Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed an initial brief on Tuesday in the matter of National Grid’s request for approval of a Special Contract with luxury real estate developer One Dalton LLC., recommending that the state’s Department of Public Utilities (DPU) DENY the request. The Special Contract would pave the way for construction of the Back Bay/South End Pipeline to service the luxury hotel and condominiums of One Dalton
Oklahoma City, OK -- Today, E&E News reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has repeatedly demanded special treatment with the press and at events. During a tour in which he attempted to sell his attacks on clean air, clean water, public health, and climate safeguards, Pruitt and his team repeatedly demanded that the press be blocked from attending or asking questions or that the public not be permitted to engage.
Boston, MA - Governor Baker’s administration announced the results of a clean energy procurement process today as part of the state’s ongoing efforts to reduce carbon pollution by 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. The state is proposing contracts with Canadian based hydroelectric power, rather than bids including renewable energy that create jobs in New England.
Washington, DC -- Today, E&E News reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has repeatedly demanded special treatment with the press and at events. During a tour in which he attempted to sell his attacks on clean air, clean water, public health, and climate safeguards, Pruitt and his team repeatedly demanded that the press be blocked from attending or asking questions or that the public not be permitted to engage.
Wyoming wants a trophy hunt on an iconic and endangered Yellowstone species.
PJM's Markets & Reliability Committee (MRC) voted today to reject proposals from both PJM and PJM’s Independent Market Monitor (IMM) that would have raised consumer costs and increased barriers to clean energy. The proposals would have been a set back to clean energy projects many PJM states are already committed to developing.
Today, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency announced that, rather than beginning the public comment period on the proposed Puget Sound Energy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in Tacoma, the Agency must first conduct a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to analyze the project’s climate impact.
Today, the Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and West Virginia Rivers Coalition filed a lawsuit against Southeastern Land, LLC, and Fola Coal Company, LLC.,for polluting streams from two of their surface coal mines in West Virginia, the Peachorchard and Ike Fork mines.
Boston, M.A.--Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gave his State of the State address today highlighting the state’s 2018 priorities. In the address, Governor Baker touted the state’s #1 energy efficiency ranking in the county and mentioned various commitments to renewable energy initiatives including the largest renewable energy procurement in Massachusetts’ history and the beginning stages of a process that could lead to the construction of the largest offshore wind operation in the nation.
Interior Secretary Zinke claims to be a geologist, but he can’t figure out how to stop digging himself deeper into a hole over his disastrous handling of the administration’s draft offshore drilling plan.