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U.S. House Votes to Restore Solar Panel Tariffs
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar power imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, which supply most of the country’s supply of solar panels.
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Biden Administration Approves Two New Solar Farms in California Desert
As part of a bid to increase renewable energy capacity on public lands, the Biden administration announced Tuesday that it had approved two new solar farms in the California desert. The Arica and Victory Pass solar projects will be built near Desert Center in eastern Riverside County. Together, they could generate as much as 465 […]
Settlement Reached Over Longest-Running Oil Spill in U.S. History
A Louisiana energy company is finally paying for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. Taylor Energy has agreed to pay more than $43 million in penalties and transfer a further $432 million to the Department of the Interior as a trust to complete the cleanup of the 17-year spill, the Department of Justice announced […]
Biden Administration Is ‘Rubber Stamping’ Oil and Gas Permits on Public Land, Activists Say
The Biden administration came under fire last month for overseeing the largest offshore oil and gas leasing sale in U.S. history. Now, a new report suggests this wasn’t an isolated incident. The analysis from Public Citizen reveals that the new administration has issued more permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands per month […]
More U.S. Residents Than Ever Before Understand Climate Crisis is Real and Dangerous
People in the U.S. are taking the climate crisis more seriously than ever before, a new survey indicates. The latest Climate Change in the American Mind survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication found that an all-time high of 76 percent of U.S. respondents think global warming is happening. Further, for the first […]
Biden Backs Massive Alaska Drilling Project Approved Under Trump
By Jake Johnson The Biden administration is facing backlash from climate activists and scientists after filing a court brief Wednesday in defense of a major Trump-era Alaska drilling project that’s expected to produce up to 160,000 barrels of oil a day over a 30-year period — a plan that runs directly counter to the White […]
Most Americans Don’t Approve of Animal Testing – Will the U.S. Congress Finally Pass Legislation to End It?
By Reynard Loki The life of a mouse or a rat is an unenviable one. Chances are that if you’re in the urban wild, you must contend with deadly traps, poisons and broom-wielding humans. If you’re a country-dweller, you might have it a bit easier, but then again you may be blown to smithereens by […]
There’s No Compromising on Science When It Comes to Protecting Water Quality in the Nation’s Rivers and Streams
By Derrick Z. Jackson With its “Waters of the United States” rule, President Obama’s administration enacted unprecedented protections of rivers and streams. The Trump administration, ignoring science and the importance of wetlands, tried to return many of those waterways back to polluters by rolling back the Waters of the US rule. Now Michael Regan, President […]
State AGs’ Call for Review of Proposed ‘Cancer Alley’ Petrochemical Plant in Louisiana
By Brett Wilkins Citing the imperative to “protect the residents and natural resources of St. James Parish and to prevent public health and environmental harms across our jurisdictions,” attorneys general from four states and the District of Columbia on Monday sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking it to thoroughly evaluate […]