for an annual government conference. On the agenda: unusual solutions to major clean-energy problems.
Electric vehicles are always five years away
Again and again, stories laud the amazing new designs for electric vehicles, including the Aptera, the Solectrica, the Fisker, and the Tesla, and their potential to revolutionize the automobile industry.
Pruitt won’t let California set emission standards; EPA not looking at post-2025 rules
Scott Pruitt indicated the agency does not intend to let California set the agenda for national emission limits on vehicles.
Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA pick, backed industry donors over regulators
His antipathy to federal regulation — he sued the Environmental Protection Agency 14 times — in many ways defined his tenure as Oklahoma’s attorney general.
California PG&E customers can get $20,500 off new 2017-2018 BMW i3s, dropping to base price to $24,000
Pacific Gas and Electric joins Southern California Edison customers and New Jersey’s PSE&G customers in getting the $10,000 rebate.
Volkswagen bets big on electric with $25 billion battery bonanza
After seriously tarnishing its reputation with the diesel scandal, Volkswagen Group has changed strategy.
Federal plan to auction mineral rights near Great Sands Dunes National Park opposed by environmentalists
Move follows a push by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to hasten energy development on federal lands
