The web is abuzz right now over the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, and rightly so—this is one of the President’s key items under his Climate Action Plan. But did you know that the EPA recently proposed another major climate regulation?
In recent weeks, The Hill has published at least six articles that quoted industry-funded front groups attacking the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan without disclosing the groups’ fossil fuel ties.
The U.S. government on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell a final green light to drill for oil and natural gas in the Arctic Ocean, providing the company a long-sought victory and escalating a battle with environmentalists over President Barack Obama’s climate and energy agenda.
The Obama administration is expected to propose as soon as Tuesday the first-ever federal regulation to cut emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, by the nation’s oil and natural-gas industry.
The latest DOE data at press time shows there are about 21,300 fueling stations in the country offering electricity, propane autogas, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, biodiesel (B20 and above) or E85 (up to 85% ethanol).
The rate of change in electric motorcycles is truly phenomenal, and mostly outshadowed by Tesla’s great job of getting amazing press by delivering amazing electric cars.
This discrepancy between the church’s leadership and its financial activities in the United States has prompted at least one significant review of investments. The Archdiocese of Chicago says it will reexamine its more than $100 million worth of fossil fuel investments.
On climate change, we need to go beyond the tired story line of “deniers” vs. the “scientific consensus.”
As Slate’s Eric Holthaus saw it, “Jeb Bush and Scott Walker both effectively endorsed President Obama’s energy policy,” noting that “all of the above” is “the same language Obama uses.” It’s true that Obama occasionally uses the same phrase, but he means something different when he says it.
Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate was short on discussion of energy and climate policy, but two leading contenders did manage to squeak in some familiar ideas.
