Tesla unveiled a new 13MW solar farm on the Hawaiian island of Kauai Wednesday, bringing the state closer to its ambitious goal of sourcing 100 percent renewables by 2045. States Lead the Way Toward 100% Renewable Energy https://t.co/OoGzs2UFdd (@ecowatch) #ReadyFor100 — Sierra Club (@SierraClub) February 24, 2017 The farm includes nearly 300 Tesla Powerpack batteries, […]
The deadline set by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for evacuating the Cannon Ball Dakota Access Pipeline protest site passed Wednesday and most protesters peacefully vacated before the 2 p.m. cutoff time. 4 Pipeline Fights Intensify as Dakota Access Nears Completion https://t.co/NphteXzXtJ @IENearth @FrackAction @joshfoxfilm @MarkRuffalo @NRDC — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) February 19, 2017 Authorities arrested […]
The Trump administration is expected to begin attacks on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and climate science at the executive level now that the administration has a leader in place at the agency. [facebook https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1460041177342148/ expand=1] Multiple outlets have reported that President Trump may be planning a visit to EPA headquarters as early as […]
President Trump has officially killed the Office of Surface Protection’s Stream Mining Rule, as he signed legislation undoing the Obama era protection Thursday. Surrounded by lawmakers, coal miners and friendly coal executives, Trump blasted the rule as “another terrible job killing rule” and promised to save jobs “especially in the mines, which, I have been […]
The Trump transition team ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halve the number of staff allowed to attend an environmental conference in Alaska last week, according to conference organizers. The Alaska Forum on the Environment traditionally sees heavy participation from the EPA, with 34 agency employees originally committed to attend this year’s event. […]
Temperature readings near the North Pole soared to 50 degrees F above average on Friday, as a storm pushed warm air into the Arctic region. This is the third such worryingly warm period this winter and sea ice figures released last week show the lowest January ice extent in satellite record—nearly 500,000 square miles below […]
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive budget proposal, released this week, seeks to set the nation’s highest tax on wind power and phase out tax incentives for the wind industry ahead of schedule. The budget proposes a $0.005 per kilowatt-hour tax on wind energy—five times the wind tax in Wyoming, which along with South Dakota are […]
The House GOP is just getting started with cuts using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), an arcane piece of mid-1990s legislation allowing Congress to overturn any Obama regulations finalized after June of last year. [facebook https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1440958242583775/ expand=1] In addition to the disclosure requirements Wednesday, the House also voted to axe the Department of Interior’s (DOI) […]
[Editor’s note: Click here for the latest: Groups Denounce GOP’s Move to Force Through Trump’s EPA Pick] All 10 Democratic members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee boycotted a vote on Scott Pruitt’s nomination for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Wednesday, citing serious concerns over his stances on climate change and […]
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