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The sixth atmospheric river, of an expected nine, slammed California with even more destruction, and the worst is yet to come. The strongest storm yet — of the barrage responsible for the deaths of at least 14 people, including a 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters in Paso Robles on Monday — also forced the evacuation […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday a proposed reduction of the allowable annual exposure to industrial soot pollution, and will solicit public comment before making a final decision this year. EPA’s proposal would lower the annual PM2.5 limit from an average of 12 µg/m3 (set in 2012) to somewhere between 9 and 10 […]

Rhode Island is poised to become the first state to use funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help install solar projects for low-to-moderate income single-family homes. The state is searching for a firm to partner with for these projects.  In December, Rhode Island submitted a request for proposal, called the Affordable Solar Access Pathways […]

Gas stoves are responsible for more than one out of every eight cases of childhood asthma in the U.S., according to new research. The findings, published just before Christmas in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, come as the Biden administration considers taking action to safeguard the public from the health dangers […]

As of July 2022, the United States had the most liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity in the world and had exported more LNG than any other country, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said. LNG is natural gas that has been cooled to about minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit so that it is in a […]

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed, again, and again to secure election as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday as 20 members, including 18 election deniers, refused to support his candidacy. McCarthy also ran for Speaker in 2015 and his failure to secure victory after the first ballot is the first such failure in a […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army announced on December 30 the establishment of a clear, durable definition of U.S. waterways to secure the EPA’s oversight of U.S. waterways after long legal battles and debate over the expansiveness of the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act, which has been around in […]

The Biden administration will concurrently begin an effort to restock the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and release nearly 2 million barrels. The administration released 180 million barrels of oil from the SPR earlier this year to stabilize oil markets upended by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and now plans to tap the SPR to bail […]